upgrades and trade ups

Fundamentals upgrades   Architect upgrades   Landmark upgrades

Designer upgrades   Spotlight upgrades   Machine Design upgrades

Renderworks - refer to module pages above

Artlantis Render upgrades   Artlantis Studio upgrades

SketchUp Pro upgrades

eligibility for reduced upgrade or trade up pricing is dependent on ownership of qualifying existing licence, serial number and hardware lock or dongle

1. what versions of Vectorworks or MiniCAD can be upgraded...

the following versions of Vectorworks can be upgraded (excluding student licences):

• Vectorworks 2009, Vectorworks 2008, Vectorworks 12, Vectorworks 11
• Vectorworks 10, Vectorworks 9, Vectorworks 8

the following versions of MiniCAD can be upgraded excluding student licences:

• MiniCAD 7, MiniCAD 6, MiniCAD 5, MiniCAD 4, MiniCAD 3, MiniCAD 2, MiniCAD 1
2. how to identify your version from your Vectorworks serial number...
Key: M = Mac; W = Windows; X = cross platform, Mac or Windows; B = B-series, requiring a dongle

Vectorworks 2010

• Vectorworks 2010 serial numbers start B5X (5 = Vectorworks version 15; marketed as 2010)

Vectorworks 2009

• Vectorworks 2009 serial numbers start B4X

Vectorworks 2008

• Vectorworks 2008 serial numbers start B3X

Vectorworks 12

• Vectorworks 12 serial numbers start B2X

Vectorworks 11

• Vectorworks 11 serial numbers start B1M or B1W and are platform specific

Vectorworks 10

• Vectorworks 10 serial numbers start B0M or B0W

Vectorworks 9

• Vectorworks 9 serial numbers start 1900M or 1900W

Vectorworks 8

• Vectorworks 8 serial numbers start 1800M or 1800W

MiniCAD 7

• MiniCAD 7 serial numbers start 1700
3. what format are serial numbers...
• Vectorworks 2010 back to Vectorworks 10 serial numbers are in the format of four segments of six alpha-numeric characters
  xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
  for B series requiring a dongle, the last segment of six characters matches the last six characters of the internal dongle ID
• Vectorworks 9 serial numbers and are in the format of 4 segments of 5, 2, 7 and 6 characters
  1900x-xx-xxxxxx-xxxxx
• Vectorworks 8 serial numbers and are in the format of 4 segments of 5, 2, 7 and 6 characters
  1800x-xx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxx
• MiniCAD 7 serial numbers and are in the format of 3 segments of 4, 8 and 6 characters
  1700-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx
4. if you have say, 10 copies of Vectorworks 2009 or 2008 or 12 or 11 or 10, and you need one more licence, what are your options...
1. Upgrade all your licences to the latest version Vectorworks 2010, refer to the relevant upgrade pricing page and buy a new additional licence for the extra person, refer to the relevant new licence pricing page
2. Buy a new additional licence for Vectorworks 2010 and at the time of ordering from faCADe make a special request for a legacy version serial number to work with your new dongle
3. Check whether what you require is available as a pre-owned licence, to visit our pre-owned licences page click here