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Vectorworks
2012 Feature Matrix |
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Best in 3D Modeling |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Automatic
Working Plane |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Instant
Push/Pull |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Heliodon |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Optimized 3D
Dimensions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Unified
Reshape Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Reshaping
Multiple Vertices of NURBS Curves |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Better BIM |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Stories |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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ODBC
Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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IFC Eyedropper
Support |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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IFC Support
Upgrades |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Slab Support
in Create Joists from Poly |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Component
Joins at Wall Y-Joins |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Window Sash
Offsets |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Window Transom
Options |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Door and
Window User Control for Default Visibility Classes |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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New Opening
Types for Doors and Windows |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Better Door
Capabilities |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Enhanced Stair
Options |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Floor-to-Floor
Linking and Display of Stairs |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Roof Framer
Improvements |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Clearer
Management of Space Label Symbols |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Better
Boundaries for Auto-bound Spaces |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Notes Manager
Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Insulation
Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Wall Top and
Bottom Heights |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Best
Integrated Renderer |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Renderworks
Styles |
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✓ |
Realistic
OpenGL Shadows |
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✓ |
Artistic
Renderworks Styles |
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✓ |
Brick Shader
Dimensions |
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✓ |
New Metallic
Shaders |
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✓ |
Attribute
Mapping Tool Improvements |
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✓ |
Clarify Render
Settings in Saved Views |
✓ |
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Better
Collaboration |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Vectorworks
Export to five previous versions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Support for
AutoCAD 2012 Import/Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Parasolid X_T
version number |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG Image
Type Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG
Gradient Type Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG
Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG Save
Export Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Improved
DXF/DWG Clipped Block Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Save colors to
line weight mapping for DXF/DWG Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG Export
for selected objects only |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Optional
Export for DXF/DWG Hatches |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Your Wish
Granted |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
2D X-Ray Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Faster Access to Frequently Used Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Modify by
Record Value |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hidden Line
Intersection Edges |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Faster
Viewport Visibility Navigation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Streamlined
Zooming |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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New Working
Background Options |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Edit Page
Based Symbols |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Create Closed
Shapes from Open Curves |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Planar Object
Support for Symbol Editing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Viewport Crop
Visibility Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Newly
Developed Worksheet Options |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Ungrouping
Record Preservation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Streamlined
Polyline Arc Editing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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New Hatch from
Customized Hatch |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Coincident
Selection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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More Quick
Prefs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Tangent/Normal
Curve Creation Using Analysis Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Increased
class levels |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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"By
Class" Choice for Dialog Popups |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Workspace
Changes for 2012 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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The Leader in
Site Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
GIS |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Site Model
Enhancements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Hardscape
Improvements |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Better Stake
Objects |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Retaining Wall
Site Modifier Improvement |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Miscellaneous
Landmark Changes |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Best in
Entertainment Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
LED Video
Screen |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Modernized
Video Screen Objects |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Soft Goods
Object |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Focus
Instrument at Next Click |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Lighting
Device Color Names |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Upgraded
Lightwright Data Exchange |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Improved
Handling of Duplicated Lighting Devices and Positions |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Multi-circuit
Lighting Device Focus |
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✓ |
✓ |
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