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

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

licences which are three versions behind the current version...

• Vectorworks 2021, Vectorworks 2020 and Vectorworks 2019.
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, E = E-series, internet activated, G= G-Series network licence

Vectorworks 2022

• Vectorworks 2022 serial numbers starts BHX or EHX (H = Vectorworks version 27; marketed as 2022)

Vectorworks 2021

• Vectorworks 2021 serial numbers starts BGX or EGX (G = Vectorworks version 26; marketed as 2021)

Vectorworks 2020

• Vectorworks 2020 serial numbers starts BFX or EFX (F = Vectorworks version 25; marketed as 2020)

Vectorworks 2019

• Vectorworks 2019 serial numbers starts BEX or EEX (E = Vectorworks version 24; marketed as 2019)

Vectorworks 2018

• Vectorworks 2018 serial numbers starts BDX or EDX (D = Vectorworks version 23; marketed as 2018)

Vectorworks 2017

• Vectorworks 2017 serial numbers starts BCX or ECX (C = Vectorworks version 22; marketed as 2017)

Vectorworks 2016

• Vectorworks 2016 serial numbers starts BBX or EBX (B = Vectorworks version 21; marketed as 2016)

Vectorworks 2015

• Vectorworks 2015 serial numbers starts BAX or EAX (A = Vectorworks version 20; marketed as 2015)

Vectorworks 2014

• Vectorworks 2014 serial numbers starts B9X or E9X (9 = Vectorworks version 19; marketed as 2014)

Vectorworks 2013

• Vectorworks 2013 serial numbers starts B8X or E8X (8 = Vectorworks version 18; marketed as 2013)

Vectorworks 2012

• Vectorworks 2012 serial numbers starts B7X or E7X (7 = Vectorworks version 17; marketed as 2012)

Vectorworks 2011

• Vectorworks 2011 serial numbers starts B6X or E6X (6 = Vectorworks version 16; marketed as 2011)

Vectorworks 2010

• Vectorworks 2010 serial numbers starts B5X or E5X (5 = Vectorworks version 15; marketed as 2010)

Vectorworks 2009

• Vectorworks 2009 serial numbers starts B4X

Vectorworks 2008

• Vectorworks 2008 serial numbers starts B3X

Vectorworks 12

• Vectorworks 12 serial numbers starts B2X

Vectorworks 11

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

Vectorworks 10

• Vectorworks 10 serial numbers start B0M or B0W

Vectorworks 9

• Vectorworks 9 serial numbers starts 1900M or 1900W

Vectorworks 8

• Vectorworks 8 serial numbers starts 1800M or 1800W

MiniCAD 7

• MiniCAD 7 serial numbers starts 1700
3. what format are serial numbers...
• Vectorworks 2022 back to Vectorworks 10 serial numbers are in the format of four segments of six alpha-numeric characters
  xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
  E series are internet activated, the last segment of six characters is the licence ID
B series requires 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 2019, 2018 or 2017, and you need one more licence, what are your options...
1. Upgrade all your licences to the latest version Vectorworks 2022, refer to the relevant upgrade pricing page
2. Buy a new standalone licence for Vectorworks 2022 and at the time of ordering from faCADe make a special request for a legacy version serial number to work with your new standalone licence