The final two screens contained the “ReadMe” document and the selection boxes for “Register your copy of Vectorworks after the installation” and “Download and install your content libraries after installation.” The installation process up to this point took less than 15 minutes and was user-friendly. The install screen asked me to input my license information: Name, Company, and Serial Number, as seen below in figure 1.įigure 1: License information screen during installation Of course, the pamphlet also housed the Vectorworks 2015 installation DVD and a “Getting Started Guides” DVD.Īfter reading through the information and instructions, I was ready to begin the Vectorworks installation.

There was a bulleted list of instructions for installing the software and a “How Do I Get Started?” section that included information on training guides, how to get help, and answers to commonly asked questions. Inside was the Vectorworks 2015 “Let’s Get Started” pamphlet with a welcoming message from the Nemetschek Vectorworks team. While most users download the software directly, Vectorworks sent me the software, which arrived in a brown cardboard box, with the software itself in a nice sleeved package. The family of software includes Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, and Renderworks, and its users number at more than half a million. Nemetschek Vectorworks has been developing CAD (computer-aided design) software since 1985, and now has editions for architects and engineers, and for the construction, entertainment, landscape, and urban planning industries. For the purposes of this article, I will be reviewing Vectorworks Designer.įirst, a bit of background: Nemetschek Vectorworks is a subsidiary of the European software company Nemetschek AG. To get started, I worked my way through the installation and then into learning and using the software. Not having used any Vectorworks software before, my goal was to evaluate how easy it would be for a beginner.

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