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This allows less computing power to be used and the objects to be displayed with more iconography when available. When a model is being viewed in plan, Vectorworks condenses the objects into their 2D format. The ability to work in different views is one of the hallmarks of other 3D modeling software, but we see a key difference here when talking about this core functionality. I believe that this is one of the most important features of Vectorworks 2018. You can also now import georeferenced TIFF files directly into your model. The new tree survey capabilities removes the need for external converters and allows you to output a plan of existing trees into shape files to be used by others. Plant images can now be added for Vectorworks’ extensive database to improve the legibility of planting plans.Ģ018 has added some new tools that are traditionally associated with GIS programs like ArcGIS. The contours act like polylines and have handle at intermittent vertices. Now you can directly edit contours in 2D to make even the smallest adjustments. One of the biggest requests that the Landmark team received from users was for additional functionality in editing contours in site plans. The possibilities are bright for the Landmark product and we were happy to talk to Biplab and his team to talk about new features and the future of the program. The ability to easily share a model with clients over a web portal is one of the most useful attributes of all of the Vectorworks programs. The Vectorworks team is also very proud of all of the new augmented and virtual reality tie-ins there are now for all of their core products. You already have an option in the program to show drainage directionality, but the company wants to take that further. The implications for urban design will be profound if you are able to more quickly analyze a hardscape environment and clearly see where your spot grading might have a bust. Looking forward past 2018, Sarkar shared that while they are very proud of the hardscape functions within the program, they are looking to improve on the abilities to work with warped planes and finite grading along sidewalks and roads. They have also added functions for surveyors to better work with designers.
The irrigation capabilities have been improved to allow for easier calculations and adjustments. Vectorworks also hopes to target more related professionals with many of their improvements. “They might not care about it now, but when they do, it’ll be there for them.” For those above-mentioned professionals that don’t yet care about 3D, this allows them to build the model “in the background” while working entirely in 2D. What this does is allow you to reduce the burden on your computer as well as allow for variations in the style of objects from different angles. When you are looking in plan, you will actually see a separate, integrated image of an object rather than just the top view of a 3D one. Sarkar also reiterated that Vectorworks was one of the first programs to have a “hybrid” view of smart objects ingrained in the software. In Vectorworks, everything is a smart object and getting traction with designers who are not ready (or don’t want) to convert to a BIM workflow can have its difficulties.
“We talk to garden designers, landscape designers, and landscape architects and sometimes they don’t actually want the new functionality we have added,” shares Sarkar.
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One of the internal struggles for the program as it has evolved since 2010 is meeting the varied requests from the full range of landscape professionals. The Design Summit also acts as a conduit for that conversation. We rely on our users and partners,” reflected Sarkar. “How (else) would we know? I am not a landscape architect or architect. 70% of improvements are based on comments from users.
Doing the programming in-house allowed the company to control the evolutionary process and tailor it to user feedback more efficiently. “We just decided to do it all ourselves,” says Vectorworks CEO Biplab Sarkar.
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Interview with Adam Greenspan of PWP Landscape Architectureīack in the day, the capabilities that are now part of the Landmark program began as just a series of plugins for the main program. Vectorworks Design Summit: Celebrating BIM for Landscape This is Part II of our continuing coverage of the Vectorworks Design Summit 2017:
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Similar to last year’s conference in Chicago, Land8 was there to bring you the latest from the software company as well as our take on the impact to landscape architects. The event, hosted near its headquarters in Columbia, MD, showcased the lineup of programs the company offers to the design world, including Landmark, their landscape-oriented platform. This September, the third annual Vectorworks Design Summit took place in Baltimore.
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