The extension of Vectorworks into the complete design-build-operate lifecycle of buildings, performance spaces, landscapes, and infrastructure is a signal of Vectorworks customers deepening requirements. The Nemetschek Group brands definitely want to engage together more,” he adds. I ask him about the Nemetschek Group sister products, and Johnson adds, “we are connecting more deeply to Solibri and Bluebeam, so we are connecting to the construction lifecycle. Johnson adds, “for us, the new openness is about being able to connect our customers to the whole project lifecycle through Vectorworks.” This means taking Vectorworks data into other applications and vice versa. The new Esri ArcGIS Online services connectivity in Vectorworks is another advancement in the “openness” front for the application. Additionally, Vectorworks users are also designing using GIS data-particularly landscape and urban design professionals. While Architosh has already noted that the Vectorworks Graphics Sync APIs will also be bringing third-party renderers like Enscape and Twinmotion to Vectorworks in the near future, the system fundamentally communicates object data, including user-inputted data common in BIM applications. Beyond Rendering Engines-Total Project Lifecycles This kind of connection to the Vectorworks BIM platform, in particular, can open up new types of workflows for users. Architosh saw this in action with Vectorworks and Lumion back at AIA 2019. More applications will now power live sync integrations thanks to this new openness philosophy and active third-party interests.įundamentally, basic objects and scene geometry are communicable to other applications and establish a persistent live connection, or live sync, so that work in one application is reflected in the other in real-time. Now that core technology work in Vectorworks has positioned the company well with its new APIs for more openness-the system named Vectorworks Graphics Sync (VGS).Ī Lumion-powered rendering from Vectorworks thanks to the new Vectorworks Graphics Sync (VGS) API technology. Years ago, when the company was developing its own OpenGL engine and new graphics pipeline, called Vectorworks Graphics Module (VGM), they were forced to think about how new low-level graphics APIs like Apple’s Metal and the Khronos Group’s Vulkan might impact the industry and their software. This revelation may appear sudden, but the reality is it has been anticipated for some time.
The company-and its globally robust CAD/BIM platform-are developing unique core technologies that provide a new “openness” for Vectorworks and its stalwart users. However, in the face of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, bespoke computational design, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and a host of other vanguard new technologies, things are changing at the Vectorworks mothership. VECTORWORKS USERS HAVE RARELY NEEDED MORE than what came inside the box.
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