Architect/Renderworks 2012

Vectorworks Architect with Renderworks 2012 - For Mac and Windows

Renderworks is the essential presentation-rendering tool that seamlessly integrates with Vectorworks, making the need for external rendering applications obsolete. Whether you want to produce artistically styled presentation drawings, or stunning photorealistic renderings, Renderworks will empower you to do it. Its sophisticated rendering technologies such as radiosity, final gather, and high dynamic range imaging, are packaged in an intuitive, straight-forward, and easy-to-use design environment.

New unified 2D/3D environment

Building on the Parasolid modeling foundation we laid in 2009, Vectorworks 2010 has a new unified view that makes it an ideal 3D modeling environment. When you're working in unified view, it allows you to select and modify objects on any layer.

Improved 3D snapping

You'll notice improvements in the overall usability and reliability of 3D snapping. With the 3D cursor and new working plane graphics, you can reliably acquire your snaps, so it's easier to select, modify, and align your objects in 3D.

New planar graphics

2D objects can occupy the screen plane as they do now, or they can become planar objects, which exist in 3D space and maintain their relationship to the 3D model.

Wall scuplpting

New wall sculpting capabilities allow you to add wall features like projections and recesses to walls while maintaining the wall intelligence and behavior. Now you can model those older or unusual walls.

Automatic drawing coordination

Vectorworks Design Series users will enjoy the automatic coordination of sheet numbers and drawing numbers among sheet borders, drawing labels and section markers.

New Dimensional Constraint Manager (DCM)

Make life easier with more reliable parametric constraints. The new and robust Dimensional Constraint Manager provides bi-directional associativity, so you can interactively make edits to either objects or their constraints and have the changes automatically reflected.

Interactive dimension editing

Now you can directly edit object geometry by changing its dimension value. Just edit the dimension value and when you press Enter, both the dimension and the associated object automatically update.

New decal texturing

Since you can now apply multiple decal textures over another texture, it's simple to create labeling, signage, and layered material effects.

New blur reflectivity shaders and improved texture mapping controls

You can now add a blur factor to the simple glass and mirror reflectivity shaders for ultra-realistic reflections. You'll enjoy the improved 2D and 3D texture mapping, as well as the fact that intuitive mapping controls are merged into a single tool.

Features

• Unified 2D/3D view lets you to select and modify objects on any layer
• Reliably acquire your snaps with the 3D cursor and new working plane graphics
• 2D objects can occupy the screen plane or they can become planar objects in 3D space
• Wall sculpting capabilities lets you add wall features like projections and recesses
• Vectorworks Design Series users can automatically coordinate sheet numbers and drawing numbers
• Robust Dimensional Constraint Manager provides bi-directional associativity for more reliable parametric constraints
• Directly edit object geometry by changing its dimension value
• Apply multiple decal textures over another texture to easily create signage and layered material effects
• Add a blur factor to the simple glass and mirror reflectivity shaders for super-realistic reflections
• Renderworks presentation-rendering tool eliminates the need for external rendering applications

System requirements

Mac

• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
• 2GHz or faster Intel Core processor
• 2GB of RAM minimum, 4GB recommended
• 15-bit or higher graphics card
• 1280 x 800 display resolution
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software for multimedia features
• Internet access for some features

PC

• Windows XP SP3/Vista SP3
• 2GHz or faster Pentium processor
• 2GB of RAM minimum, 4GB recommended
• 15-bit or higher graphics card
• 1280 x 800 display resolution
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software for multimedia features
• Internet access for some features

What's in the box?

• Vectorworks Architect with Renderworks DVD trigger case
• Installation DVD (Series A)
• Getting started guide
• Getting started guide DVD
• DVD hub for getting started guide DVD/manual