Vectorworks Designer

What do you like best?

You can go from schematic design to construction documents with oone program. Because of the 3D modeling capabilities, anything you need for a complete Building model can be created from scratch.

What do you dislike?

There are some elements that architects use all the time that are still not automated, although you can still create them (like special moldings)

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Be sure to look at some of the training videos. If you are migrating from another BIM solution you need to just rethink your workflow. In my opinion the workflow with Vectorworks is way more intuitive and seems to match more how we all create and design (ie. from concept to detail)

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

In addition to Building design and photo quality graphics, the Landmark module allows you to create 3D site models which are very useful, especially with sloping sites.