Vectorworks 2009 Serial Number

Nemetschek's Vectorworks software has been one of the most powerful and popular CAD (computer-aided design) programs for the Mac for a couple of decades (the product started out as MiniCad in the late 1980s). Vectorworks 2009's integrated 2-D drafting and 3-D modeling capabilities serve multiple CAD specialties with six versions of the software: Vectorworks Architect (architecture); Vectorworks Landmark (landscape architecture and planning); Vectorworks Spotlight (set design and theater, event, and exhibition planning); Vectorworks Machine Design (mechanical engineering); and Vectorworks Fundamentals (2-D drafting, basic 3-D modeling) make up the five distinct modules. Vectorworks Designer, the sixth module, combines the other five into one comprehensive package. RenderWorks, a high-end 3-D rendering engine, can be integrated into any of the modules. Vectorworks has evolved over the years from a lean and mean drafting application with a quick learning curve and inexpensive price to a very powerful high-end CAD application with more features to compete with the top CAD programs on any platform. The price for this competitive edge is that the interface is now much more difficult to master, with complex palettes, layered menus, and hidden features. The cost has also crept into the US$2K range, depending on the module you get.

Still, this is less than half the cost of other CAD products, most of which are available only for Windows. New engine The big news for Vectorworks 2009 is a new 3-D modeling engine that controls how your model is created, calculated, altered, and displayed. Nemetschek has replaced the program's previous kernel with the Parasolid 3-D modeling kernel built by Siemens PLM, considered by many professionals to be the leading CAD/CAM/CAE engine. Prototype 1 Pc Rip. This industrial strength modeler significantly boosts the power and performance of the program and allows Vectorworks 2009 to handle larger and more complex modeling projects. Nemetschek says this new engine operates roughly four to five times faster than the previous version for most 3-D operations and up to twelve times faster for Boolean operations (adding and subtracting 3-D shapes and surfaces). While I cannot confirm the exact speed increase, the modeling certainly feels significantly faster.