COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek North America announced the 2010 release of their Vectorworks line of design software, including: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design, Fundamentals, and Renderworks. Building upon the integration of the Parasolid 3D modeling core in 2009, version 2010 is geared to making changes easier with the addition of bi-directional associativity features and a 3D modeling environment. These capabilities are included to help make sure that changes are reflected throughout the entire design.
"Demand for more efficient design and construction over the past several years has led many professionals to evaluate making a change in their technologies and workflows to incorporate intelligent modeling software," said Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek North America. "Many small- and medium-sized firms find the transition to information modeling workflows difficult, as technologies are hard to learn and complicated to use. The additions to Vectorworks 2010 are going to help remove these barriers and make the change for designers easy."
According to recent CAD manager surveys, technology use is up—particularly 3D—which has increased more than 30 percent in the last year. Vectorworks may help designers embrace this change without turning their firms upside down, according to Nemetschek North America. Vectorworks software offers a 3D environment with unified views, 3D snapping for modeling, and a 3D modeling core.
With the release of Vectorworks 2010, Nemetschek North America has also extended its relationship with Siemens PLM Software further by integrating the D-Cubed 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager (2D DCM) into the software.
"We chose to integrate the 2D DCM in Vectorworks 2010 because Siemens has what many consider a best-in-class solution for constraint management," said Dr. Biplab Sarkar, Nemetschek North America's chief technology officer. "Additionally, we've integrated it into 2010 in a way that is non-obtrusive to users and truly intuitive to use."
Vectorworks 2010 also puts a heavy emphasis on usability improvements and productive tools that make the change to intelligent data-rich design easy, according to Nemetschek North America.
There are more than 80 new features in version 2010. For a look at all of the new features by product, as well as feature movies, please visit www.vectorworks2010.net.
For more information, please visit www.vectorworks.net.
