Download Now | Vectorworks 2025 Update 2

Update 2 for Vectorworks 2025 is available now. This release continues our promise of delivering meaningful updates to your design and BIM software on a consistent basis, helping you stay ahead of industry demands. Here’s what you can expect:

Enhanced AI Visualizer: Get creative with more flexibility in creating unique, seamless patterns and textures right within Vectorworks. The AI Visualizer now also allows you to produce images with alpha channels, making it easier to incorporate transparent backgrounds within image props such as plants and trees for layered renderings. Additionally, text prompt recall is now available, making it easier to create consistent visuals across projects.

Renderworks and Redshift Performance Boost on Vectorworks Cloud Services: Processing large, complex geometry is now more efficient with improved support for Renderworks and Redshift render settings on the Vectorworks Cloud. Offloading these tasks to the Cloud frees up your hardware for a smoother, uninterrupted design experience.

Data Tags in Clip Cube Viewports: Gain better control and precision in documentation with updates to Data Tag functionality, which now considers Clip Cube views. This improvement ensures that only objects within the Clip Cube are tagged, delivering reliable results.

Roof Face Component Tagging: For architectural projects, Data Tags now extend to roof face components in Top/Plan views, enabling more precise documentation and better alignment with project standards.

Refined Sill Graphics for Complex Windows: Vectorworks continues to enhance its 2D/3D hybrid environment, now offering improved sill graphics for corner and span windows. These updates provide clearer, more detailed documentation for complex window designs.

Support for Revit 2025: Seamlessly collaborate with industry partners by importing and exporting Revit 2025 files. This update ensures compatibility with the latest Revit version, keeping you up to date in cross-disciplinary projects.

Improved Textures for Wall Styles: Wall styles now feature enhanced textures, providing more accurate documentation and realistic renderings.

Aligned Hardscapes with 3D Landscape Areas: Landscape professionals now have more control over hardscapes, which can align to landscape areas with 3D components. This addition enhances the flexibility and accuracy of your 3D models, enabling more realistic and parametric landscape designs.

Updates to the Curb Tool: Improvements to the Curb tool offer greater precision in associating curbs with hardscapes and landscape areas. This update improves model accuracy, enables more realistic visuals, and improves the precision of quantity take-offs in estimates.

New Vestre Site Furnishings Symbol Library: Expand your design toolkit with a new symbol library featuring Vestre site furnishings, giving you additional high-quality options to create visually appealing outdoor spaces.

Updates to Showcase: Experience realistic visualization with improved accuracy in gobos and lenses representation within Showcase. You’ll also find streamlined DMX patching with the removal of unwanted, static accessories from the patch dialog.

GDTF Files Summary Dialog: When updating GDTF files, a new summary dialog will now display information on symbols updated, GDTF IDs used, and file names downloaded. This feature simplifies quality assurance and quality compliance processes and ensures you’re up to date on the latest changes.

New Symbol Library of Aputure Lighting Devices: Expand your lighting design options with a new symbol library featuring Aputure lighting devices.

All Access Staging Symbol Library: Access a comprehensive new library of All Access Staging symbols, giving you additional resources for staging and production design.

To install, please select "Check for Updates" from the Vectorworks menu (Mac) or Help menu (Windows).