Vectorworks 2025 New and Improved Features
We are excited to introduce the new and enhanced features of Vectorworks 2025, where innovation and user experience are seamlessly integrated. In this blog, we will explore these remarkable advancements together.
Onscreen View Control
Experience seamless navigation with Vectorworks 2025’s enhanced one-click view control, granting swift access to all model perspectives. You simply click and drag to rotate your model with ease. Optional display features, such as XYZ axes, compass directions, and working planes, are available to help guide your movement, but their intuitive design ensures that you may seldom need to toggle them off. These can be easily adjusted via a convenient pop-up menu.
Object-Level Visibility
Gain complete control over object visibility with new, granular options in Vectorworks 2025. Manage individual object visibility by ghosting, hiding, or isolating them to focus on specific areas of your model. This feature allows for more personalised and detailed presentations by controlling visibility at the object level—not just by layers and classes. Additionally, a new ‘Show/Hide Objects’ shortcut button has been introduced to the Quick Preferences menu for faster access, streamlining your workflow. You can either directly manipulate object visibility within your design layer or save these settings for viewports and data visualisations, creating a flexible, dynamic workflow that complements the traditional Class and Layer visibility settings.
Two-Point Perspectives
Two-point perspective is a powerful projection method used to enhance the visual depth of 3D models by employing two vanishing points. This type of perspective is commonly used in architectural presentations, where horizontal lines converge while vertical lines remain parallel and undistorted, creating a realistic sense of space. Access this mode via View > Projection > Two-point Perspective, to generate precise and visually engaging architectural views. With just one click, you can activate it within design layers or apply it to saved views and sheet viewports. Once enabled, the mode remains active across different views, ensuring consistency throughout your design process.
Curbs, Edging, and Borders
Vectorworks 2025 makes designing detailed curbs, borders, and edging easier than ever. Whether using profile extrusions or placing individual units, these elements can stand alone or be seamlessly integrated into hardscapes and landscaped areas. You have the flexibility to customise corner details and set front and back points, making terrain adjustments effortless. By using design styles, you can maintain a cohesive aesthetic throughout your project, while also reducing the need for revisions and saving valuable time.
Spotlight Improvements
Vectorworks 2025 puts the spotlight on enhancing user experience, with improvements driven by user feedback. Key upgrades have been introduced to the truss tool, streamlining both functionality and workflow. You can now auto-number trusses as you draw, thanks to a more intuitive Spotlight Numbering dialog integrated into most tools. With Truss Insertion Previewing, you’ll have a clear view of your truss system as you design, while a new mode allows you to quickly adjust the insertion point. Truss corners can be easily rotated in 3D for added flexibility, and trim height has been added to all rigging objects, ensuring a consistent design and documentation process.
The Lighting Device tool has also received several enhancements. Lights and other objects now snap directly to truss chords in both 2D and 3D. With Distributed Insertion Mode, you can quickly add groups of lights, using automatic numbering settings for efficiency. Rotational Insertion Mode simplifies drawing side or overhung fixtures, and you’ll benefit from live feedback when focusing conventional lights.
Schematic Views have been made more responsive, automatically syncing with the 3D model to eliminate the need for switching between views. This ensures smoother updates and a more efficient workflow, allowing you to stay focused on design.
Cable management is also improved, with consistent cable editing that allows you to revise plans easily. You can create cable breaks, define slack, and configure groups for better documentation. Event planning tools have been updated, with unified bridal preferences and specialised Data Tags for bridal elements, enhancing the speed and precision of bridal planning.
Additionally, power management has been simplified with the ability to create and edit power schematics at any stage of the design process. This ensures that your lighting design’s power requirements are well-documented, providing the necessary plans for a smooth on-site setup.
In conclusion, Vectorworks 2025 brings a suite of innovative features designed to enhance both efficiency and creativity. From intuitive onscreen navigation and object-level visibility controls to powerful two-point perspectives and improved truss and lighting tools, this update significantly streamlines the design process. With advanced functionality for schematic views, cable management, and power schematics, Vectorworks 2025 ensures that your workflow is more responsive, flexible, and precise.
At Cadventure, we are excited to support your journey with these cutting-edge tools, empowering you to bring your design visions to life effortlessly. For more information about how Vectorworks 2025 can enhance your design process, or to learn more about our support and training services, please visit our website at www.cadventure.co.uk. Feel free to contact us by phone or email for personalised assistance.
