I did miss the temporary dimensions that Revit has, but I was surprised to find that Vectorworks’s SmartCursor was very handy alternative. Vectorworks supports Apple’s Magic Mouse for scroll zooming (and holding down the space bar for panning), but I found I really needed a conventional mouse with its scroll wheel to get convenient panning. Zooming and panning was intuitive, and so in no time I was laying out a little structure. After all, who needs instructions when one has years of experience? Using the included template and libraries, I was able to start creating a basic building. I could move the tools to any part of my screen or to a different screen to suit my needs and working style.įigure 1: The clean-looking interface of Vectorworks Architect 2014 running on a Mac The screen is divided into a large drawing area and tool pallets such as Basic Tools, Tool Sets, Object Information, and Navigation. The first impression I had is of a clean user interface, and one that can be tailored for either a single or multi-monitor setup (see figure 1). I installed the software (see below), and started up the program.

Fundamentals is the core program upon the following are based.Designer bundles all the programs listed below.Vectorworks 2014 is available as a bundle that includes all the software packages, or else each program can be licensed individually: Having heard many good things lately from architects using Macs, I decided to spend a weekend exploring the newest release of the program from Nemetschek Vectorworks. Of the BIM software packages built for Macs, Vectorworks Architect 2014 looked to me as the most interesting of all. By Bill Debevc Almost instantly usable, BIM software works well on a Mac and plays well with AutoCADĪs someone who for many years used Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Revit in production and consulting, I’ve always wanted to try a BIM (building information modeling) solution on the Mac.

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