Vectorworks 2024 Update 1 Available for Download

Vectorworks, Inc. has released its first update for the Vectorworks 2024 product line. This update includes the following quality improvements that enhance your everyday experience with Vectorworks 2024.

Important Enhancements

• General
  • Improves general stability.
  • Fundamentals customers can now take advantage of creating surface arrays.
• Interoperability
  • Adds script and SDK functions for reading and writing project, site, building, and stories IFC project data.
  • Adds support for default Data Manager settings for plug-in objects developed by third parties.
  • Provides better IFC support for plant, fence, and hardscape objects.
• Architect
  • Restores the Create Multiple Viewports command to various workspaces.
  • Resolves an issue with the Stacking Diagram tool.
  • Improves the texturing of railing objects.
  • Adds quantity take-off (QTO) worksheet functions for railing objects.
  • Improves importing and representation of door thresholds and window sills.
  • Restores the flip behavior of door and window objects that use symbol geometry.
  • Landmark
  • Optimizes the calculations of site model cut and fill volumes.
  • Improves the texturing of hardscape and fence objects.
  • Adds QTO worksheet functions for fence objects.
• Spotlight
  • Adds support for blended screens and stage plugs in inventory and equipment lists.
  • Equipment summary key enhancements include:
    • Improving the alignment of text and symbols and how plug-in objects are used and counted
    • Optimizing the sorting and expanding of items in the Equipment Summary Key dialog box
    • For more information, please visit this page.

• Vision
  • Improves four corner keystone editing when the aspect ratio is not 1:1.
• ConnectCAD
  • The Panel Builder now recognizes connectors without a name prefix.
  • Restores editing panel connectors from a worksheet.
• NCS+ web integration
  • Directly imports NCS® Colour palettes from NCS+ to your Vectorworks Color Palette Manager.

• For a full list of improvements in this update, please visit this page.

Installing the Update

This update is available as a downloadable updater for all U.S. English-based versions of Vectorworks 2024. To install the update, please select Check for Updates from the Vectorworks menu (Mac) or Help menu (Windows).

Please submit a support request in the customer portal if you have any technical questions or problems during this process.