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  1. On 10/19/2023 at 7:25 AM, Jonathan Pickup said:

    viewport styles, very useful

    Railing tool, so cool and powerful

    Fence tool, it now snaps to the site model

    cabinet tool 

    Yes those are good things, but they are except for viewports kind of side issues not things that make the program stand out.  I wonder what the things are the would make users happier.  I see the cabinet tool really complete, but it seems more a tool for a cabinet desinger than an architect.  Can material lists and cutting lists be created or exported to another program for that.   

  2. 1 hour ago, shorter said:

     

    Is this true?  Of course the UK is stupidly not in the EU any more, but I thought the deadline for new perpetual licenses was 31 December 2023, and that Service Select is no longer available because it can only be purchased with a perpetual license unless you are currently a service select customer and looking forward to your renewal.

    You are probably right about the deadline I was just quoting from my poor memory.  I have gotten a quote from the Italian vendor so I know it is possible.  Also it is available in Spain and I think both have English versions.  

  3. Yes contact sales.  But what I understand is that you can't buy a perpetual license in the US but if you have one you can subscribe to service select.  It seems if you park it you are stuck at where you left it.  The only way is to buy a monthly or yearly subscription.  And if you but a used license it is only good for the version you bought it can't be upgraded.  Is that correct?  If you are in the EU you can still buy a perpetual license until I think September.  But the prices are very high.

  4. 23 hours ago, Neptis said:

    Hello. I’m in Ireland, part of the European Union and outside the zone announced for the early adoption of the subscription only model. I’d like to buy a perpetual licence but seem to get forwarded to UK dealers who don’t have this option. What’s the best link for an EU purchase?

    How is it going with that?  I have been looking around the EU to see if it is possible to buy a perpetual license, so far nothing.  Spain says they sell also a version in English but only list the subscription for example.  

  5. Do you remember the VW tool for creating a matrix and then using it to maximize a floor plan layout.  That's what we are talking about here on steroids.  AI works well when you feed it the information and ask it to minipulate it.  I would love to be able to test any new tools that VW is thinking about using AI to do them.  Right now I think it could do the floor plan matrix but also add in more info like which rooms need more natural light, where is the best view, do the clients for a house want a small or a large kitchen, etc.  

     

    I also did some travel stuff with it.  I asked if for a route connecting several cities that worked well.  I fed in an excell list of destinations and dates of arrival and it wrote up a littel program.  I aksed it to list the time and distance between each city, no problem.

     

    I asked it to give a history of a local historical building and it gave a bunch of incorrect info, so it's not there yet.  But when I told it that it was wrong it did mostly correct itself.  

  6. I suppose the initial uses will be more along the lines of research, writing and help with understanding various issues.  Maybe in using Excel for example as it can explain or even creat formulas for cells.  It can create work schedules, and research product suppliers.  There are a lot of uses before it starts designing buildings. 

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  7. What do you think?  How will AI be used in architecture in general and are there possible ways that it may be integrated into VW or how we use VW.  I have found that it can be useful in looking up code issues on just about any subject.  The problem being that it is not updated past 2021 but at least it is a starting point.  Can it be used to do repetitive tasks of any sort for example.  

  8. 3 hours ago, timble said:

    It is time wasted looking for a license. I can not be the only one since there are many posts asking 'Is the license still available?'

     

    • The date for license sales don't contain the year of posting, so I don't know if it might be current.
    • There seems no posting of when a sale is completed.

     

    Surely this wouldn't be too hard to fix.

    Well the seller just needs to let people it is sold common courtesy.   It does seem people want a perpetual license so they don't have to mess with the subscription program.  

  9. 38 minutes ago, Dan Hoffman said:

    Just adding to the replies of extreme disappointment, as someone who spent a substantial sum, as a young designer over ten years ago, for a perpetual license and service select through the years - for updates that have added relatively little improvement to most of my workflow but were required because otherwise I couldn't easily exchange files with people using ANY other year of the software - and now all of that investment we've made in the software is essentially - ignored, gone?!

    All the complaints don't seem to be having an impact on the marketing department.  I suppose they know what they are doing after all having started around the same time as ACAD they are number one in the market right -- 

  10. On 1/12/2023 at 7:14 AM, _c_ said:

    This path of licensing scheme began long ago. You are where you are, people, because you accepted this and still do.

    "But what can I do". Sell now, that's what you can do. Better now than later.

     

    Vectorworks is not developing for us, it develops exclusively for its own marketing.

    "Features" tailored to show off on a list, never really working. Decades of complaints ignored.

     

    My warning to potential new users, the problem is not the licence system, as ugly and exploitative as it is.

    The problem is that the application doesn't actually develop for our needs and, but with major workarounds, nothing really works as you need.

     

    _c_

    User since Minicad who sold and moved on. Never looked back.

     

    Why don't you tell us what you really think, 😁

  11. 36 minutes ago, Amorphous - Julian said:

    I’d like to reiterate a point I made in another post, too….

     

    In the past, transferred perpetual licenses were upgradable. 


    That is why I subsequently invested in several perpetual licences- they had resell value. 


    In a single stroke, Vectorworks devalued all perpetual licences- by removing the VSS subscription rights of transferred perpetual licenses. 

    As someone who forked out money to support this software... of course, I am not happy to see my investment in devalued that way.... but what can I do. The decision was unilateral. 

     

    I was of course quite upset that my investment was reduced to nothing overnight. I’m not talking about one or two licences….

     

    Original thread as follows

     

     

     

    I have not followed the sales program that much but wow, so you can't by an older version and then upgrade it to the current one.  It seems the marketing department is getting desperate.  I' m guessing people will just switch over to Revit, not as good as VW but many more users, more compatibility with other software, and more jobs available.  

  12. 1 hour ago, Pat Stanford said:

    One value provided by an ongoing transfer fee is that VW will be able to help with lock-out problems only if they know who the rightful owner is.

     

    VW has a limited number of activations.  If you installed your license on a couple of machines, decided you didn't like it, uninstalled it, and sold the license, It is likely that the new user would not be able to activate due to too many activations. If VW knows the license was transferred they can reset the activation counter.

     

     

    In fact one of the main reasons VW never really conquered the market like ACAD is all that worry about people installing it on too many computers.  To be successful in the CAD market you need users lots of them no matter how they get the program, sooner or later they will pay.  

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  13. 3 hours ago, Cadplan Architecture said:

    As Vectorworks Inc have gone over to subscription only and cut adrift non VSS perpetual licenses to naturally dwindle, it seems unreasonable for them to continue charge a transfer fee as they will not be offering any support or upgrade options. I would be interested to hear why they think it’s justified.  Please post if you agree.

    I do agree, but then I also don't like the new pricing situation at all.  I think it will drive people away and decrease sales.  We will see.

  14. Sara,

     

    Hi, I am a highly experienced architect licensed in California.  My wife is an Italian architect, we live in Italy.  For the last 3 years we have been working remotely for an architect in California  among other things.  The work is mostly 3D design and construction drawings on mid rise apartments using modular factory built units.   But his work has slowed down a lot so we are looking around for other work.  I have experience in just about every aspect of small to medium projects.  I am a beta tester for VW so I know the program pretty well.  If you are still looking and think there could be a fit let me know and I can send samples, cv, et.  

     

    Regards, John

  15. 5 hours ago, Tom W. said:

    RenderMall Plants are 3D. Visualization Tool Set.

    In fact I like to use them, because the also render in Enscape, but I don't find any pine or fir trees.  The Enscape ones are pretty good.  

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