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What is Redshift? Redshift is a GPU-accelerated render mode that speeds up rendering time without sacrificing quality. Redshift employs features like lighting, reflections, volumetric effects such as lit fog, camera effects, and anti-aliasing, which removes the jagged effect observed along straight edges. Redshift in Vectorworks 2023 also includes CPU support for computers with marginal GPUs, greatly expanding the availability of Redshift rendering. When and why should I use Redshift? Use Redshift when producing feature-rich, high-quality renderings that use blurry reflections, soft shadows, depth of field, fine details in global illumination, and/or anti-aliasing. Rendering time is greatly reduced for these features in Redshift and it can produce a higher quality rendering than Renderworks render modes. What are the current limitations to using Redshift in Vectorworks 2023? Textures that use Grass Shader, Displacement Mapping (bump texture), or Caustics (how light gets reflected or refracted from a curved surface such as water or glass and projected onto a surface where they can be visualized) are currently not supported. Parallax bumps, which give textures such as brick more apparent depth, are currently not supported. Anisotropic metal (brushed, turned) will render with roughness but without directional scratches. Area lights and Line lights are currently not supported. The Use Emitter physical brightness option is currently not supported. Custom lights (IES lights) are supported but the “From User Input” sub-option is not supported. Brightness is always “From Distribution File”. Redshift renderings will be processed sequentially and automatically, one at a time. You currently can’t set different backgrounds for environmental reflections. Lighting and background can be independent, but reflections only come from a visible background. Tech Tips All lights should be set to cast shadows. Lights that don’t cast shadows will blow out, or overexpose, the scenes in Redshift renderings. What are the system requirements for using Redshift? Minimum Requirements for Redshift using CPU only macOS: Apple macOS 11.5 (Big Sur) or later Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 macOS M-series: Apple M1 16 GB Windows: 8GB of RAM Processor with SSE2 support (Pentium 4 or better) macOS Intel: 8 GB of RAM Minimum Requirements for Redshift using GPU macOS M-series: Apple M1 16 GB Windows: 8 GB RAM NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 5.0 or higher (https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus) and 8 GB VRAM macOS Intel: 8 GB RAM AMD "Navi" or "Vega" GPU or later and 8 GB VRAM See the supported AMD GPU list below Single GPU Recommended Requirements for Redshift using GPU macOS M-series: Apple M1 Max 32 GB or better Windows: 16 GB of RAM or more Core i7 or Xeon equivalent, 3.0GHz or better NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 7.0 or higher (https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus) and 8 GB of VRAM or more macOS Intel: 16 GB of RAM or more AMD "Navi" or "Vega" GPU or later and 8 GB VRAM or more See the supported AMD GPU list below Multiple GPUs - macOS: List of supported AMD GPUs for Redshift MacBook Pro Radeon Pro Vega 16/20 Radeon Pro 5500M/5600M iMac Radeon Pro Vega 48 Radeon Pro 5500XT/5700/5700XT iMac Pro Radeon Pro Vega 56/64 MacPro Radeon Pro Vega II / Vega II Duo Radeon Pro W5500X/W5700X Radeon RX 6800/6800XT/6900XT Radeon W6800X MPX Thunderbolt eGPUs Radeon RX Vega 56/64 Radeon Pro WX 9100 Radeon VII Radeon RX 5500/5500XT/5600XT/5700/5700XT Radeon RX 6800/6800XT/6900XT Radeon W6800X MPX

Vectorworks, Inc. has released its first Service Pack (SP1) for the Vectorworks 2023 product line. This update includes quality improvements and minor fixes that improve your everyday experience with Vectorworks 2023. For a full list of improvements and bug fixes in the 2023 SP1 update, please visit this page Service Pack Improvements and Fixes Worksheets Resolves wall worksheet errors when using the Count and Footprint Area functions Removes duplicate functions and fields in the Select Function dialog box Space objects Fixes incorrect net area calculations after modification Resolves problems with space links in adjacency matrices Applies zones from the style to spaces Landmark When updating site models, grade objects and stake objects also update Resolves hardscape bugs related to selection highlighting, hardscape alignment, and defining texture beds with default classes Fixes a site modifiers issue that occurred when editing objects in sheet layers and viewports Previews update when editing Laubwerk plant styles in the Edit Plant Style dialog box Viewports Fixes the display of structural members in horizontal and section viewports Extrudes now display correctly in section viewports Resolves occasional crashes that occurred when: Resetting all plug-ins in landscape files Creating new data visualizations, opening the Edit Data Visualization dialog box, and modifying referenced files Debugging Marionette object networks Trying to connect to BIMSync in the BCF Manager Executing the Reconcile Notes command Reordering items in the Keynotes List dialog box Double-clicking a callout in an annotation Miscellaneous Fixes light object ID mismatches that sometimes occurred between Vectorworks and Twinmotion Fixes issues when redrawing the top rails of railing/fence objects Restores the cursor change when adjusting the width of docked palettes on Mac OS Ventura When the Object Info palette is resized, resolves the size issue with controls on the Render tab Spotlights’ brightness renders the same with either Renderworks or Redshift render settings Fixes the context menu commands Active Class and Active Layer in 3D views Restores missing lines when using the Convert to Lines command Restores imported Marionette connections with embedded symbols that already exist Fixes data tag bugs related to displaying tags in viewports and graphic legends, and displaying data in user-defined fields Corrects phase loading information in Spotlight power planning reports Fixes bugs related to the size and positioning of certain types of imported IFC geometry Restores setting the material fill attribute by class Resolves a delay that occurred after an AutoTURN Online download Vectorworks Cloud Services Fixes the augmented reality (AR) measure cloud job, which can now generate a .vwx file Improves the export of realistic materials from Vectorworks to the 3D model viewer Installing the Service Pack This service pack is available as a downloadable updater for all U.S. English-based versions of Vectorworks 2023. To install the service pack, please select Check for Updates from the Vectorworks menu (Mac) or Help menu (Windows). Contact us at https://customers.vectorworks.net/ if you have any technical questions or problems during this process.