Vectorworks is getting more and more powerfull - I am happy about this. Marionette is only one of many great new features. VectorScript / Python programming also and Database and tables are another highlight in terms of little and large BIMing.
But I see a great problem: it is extremly difficult to get started and educated in these things and get insight into workflows. In other words: Vectorworks is a highly developped software, but most people only know how to use absolut basic functions. In my eyes, there is a great lack in education and learning possibilities. For example here in europe (switzerland) I do hardly know any landscape archtitecture collegues who use the plant tools! Databases and tables: nobody.
Also third-party applications (scripts, plugins) are extremely rare and hard to find on the net. Many of them very old and useless. The community of programmers is small and geeky and give you the impression about script programming: I will never learn this and even if yes, it will be useless because it takes too much time.
Look at Autocad LISP, Autocad Dynamo (almost the same as Marionette), Grasshopper for Rhino or Sketchup Ruby scripts: a huge humming community of programmers and users, thousands of tutorials, videos, plugins, scripts, easy to find on the web. Vectorworks, compared: a frustrating desert.
In my comprehension, nowadays, building up of a strong community with help of good learning resources and platforms for sharing of third party products (see i.e. autodesk app store with literally thousands of third party lisp apps) is absolutely crucial to stay in the market and gain market share.
So please, please, dear Vectorworks developpers and marketing guy's: think of opening a new branche of your company which only produces high quality tutorial videos!
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MarcU
Hello Vectorworks
Vectorworks is getting more and more powerfull - I am happy about this. Marionette is only one of many great new features. VectorScript / Python programming also and Database and tables are another highlight in terms of little and large BIMing.
But I see a great problem: it is extremly difficult to get started and educated in these things and get insight into workflows. In other words: Vectorworks is a highly developped software, but most people only know how to use absolut basic functions. In my eyes, there is a great lack in education and learning possibilities. For example here in europe (switzerland) I do hardly know any landscape archtitecture collegues who use the plant tools! Databases and tables: nobody.
Also third-party applications (scripts, plugins) are extremely rare and hard to find on the net. Many of them very old and useless. The community of programmers is small and geeky and give you the impression about script programming: I will never learn this and even if yes, it will be useless because it takes too much time.
Look at Autocad LISP, Autocad Dynamo (almost the same as Marionette), Grasshopper for Rhino or Sketchup Ruby scripts: a huge humming community of programmers and users, thousands of tutorials, videos, plugins, scripts, easy to find on the web. Vectorworks, compared: a frustrating desert.
In my comprehension, nowadays, building up of a strong community with help of good learning resources and platforms for sharing of third party products (see i.e. autodesk app store with literally thousands of third party lisp apps) is absolutely crucial to stay in the market and gain market share.
So please, please, dear Vectorworks developpers and marketing guy's: think of opening a new branche of your company which only produces high quality tutorial videos!
What do others think about this?
Thank you and cheers from sunny Switzerland
Markus
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