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Vectorworks is an award-winning design and BIM software provider serving the architecture, landscape architecture and design, and entertainment industries in 85 countries.
Bluebeam serves architecture, engineering, construction, and owner (AECO) professionals across industry segments from individual users to large-scale enterprises.
We take advantage of the software’s BIM capabilities to generate elevations, schedules, and smart tags. This program is visually appealing and easy to navigate.
It must be integrated with other software solutions and at least on MacBook Pro it is a disaster. I understand that it is not entirely a software problem but it is really depressing.
Vectorworks is a great drafting program. It allows you to do anything you want, with great control over how the drawings look, and many ways to organize a complete drawing set.
Because of the limited use of this program in some markets, collaborating with others can be difficult.
Classes and layers system is generally a good way of working. I like the clean appearance of the workspace.
The biggest drawbacks to using Vectorworks is that it is not as widely used in the construction industry, so can be limited in transferring between consultants etc.
BIM capabilities, ease of learning, ease of use, ease of rendering, Smart tools, exceptional customer service, stability and speed of work.
And for BIM, it is hard to justify not using the industry standard software. So where is the edge for Vectorworks.
One particularly great feature, is the ability to calibrate your own scale and measure quantities to scale. It is a great tool for producing markups and redlines on PDFs to share with the team.
Technical errors sometimes arise. People usually forget that they are offline, needs a reminder to be online maybe.
I like how versatile it is. I would say 90% of the office uses Bluebeam in some way. Some more than others, but it always seems like it can do what you want to accomplish.
The Dimensioning Tool in the latest version is awful and makes BB a pain to use. The program has taken a huge step back.
This is excellent software that gives you enormous bang for your buck. The Extreame version is by far the best and worth every penny.
Inability to maintain current versions without constant repurchasing of licenses. No versions for IOS Mac Books.
Easy way to track progress of project or any PDF plan work. I like how you can see who did what when - great documentation.
Printing from it seams to be a problem for our field manager sometimes.
Jonathan: My name is Jonathan. I'm a curtain wall designer. I give Bluebeam Revu four out of five. Click below for more reviews. Before we were using Bluebeam Revu, I was using Adobe Acrobat. I primarily use construction drawings in my job, and Adobe Acrobat is very clunky for working with large format construction drawings. And so, when we switched to Bluebeam Revu, it was just so much easier to navigate large sets of drawings and large format drawings. I chose Bluebeam Revu because I had read about it on social media and drafting forums. It seemed like a lot of people were moving to that so I gave the trial version a try and I was just blown away with how easy it was to use and how much quicker I could navigate my drawings. That's when we made the decision to buy it. Bluebeam Revu, it was easy to set up. It was easy to download and to install on my PC. The only issue that we've had with it, and it's the reason I give it four out of five stars instead of five out of five stars is the licensing scheme seems a little bit old fashioned, in that you can only install it on one PC. In this day and age, when you're working from your office or you're working remotely from home, they will make you purchase an extra license to work from home. Unless you go through deauthorizing your license while you're at work and then authorizing it again while you're at home. But other than that, it's very easy to use. It's very easy to install and very easy to set up and customize. The advice I would give to anyone else who's working with construction drawings is to definitely buy it. It's the best in the field. You will not regret it. It's easy to use and it's going to make you more productive.
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