The right panel located in the main window of the application enables you to view object information and change specific settings such as plane orientation, add a new class and modify the type of vertex. Then, you just need to locate the Vectorworks project you are interested in. In case you want to open a new VWX sample, you can access the File menu, then choose the ‘Open’ option.

You can also view the available tools as icons or text and sort them ascending or descending. The floating window enables you to make use of 2D and 3D tools such as ‘Tape Measure’, ‘Move Page’, ‘Flyover’ and ‘Rotate View’, to name a few. The main window of the application is simple and easy to work with. Since it does not contain any drawing or editing tools, you can rest assured that all your projects will be protected and their design will be maintained the same. For the Viewer can Set 3D View be made a tool rather than a menu item? For novice users a tool on the 3D tool palette would be much more useful and discoverable.Vectorworks Viewer is a comprehensive and effective 3D file viewer especially designed for users who need to view and analyze Vectorworks projects within seconds, regardless of their size. Why aren't the Viewer's Quick Preferences defined by it rather than the Quick Preferences I have defined for my Vw installation? My preference would be to have the opening screen something like this (with the 2D and 3D tools docked like the last image):

The palettes were docked rather than scattered and undocked like this. The default setting also needs to be icons and text. The 2D and 3D palletes were separate palletes so both the 2D and the 3D tools can be seen at the same time. Shaded quality equal to Sketchup would be even better. Glass could be transparent (if Sketchup can do it then surely Vw can). Shaded rendering had the option to turn edges on to provide better quality definition. The unusable Rendering tab on the OIP was removed.

In that state information on objects can still be seen on the OIP. The Viewer would be much more useable if:Īll the objects in the drawing were locked so they can't be inadvertently stretched or moved. A more useful Help and a link to a movie showing how to use the Viewer is also needed.

The Viewer needs to be refined so it is presents better to clients and is much more easily used by those who have little or no prior knowledge of Vectorworks.

Vectorworks viewer