The biggest advantage to using Vectorworks is the integrated workflow, which merges 2D and 3D, smart objects, built-in rendering capabilities, and freeform modeling. For example, Vectorworks allows landscape architects to model with smart objects, which directly relate to the design of the project and include hardscapes, landscape areas, planting design, walls, and more. LAN: What are the primary advantages to using Vectorworks? Why should landscape architects choose your software over your competitors? Vectorworks:Most of our users choose our industry-specific Vectorworks Landmark product because the software runs more intuitively compared to other software. In 2000-2001, we started to introduce industry-focused products, and it’s been that way ever since. In the late 1990s, we were acquired by our parent company, the Nemetschek Group of Munich, Germany. When architects started using CAD technologies, landscape architects were pulled in. The initial intention was to offer a 3D CAD solution and a specific market wasn’t targeted, but the early adopters were architects, and we later added 2D capabilities.

How was the company started? Was it originally developed for landscape architects? Vectorworks: The software was called MiniCad when the company started in 1985. (The responses have been edited for brevity and clarity.) Interview with Vectorworks Landscape Architects Network (LAN) had the opportunity to interview Eric Gilbey, PLA ASLA, landscape architect specialist from Vectorworks, at the ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO 2015 in Chicago. ERIC GILBEY, PLA ASLA, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SPECIALIST AT VECTORWORKS, INC.

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