We strongly recommend that all users check that their video drivers are current. If you want to take full advantage of OpenGL shadows and edges, especially in situations where you have any combination of the following:Īnd if you have a graphics card with less than 1GB of VRAM, you should consider upgrading your graphics card. OpenGL rendering of shadows and edges are VRAM-intensive and require at least 1GB, with 2GB of VRAM or more being preferable. Larger displays should use a modern graphics card with at least 2GB of VRAM, with 4GB or more recommended. The amount of Video RAM (VRAM) required to drive Vectorworks adequately depends largely on the size of the display being used and the complexity of the Vectorworks document. Medium-sized displays with a native resolution of 1920x1080 or less should be driven by a graphics card with at least 1GB of VRAM. In general, the more powerful your graphics card is, the better your Vectorworks experience will be. Graphics cards should support at a minimum OpenGL version 2.1 cards not meeting this recommendation will have limited functionality and poor performance, particularly when rendering in OpenGL mode. These new features have the potential to provide a very fast and fluid experience if used on capable hardware, or a noticeably slower experience if used on older or incompatible hardware. Additionally, the performance and quality of the graphics provided by the Vectorworks Graphics Module depend directly on the speed, memory, and supported extensions of the graphics card.
IMPORTANT – Several Vectorworks features have placed higher demands on graphic hardware.
** See the discussion in the Graphics Card section below. * See the discussion in the Optimizing Performance section below. VRAM: 1GB (minimum), 2GB-4GB (recommended)Ī dedicated graphics card is highly recommended 32bit operating systems will NOT be able to run Vectorworks 2016 and later.Ħ4-bit Intel Core i5 (or AMD equivalent), Intel Xeon E4 series or betterĨGB – 16GB recommended for large files and complex renderings. Vectorworks 2016 and later are 64 bit applications.
Likewise, there are some less demanding situations where Vectorworks will perform well on older hardware. In some demanding cases, we would suggest a more capable machine than is described by these recommendations. The following are real-world system requirements for running Vectorworks 2016.
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