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OUR MISSION Vectorworks seeks to build intuitive, powerful, and practical software solutions for design professionals around the globe.

OUR VISION We strive to provide a design space that inspires and empowers designers to create experiences that will transform the world.Vectorworks, Inc. is a global design software developer serving the architecture, landscape and entertainment industries.

Since our founding in 1985 as Diehl Graphsoft by Richard Diehl, Vectorworks has become a global leader in design technologies for the architecture, engineering, construction, entertainment, and landscape design industries. Our product line is one of the world's best-selling cross-platform design and BIM applications, and users rely on it to create groundbreaking experiences, environments, and destinations.

From our very beginning in 1985 as MiniCAD, which eventually became Vectorworks, our software has always been a 3D modeling program devoted to helping designers express their visions more clearly to their clients and collaborators.

Vectorworks has played a formative role in the CAD field, having created one of the first CAD programs, one of the first 3D modeling programs, the most successful CAD software for the Mac OS, and the first cross-platform CAD application to market. Vectorworks was also one of the first to introduce BIM capabilities, before BIM became an industry buzzword. We have since redefined the marketplace by setting a high standard for its products, continually optimizing them for new technologies while delivering solutions that support the many workflows and design processes of our users. As a result, Vectorworks has become an internationally respected leader in both CAD and BIM solutions tailored to design.

Vectorworks was acquired in 2000 by the Nemetschek Group and became Nemetschek North America, and later Nemetschek Vectorworks. We rebranded again in 2016 adopting our current name, Vectorworks, Inc.