Vectorworks System Requirements

Vectorworks System Requirements

Vectorworks 2025

Minimum Hardware Profile
This is the minimum we can recommend a user have but this is based on the user having a good experience but being limited to smaller scale projects.

Operating Systems

macOS 15 (Sequoia)
macOS 14 (Sonoma)                        
macOS 13 (Ventura)

Windows 11
Windows 10 64-bit

Processor:
Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5, or better
Apple M1 or higher

RAM:
8GB or more

Apple M1 and later Macs share memory for general processing and graphics. We recommend more memory for these systems than for traditional systems where RAM and VRAM are separate.


Graphics Card:
macOS M-series: M1 8GB or higher
macOS Intel: Metal GPUFamily1 or later, 2GB VRAM or more
Windows: DirectX 11 compatible, 2GB VRAM or more
 
Hard Disk:
20GB of free disk space is required for the installation. 40GB or more is required for a full installation with all libraries.


High-end Specs
The following are real-world system requirements for running Vectorworks for larger and high quality projects. In some demanding cases, where size and quality are lower (be that objects in the scene or texture quality) then you will be able to run Vectorworks on less but below are recommended for the larger and more complex models and drawings.

Processor:
Apple M1 Max or higher
3.0+ GHz Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 with eight cores or better

RAM:
32GB+

Graphics Card:
macOS M-series: M1 Max 32GB or higher
macOS Intel: Metal GPUFamily2 or later, 8GB VRAM or more

Windows: DirectX 11 compatible, 8GB VRAM or more

Hard Disk:
20GB of free disk space is required for the installation. 40GB or more is required for a full installation with all libraries.

Vectorworks 2024


macOS 14 (Sonoma)
                        
macOS 13 (Ventura)

macOS 12 (Monterey)


Windows 11

Windows 10 64-bit




Vectorworks 2023

 
macOS 14 (Sonoma)

macOS 13 (Ventura)

macOS 12 (Monterey)

macOS 11 (Big Sur)

Windows 11

Windows 10 64-bit



Vectorworks 2022


macOS 13 (Ventura)

macOS 12 (Monterey)

macOS 11 (Big Sur)

macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

Windows 11

Windows 10 64-bit



Vectorworks 2021



macOS 12.1 (Monterey)

macOS 11.1 (Big Sur)

macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

macOS 10.14 (Mojave)

macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

Windows 11

Windows 10 64-bit 

Vectorworks 2020



macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

macOS 10.14 (Mojave)

macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) *

* Not supported by Vision

Windows 10 64-bit

Windows 8.1 64-bit

Windows 8 64-bit

Windows 7 SP1 64-bit

Vectorworks 2019



macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

macOS 10.14 (Mojave)

macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)


Windows 10 64-bit

Windows 8.1 64-bit

Windows 8 64-bit

Windows 7 SP1 64-bit


Vectorworks 2018


macOS 10.13

macOS 10.12

Mac OS X 10.11

Mac OS X 10.10

Windows 10 (64-bit)

Windows 8 (64-bit)

Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)

 


Vectorworks 2017

General Requirements

Macintosh

Windows

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.10

Mac OS X 10.11

Mac OS 10.12

Windows 7 SP 1 (64-bit)

Windows 8 (64-bit)

Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Windows 10 (64-bit)

 


Vectorworks 2016

General Requirements

Macintosh

Windows

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.9

 Mac OS X 10.10

Mac OS X 10.11

Windows 7 SP 1 (64-bit)

Windows 8 (64-bit)

Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Windows 10 (64-bit)

 


Vectorworks 2015

Macintosh:

Operating System:
OS X 10.7
OS X 10.8
OS X 10.9
OS X 10.10

Important note: For Vectorworks 2015, the minimum OS requirement for Macintosh is OS X 10.7.5.

Windows:

Operating System:
Windows XP SP 3
Windows Vista SP 2
Windows 7 SP 1
Windows 8.1