Point one, which software: nowadays, you can use virtually any 2d soft. On macs.using autocad on mac is not so much of a problem anymore. Older versions of virtuapc (a simulator that creates a windows environment on your mac allowing you to use win only prgrams) used to ignore the graphic hardware of the computer, and created a simulated graphics card usid part of the pcu's clock speed, making the whole thing veeery sloooow. The last version takes full advantage of the actual hardware (which on newere mac is much faster, just make sure you instal virtuapc in its basic configuration). Put that together with the floating point capabilities of the g4/g5 altivec and that should be more than enough for 2d work.we have used it andit seems to be working (about 6 months now) as for the archicad vectorworks debate.archicad is, on paper, a great idea. If you are handling large, repetitive, standard issue projects.

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You make up the phisical 3d model, then cut all you rections and thet fillin the details. Plotmaker then takes care of all the layouts and issuing numbers.but then it crashes.

The last 3 versions have been abismal, disgusting and slow so if you are a student, a freelancer or someone interested in something more than malls and wimpy housing developments, steer away. Vectorworks is good, easy, simple and light, but i have never used it on large scale projects, so no idea on how it performs, plus its interface means that one you learn it, you'll find stuff like autocad and microstation very stiff. I think: go with autocad and vectorworks, also because i find archicad very easy to learn, so you can always pick it up alond the road. I've been working with vectorworks on a mac for the past four months after ten years of autocad. I like autocad a lot, but vectorworks has the edge for me because of the drawing quality. Hatching/filling and line width is far easier to deal with than with acad. It's actually a pleasure to draw with vw.

Although that might also have something to do with working on a mac. Bigness' point about project scale is important. I don't see how vw would work on large scale jobs, given that it doesn't have an x-ref type system (as far as i'm aware).

Tp-link tl-wn821n wireless n usb adapter driver for mac. It can import/export acad dwg files without any major problem. Since it doesn't have a model space/paper space set up, the whole acad dwg comes in flat, sheet included, so scaling can be a bit hit and miss.

You may have to import a dwg two or three times before gettig it right. Line widths can be assigned by colour when you import if you know what was in the original pcp file. If not, it's easily altered anyway. The only thing i don't like about vw is that unlike most other pieces of software with a layer system, vw calls it's layers 'classes', and then has another grouped series called 'layers' which have a different function. But that's minor.

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As is the fact that using a lot of hatching (say on a landscaped site plan with trees, grass and so on) can mean regenerations or real time panning is a bit processor intensive. Obviously, that would be hardware dependent. Overall, i'd recommend vectorworks without hesitation. It's a good piece of software. Bigness i've been using ArchiCAD 8.1 with no problems (8.0 was very bad) and interaction with AutoCAD is seemless.

Zboy I've used both ArchiCAD and Vectorworks, ArchiCAD for nearly 10 years, and would recommend it over Vectorworks - as a total package it's better. Each version of Vectorworks seems to be a good improvement though.

But - if its only 2D your after then is a different problem. To only use ArchiCAD for 2D is to use maybe only 25% of the program if that. You lose so many of advantages. Maybe its a cost thing, I'm not sure what Vectorworks sets you back, but ArchiCAD is pretty expensive. Actually, I'd still pick ArchiCAD. Vectorworks doesn't have xrefs, but it does have 'layer referencing' with which you can achieve the same thing - though it's fairly complicated to set up. In the latest version it also has viewporting, which is another way to deal with larger drawings.

ArchiCAD has had similar capabilities for much longer, and they're a little easier to set up. Personally I prefer ArchiCAD. But VectorWorks is $700 to $900 per station, while ArchiCad is $3000 to $6000 per station. Either one can be used for 2D-only very easily. The student version of VectorWorks is identical to the full version. There are two ways you can purchase it.

One way has an expiration date and the other doesn't. I'm under the impression that the latter is in the $400 range. But, the student version of ArchiCAD has two notable differences: 1. The files you can save from the student version are a different type than the full version, and CAN NOT be opened in the full version of ArchiCAD.

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The application prints something on every drawing about being an academic version, not to be used for professional work.