Features

Built for speed at the draft table.

Command-line drafting, an Events-first toolset, architecture solids, and Studio 3D — one Windows app, layered licences.

Product render of a venue ground plan — stage, seating, and truss grid. Not a client project.

Core

2D drafting & command line

LINE, OFFSET, FILLET, ARRAY and AutoCAD-style aliases. Polar @d<a input, snaps, dual-unit readout, and Space/Enter to repeat.

Product render of stage rigging — truss, spotlights, and a line array. Not a client project.

Events — ships first

Venues, seating, rigging, pick lists

Stage plots, seating layouts with egress checks (SANS 10400, BS 9999, NFPA 101 working limits), rigging reports that stay unsigned until a registered engineer signs, and warehouse pick lists.

Product render of a cutaway building — walls, windows, a stair, and two storeys. Not a client project.

Architecture

Walls, openings, storeys, sections

First architecture slice: walls, doors, windows, slabs, stairs, storeys, and cut sections. No Revit, no IFC claim yet — honest scope that grows as a layer.

Product render of three solids — a holed cube, a twist, and a notched plate. Not a client project.

Studio

Solids, Booleans, constraints

Push/pull, union/subtract/intersect, and an in-house constraint solver. Geometry runs through OpenCascade in a worker process so a solid crash doesn’t take the UI down.

Stacked drawing sheets — layered plans for exchange

I/O

DXF now · DWG via ODA next

AutoCAD-grade DXF import/export (layers, xrefs, hatches, layouts→sheets). Native DWG waits on ODA membership before public launch — until then, exchange as DXF. Project files use .cxs.

Draftworks window — Drawing, Events, and Architecture beside the viewport

Includes	Core	Events	Architecture	Studio
Drafting + DXF	✓	✓	✓	✓
Events toolkit	—	✓	—	✓
Architecture slice	—	—	✓	✓
Full Studio 3D	—	—	—	✓
Native DWG (not yet)	—	—	—	—

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Compare

Draftworks vs Vectorworks vs SketchUp.

Same matrix as home — Draftworks from live hub; competitor USD from public lists (cited). No competitor logos or marketing copy. Draftworks name is not trademark-clear.

Compare	DraftworksStudio primary · Events ships first · Core / Architecture layers	VectorworksFundamentals · Spotlight · Architect · Design Suite	SketchUpGo · Pro · Studio
2D drafting	Yes — Core and every layer	Yes — Fundamentals and above	Pro and Studio (LayOut). Go is web / iPad
3D modelling	Studio layer (solids, Booleans, constraints)	Yes — all listed SKUs	Yes — Go web / iPad; Pro and Studio desktop
Events / stage tools	Events + Studio	Spotlight and Design Suite	Not built-in — extensions only
Architecture / BIM	Architecture slice — not full BIM / IFC	Architect and Design Suite	Studio BIM-oriented; Pro IFC / DWG — not full Arch BIM
DXF	Yes — all layers	Yes	Yes (Pro / Studio)
Native DWG	Not yet (ODA planned)	Yes	Enhanced on Pro and Studio
Price · monthly USD		Fundamentals$90 Spotlight$127.50 Architect$127.50 Design Suite$165	Go$19.99 Pro$99.99 Studio— Studio annual-only
Price · yearly USD		Fundamentals$1,080 Spotlight$1,530 Architect$1,530 Design Suite$1,980	Go$129 Pro$399 Studio$819

Sources 19 Oct 2026: Vectorworks subscriptions · SketchUp plans. Competitor list prices change. Draftworks from live stage-plans. Layers selectables: #layers-compare. Full write-up on home.