Vectorworks is a unique and world-leading CAD and BIM software for Windows and Mac Platforms, developed by Nemetschek Group from Germany in 1985. It is widely used by hundreds of thousands of designers around the world in architectural design, landscape design, lighting design, mechanical design, and many other fields. Although less popular than AutoCAD, it is the preferred tool for architectural and product industrial designers in Europe, America, Japan, and other industrialized countries.

There are a lot of renderers on the market, but most of them have very slow, even unendurable rendering speed. Among them, Lumion's rendering speed is satisfactory, but it has a very "huge" setup and pretty high computer hardware configuration requirements. If you're looking for an IRP type of integrated renderer supporting high-speed rendering as Lumion, then Enscape is a great choice.

Even the most powerful tool for modeling, if you don't know how to use, it is also useless. Most people only spend a few hours to be able to control the SketchUp expertly. Unfortunately the SketchUp Pro only provides 8 hours or 30 days of full-function free trial, its high price is daunting.

Chief Architect (formerly called 3D Home Architect Deluxe) is a professional 3D building, house design software developed for builders, architects and home DIY enthusiasts. It applies to both family housing and light-duty commercial designing fields.

To skip the basics to directly start using SketchUp's intermediate and advanced techniques to perform 3D modeling jobs in every phase of your design (including everything, from basic schematics to construction documentation throughout the whole design and development process), The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture is absolutely the best choice for architects, designers, and engineers who want to take advantages of SketchUp. Because it establishes a whole workflow that is flexible enough to use, from start to end.