Documentation improvements

The following table lists major improvements to the documentation for Update 5 of the Vectorworks 2026 software.

Feature	Description	Location
Popular settings	For new users, information helps you know what typical settings to make to customize your Vectorworks experience	Popular Vectorworks settings
New best practices topic for door and window assemblies	A new topic describes best practices for designing door and window assembly object to avoid common challenges	Concept: Door and window assembly best practices
New workflow	A new workflow describing how to create a custom hanging hardware symbol definition	Workflow: Creating hanging hardware symbol definitions

The following table lists major improvements to the documentation for the first update of the Vectorworks 2026 software.

Feature	Description	Location
New Quick Start tutorial	A new tutorial teaches customers who are new to Vectorworks about creating landscape areas	Quick Start: Let's create landscape areas

The following table lists major improvements to the documentation for the initial release of the Vectorworks 2026 software.

Improvement	Purpose	Location
Quick Start topics	Brief, targeted tutorials intended for new Vectorworks users	Quick Start tutorials
SketchUp transition	New topic comparing Vectorworks terms and concepts to SketchUp, to help new users transition	Vectorworks equivalents to SketchUp terms and concepts
Doors and windows	Doors and windows help sections reorganized and combined with the new assemblies help, for streamlined access to help for closely related objects	Doors and Windows
Plants	Plants help section reorganized to clarify relationships between plant styles and instances and to reinforce new and improved workflows	Concept: Plant styles
Existing trees	Reorganized all of the topics for clarity	Adding existing trees