The Vectorworks 2025 SDK requires:
- Win: Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 (toolset v143)
- Mac: Xcode version 16.2
Before debugging Vectorworks on the Mac, please make sure to turn off Metal API Validation. This option can be turned off by going to Edit Scheme → Diagnostics → API Validation.
Vectorworks 2026 introduces the requirement for script plugins that are encrypted/obfuscated and SDK plugins to have a satellite credentials file that defines who is the developer of the plugins is.
More information can be found here: Plugin Credentials