Vectorworks acquires Morpholio to help designers "unlock new creative superpowers"
Promotion: global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks has acquired mobile app developer Morpholio in a bid to revolutionise the workflows of architects and designers.
The acquisition brings the mobile apps for paper-style sketching and presentation, Morpholio Trace, Board, and Journal, into the Vectorworks product line.
According to Vectorworks and Morpholio, the move aims to fuse "paper-style sketching with powerful BIM and CAD capabilities", allowing users to easily move between sketches and detailed documents "without switching mental gears".
The companies said this will ensure seamlessness throughout the design stages, from initial concept development to final delivery, and give designers more creative freedom.
"Morpholio shares our belief that software should enhance designers' creativity, not hinder it," said Vectorworks CEO Jason Pletcher.
"By combining Vectorworks' CAD and BIM platform with Morpholio's expertise in mobile sketching and presentation, we are strengthening our foundation and expanding what our tools can do together, so customers gain even more freedom, confidence, and creative control in their work flows."
According to Morpholio, the collaboration brings the "best of mobile together with the best of desktop".
"Vectorworks and Morpholio coming together is not simply a sum of capabilities, but the start of a multidimensional expansion of initiatives, reach, and long-term value," said Morpholio co-founder Toru Hasegawa.
"In the years ahead, we see an opportunity to support a richer design experience where sketches, markups, BIM, and AI work seamlessly together," added co-founder Mark Collins.
"That's how we unlock new creative superpowers without losing the soul of design."
Vectorworks said the acquisition recognises many architects' reliance on Morpholio Trace when designing projects, such as leading US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro principal Sean A. Gallagher said Morpholio Trace has been his "go-to tool" for over a decade, allowing him to quickly communicate and test ideas, such as for the company's Canal Cafe at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and the Pardee Center of Global Studies at Boston University.
"For Gallagher, Morpholio Trace acts as a bridge between intuition and coordination, allowing ideas to develop fluidly while remaining connected to the broader collaborative workflow at Diller Scofidio + Renfro," said Vectorworks.
"Workflows like Gallagher's will become even more seamless with Vectorworks' recent acquisition of Morpholio, which reads less like a 'software deal' and more like a quiet redesign of the designer's everyday toolkit."
Vectorworks' acquisition of Morpholio follows years of collaboration between the companies, including work to advance connectivity between Morpholio apps and Vectorworks Cloud Services. According to the team, "day-to-day use of the apps remains unchanged" for everyday users.
While streamlining workflows, the acquisition is hoped to advance the capabilities of both Vectorworks and Morpholio's product lines.
"Over the past decade, the iPad and Apple Pencil have sparked a creative renaissance for architects and designers," concluded Morpholio co-founder Anna Kenoff.
"Morpholio was founded with the vision to help define that era. While that has been an incredible beginning, we're now ready to lead the design industry into its next creative technology revolution."
To find out more about Vectorworks's acquisition of Morpholio, visit its website here.
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