Vectorworks Acquires Morpholio, Adding Leading Mobile Design Apps to its Product Line

Strategic Acquisition Brings Morpholio Trace, Board, and Journal into the Vectorworks Ecosystem, Strengthening Designer Workflows from First Idea to Final Delivery.

Published on Feb. 18, 2026

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Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc., part of the Nemetschek Group, has acquired Morpholio, developer of the award-winning Morpholio Trace, Morpholio Board, and apps for iPad and iPhone. This marks a significant step forward in a shared mission to empower architects, interior designers, and other creative professionals with intuitive, customer-led tools that support the entire design process, from early concepts and sketching through documentation and delivery.

Why it matters

The acquisition formalizes a relationship that has grown over years of collaboration between the Vectorworks and Morpholio teams, including work to advance connectivity between Morpholio apps and Vectorworks Cloud Services. By joining forces as one team, Vectorworks and Morpholio unite complementary strengths: powerful, design-centric BIM and CAD on the desktop with intuitive mobile sketching, mark-up, moodboarding, and journaling on Apple devices.

The details

Morpholio Trace is widely regarded as an all-in-one drawing and design app for architects and designers, offering scale-aware sketching, layers, markup, and presentation-ready imagery that pair naturally with Vectorworks models and drawings. Morpholio Board serves interior designers and stylists with powerful moodboarding, product curation, and presentation tools that turn inspiration into polished client-ready deliverables. Morpholio Journal provides a flexible digital sketchbook and notebook, giving designers a place to capture ideas, notes, and visuals anywhere, then bring that thinking back into their broader project workflows.

  • The acquisition was announced on February 17, 2026.

The players

Vectorworks, Inc.

A global design and BIM software provider and part of the Nemetschek Group.

Morpholio

The developer of the award-winning Morpholio Trace, Morpholio Board, and apps for iPad and iPhone.

Jason Pletcher

The CEO of Vectorworks.

Mark Collins

The co-founder of Morpholio.

Anna Kenoff

The co-founder of Morpholio.

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What they’re saying

“We are thrilled to welcome Morpholio to the Vectorworks portfolio. Morpholio shares our belief that software should enhance designers' creativity, not hinder it. 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 workflows.”

— Jason Pletcher, CEO of Vectorworks (bakercityherald.com)

“This partnership allows us to put the best of mobile together with the best of desktop and create opportunities for designers to bring the unique magic of drawing to more parts of their process. In the years ahead, we see an opportunity to support a richer design experience where sketches, markups, BIM, and AI work seamlessly together. That's how we unlock new creative superpowers without losing the soul of design.”

— Mark Collins, Co-Founder of Morpholio (bakercityherald.com)

“Over the past decade, the iPad and Apple Pencil have sparked a creative renaissance for architects and designers. 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.”

— Anna Kenoff, Co-Founder of Morpholio (bakercityherald.com)

What’s next

Vectorworks plans to introduce new offerings designed for larger offices collaborating across devices in Morpholio Trace and Board in the future.

The takeaway

The acquisition of Morpholio by Vectorworks represents a significant step forward in empowering designers with intuitive, customer-led tools that support the entire design process, from early concepts and sketching through documentation and delivery. By combining Vectorworks' powerful CAD and BIM platform with Morpholio's expertise in mobile sketching and presentation, the companies are poised to unlock new creative possibilities and enhance designer workflows.