Your custom workspaces and plug-ins (in your user folder) remain in place; see User Folders Preferences in this guide for details about user folders. The first time the new version of VectorWorks is opened, it automatically converts the custom workspaces to the new format and saves a copy of the original workspaces in a Legacy Workspaces folder (in your user folder).
The VectorWorks installer and updater both make backup copies of all workspaces. The installer places backup copies of workspaces in a folder entitled Original, within the [VectorWorks]\Workspaces folder. The updater places backup copies of workspaces in a sequentially-numbered folder entitled Backup, within the Workspaces folder. Each time the updater is run, another Backup folder is created. After the backup, both the installer and the updater overwrite the workspaces at the top level of the Workspaces folder.
Additionally, a file entitled Workspace Changes.rtf is provided in the Workspaces folder. It contains a list of all workspace changes for the current release, and can be used to easily identify what items need to be updated in custom workspaces. For more information on custom workspaces, see
Updating Custom Workspaces and Plug-in Objects.
For more information about where plug-in objects may be located, see How Plug-ins Work. The VectorScript Language Guide is available in the help system, and as a PDF file in [VectorWorks]\VWHelp\Additional Documentation.