Laura Stone

Yes that worked perfectly! Also solves a few other problems with IFC data from survey showing up in my exports. Thanks Laura

I don't seem to have that option, maybe because I only have the free version of Solibri. Thanks Laura

I hadn't, so thanks for the suggestion. Do you know where I'd see the COBie category in Solibri so I can check it without having to send to anyone else? Thanks Laura

I'll give it a try, but a bit scared of the data manager!

I have a file where I have entered all of the Uniclass 2015 classification, so if I pull up the COBie Type worksheet the Category is filled in using that info. However apparently when I export an IFC the COBie category is not included. I can't work out where to input that information so that it ends up in the IFC file. Can anyone help? Thanks Laura

Thanks Pat, I'll give that a try tomorrow

Just opened a new file and tried, still not working, maybe something wrong with my installation.

Activate layer (right click) doesn't seem to be working in VW2025

Bit of an odd one, so I exported with a rotation of 239° or so as project rotation, and Solibri showed the drawing rotated from north. I was then told that my drawing was at the wrong angle for the federated IFC model. On downloading the Architect's IFC and looking at it in plan in Solibri it is pointing north. I had previously tried adjusting angle to 239° from true north in the georeferencing and then 'undid' it feeling a bit nervous. Weirdly the georeferencing now says 0° but (see below) my north point is pointing in an odd direction. I then exported IFC with no rotation and apparently my drawing is now magically in the right place.

Is there a way to detach IFC data from parking spaces in the same way that record formats can? I want to detach the IFC so that they don't export to my IFC file. Thanks

Just a bump - this is now available in VW2025

I am working on a project where apparently the angle to true north is 239.269243866987° (no idea why either!). My drawing is to true north and I really don't want to mess around with it at this stage but I am being asked to export an IFC to co-ordinates and at the 'correct' angle. I can see from a previous thread that this wasn't possible in VW2023, but is it something that can be done in this part of the IFC dialogue in VW2024? My internal origin is slightly out but I know how to fix that. Thanks. Laura

Hi Sthavya, thanks for the information

Am I right in thinking that this isn't available in Vectorworks Landmark? I've been asked to produce a report but doesn;t seem ot be listed in the options Laura

For a perimeter fence like the one you've shown I find the easiest way is to go to sketchup warehouse where someone has modelled all of the Zaun panels, choose the one I want, download, then convert each of the wires into a tiny extruded square (cuts down on drawing time and practically invisible difference). This then becomes a symbol infill for a fence.

This is an example of two that have disintegrated, so now showing as existing trees in the OIP but if I deselect and select again will show as 13 objects and they are not displaying properly (should have green fill)

I'm finding that the existing tree objects are very unstable. If they are moved they have a tendency to decompose into their constituent parts. I have imported a tree survey that has no co-ords but the I have the location in a drawing. Moving the trees to the correct locations is proving very difficult.

In the end I downloaded a trial of Rhino and exported what I needed as 3DS - that gave me some workable objects. Thanks

I'm trying to import a Rhino file without success, keep getting a failure. It has been stripped down to just buildings but still not working. Is it worth continuing or is it just unstable as an import option? Grateful for any help

I went from the VW window into the Autoturn webpage, opened the drawing and shut it again and it seems to be working now.

I am trying to do some tracking in Autoturn. Although the offer of lots of vehicles expired at the end of February they are still all there to choose from and use. Unfortunately once the tracking is done and I press 'close & get analyis' as usual I get the usual VW dialogue but then the attached message. There is nowhere in the Autoturn window that I can find to save a file, and I've never had to do that before. Any ideas?

It would be very useful if the parking tool had the capability to project lines (in a width) onto the surface of the site model /landscape area/hardscape so that spaces can be seen in 3D. At the moment some pretty unwieldy workarounds are the only way to show parking spaces. Would also be good to have the option to add a hatch to the accessible parking aisle and an aisle at the rear of the space. Again both must be done manually at the moment.

Hi Sorry, I think I confused things. I haven't been given an IFC file, only a native Revit file. I am pretty certain the Revit file was not georeferenced but I had also been given a 2D dwg that was aligned north. So I imported the Revit file, picked up everything and aligned it with some of the 2D geometry so it was aligned north and then adjusted the user origin so that the internal origin matched the Revit internal/survey origins (both in the same place). After that I enabled the georeferencing and entered the co-ords for the OS datum and that was spot on for the imagery, so I'm pretty sure right. BIM meeting on Monday so no doubt I'll find out if my Revit and IFC exports matched up.

Thanks for that, that does work, bit tricky on the steep bits but preferable to the alternative! Laura

That's very good of you. Hoping to avoid laboriously dropping a 3D locus onto each relevant vertice. Here's a file. Laura Surfaces.vwx