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    Possible bug with show unit mark?

    in Troubleshooting

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    Thanks for the advice. Haven't had to do that with previous upgrades.

     

    Totally unrelated, just noticed the 'show direction' dialogue box for lines - there it was all along, really useful. Be good if you could do that with walls too (so you can quickly see which side is left or right for applying render texture)!

     

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    PC supplier/ UK

    in General Discussion

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    Just looking at spec for new machine;  comparing Intel i7 & Xeon; got me thinking, is it worth upgrading my graphics card rather than buying new machine; slight snag is not much room in cpu case but can fit Quadro M2000. (around GB£350)?

     

    OR 

     

    is it time for a full upgrade..?!

     

    3d assets/ symbols, furniture - soft seating

    in General Discussion

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    Recently created some VW2018 assets using 3d IGES data as downloaded from Morgan Furniture (UK) 'Seville' range (www.morganfurniture.co.uk/collection/seville). It took a little while so I thought I'd share the benefit.

     

    Process followed to create them:

     

    • 2d & 3d data is 'as imported' from the Manufacturer (IGES/ IGS files), ie. not edited or optimized (beware, in some instances the 3d and 2d plans differ slightly in overall size)
    • Objects & symbols on class 'none' & texture as 'Texture-1'
    • Insertion point/ origin located to the front centre of 3d object
    • Symbol created for each furniture item

     

    image.thumb.png.1be644fd68c761143254036746cf1126.png

     

    Feedback/ constructive comments very much appreciated!

     

    PS - 

    I produced these for my own use so have tried to make them as easy to use and accurate as I can. If you decide to use them,  please satisfy yourself that they reflect the products; you use the data at your own risk.
     

    20181117_Morgan_Seville.vwx

    BIM Objects

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Hi Niki,

    Manufacturers seem to have jumped on Revit (thinking that it alone is 'BIM'). I make a point of asking Manufacturers for native VW content now;  why should specifiers (customers) have to spend time creating  3d product assets to sell their product for them?! 

     

    Some Manufacturers are moving forward with it, eg. Ideal standard now provide native VW assets. I posted about new Mosa tiles tool elsewhere which may interest you.

     

    Is there anything particular you're looking for?

     

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    On 10/24/2017 at 0:50 PM, nikihoops said:

    Hi

     

    I could be being a bit blind/stupid, but when looking through the awesome looking BIM Objects it seems most files aren't compatible with Vectorworks?
    I've seen so many impressive visuals created with Vectorworks 3D and wondering where those objects must come from? 

     

    Any help greatly appreciated. Apologies if this has been brought up before - I did search but didn't find anything. 

     

    Niki (attached screenshot of BIM Object finder for clarity) 

    Screen_Shot_2017-10-24_at_12_46_18.png

     

     

    Tiling patterns (floors and walls)

    in General Discussion

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    Mosa have developed their pattern generator tool so it creates native vectorworks assets (VW 2017).

     

    https://www.mosa.com/en/services/bim-and-cad/vectorworks-cad-files-with-mosa-pattern-generator

     

    You use the online pattern generator on their website (lots of stock patterns to use or edit), and then it generates Renderworks texture files for your design and a schedule of tile quantities.

     

    Had a quick go;  you need to register on their website and download a VW plug-in to get it going, but pretty simple and seems to work really well once you've done that.


    I'm in touch with the tool developer (long story).....interested in any feedback!

     

     

     

    On 7/31/2017 at 3:10 PM, MRD Mark Ridgewell said:

    Just been laying out floor tile patterns for a project. Found this tiling pattern generator where you can create tiling patterns then download a jpeg of it  (generator.mosa.com) and use it on 3d model.

    Can only do square rooms at the moment but hopefully they'll add function to upload irregular shape?!

     

     

     

     

     

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