[Uniclass 2015 Classification Tables - Out of Date]

Hi Steven,

 

Thank you for putting this on our radar. We will update the table/data to the latest version and work on updating it more frequently in the future.

 

Best Regards,

 

Mariam

[Benjamin Moore Classics Pallet Missing majority of colors]

Hi @S. Schmidt, this was a 2022 only bug that was fixed in the latest version of Vectorworks (2023). Our apologies for the inconvenience. I've attached a zip that includes the latest Benjamin Moore color palettes for Vectorworks (including the updated Classics palette). You can add this to your installation of Vectorworks by replacing the existing (xml) files with the latest files via your "Users" folder.  For instances, on a Mac computer the path look likes this: /Users/.../Libraries/Defaults/Color Palettes --see image below.

 

 

Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Best Regards,

 

Mariam

Benjamin Moore XMLs.zip

[Vw2020 Resource Library Objects Aren’t Provided With Attached Records]

Hi rDesign,

 

Thanks for reaching out. To answer your question, yes this change was intentional and began in Vectorworks 2018.

 

Since then, we’ve completely shifted from using the “Material Take Off” or “MTO” record, that use to display in the “Data” pane in the Resource Manager (that you have circled in your screen image), to a more integrated and complete record that is captured using IFC.

 

Most of the same data that was capture in the MTO record has been moved over to the new record plus the addition of IFC entity/Pset data, OmniClass/Masterformat, Uniclass2015, COBie, and manufacturer-specific data (such as SKU and product description). This data now appears in the Object Info. Palette under the “Data” tab as an IFC record as well as under “IFC Data…” which you can access by right-clicking on the object in the Resource Manager (see attached images/images below - "OIP" + "RM_IFC Data").

 

Fortunately, this record is completely compatible with Data Tags. I’m not sure what data you want to displayed in your Data Tag, but if you use “IFC Entity” as the Data Source when “defining” your tag, you should be able to display any of the default data in our Vectorworks models in your tag and onto your drawing (see attached image/image below - "Data Tag Definition").

 

I hope that this help!

 

Mariam

[Transferring BIM data from one object to another?]

Hi Christiaan,

 

I'm not running into the same issues that you are having. You may want to double check that you have selected both "Record" and "IFC Data" in your Eyedropper Tool settings. I've attached my results below. 

 

However, please be aware that if you transfer data using this method your object's IFC entity will change to the selected object's entity and, in the case of your experiment, no longer be accurate (i.e. from "IfcSlab" to "IfcWallStandardCase").

 

Hope this helps,

 

Mariam

 

[VW 2018 Door/Window Catalogs]

Hi,

 

Rob is correct, the creation process is not very intuitive. However, if there is enough demand from users interested in creating their own, we can provide the resources explain how to go about creating such catalogs.

 

Thanks,

 

Mariam