ida Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Hi, For the lack of an ceiling grid tool that exports to IFC we have made our own ceiling grids by using extrudes of 2d lines tagged as covering (ceiling) and grouped. In 2022 that worked perfectly. No we have upgraded to 2023 and it no longer exports. That is a huge problem for our project. Can someone please make that possible again? We have to convert to NURBS or generic solids. This means its more complex to do any changes. 000 test.ifc 000 test.vwx 1 Quote Link to comment
shorter Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 did it fail after conversion, or does it not work at all even you you build a ceiling grid from scratch? Quote Link to comment
ida Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 it failed after conversion from 2022 to 2023, we can make it work by converting to NURBS or generic solid, but den its harder to make changes. Quote Link to comment
Scott Campbell Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 My tests confirm that there is something funky going on here. On importing the v2023-generated ifc of your ceiling grid (the extruded lines) into BIMcollab ZOOM, I find that the ceiling actually does import, but it's location is wrong. On importing to Solibri Anywhere, it doesn't seem to import at all. In other words: Something funky. I'll register this as a bug. But in terms of ifc best practice, in my opionion, extruded lines as a 3D represenation of a suspended ceiling is somewhat questionable. An extruded line represents a plane, actually a 2D object. Following this line of reasoning, I'm tempted to replace your lines with skinny rectangles. In subsequent tests, I see that these (in your extrude) export correctly to ifc. I understand that you are most concerned about ease of editing/revising, and editing lines is likely easier than editing or recreating rectangles. Nevertheless, my workaround results in a true 3D object, and maybe it's worth the extra care. Of course, all of this focus on cobbling together suspended ceiling objects based on manually constructed lines, rectangles, NURBS surfaces or whatever, again begs the question: Where is the true BIM tool for ceilings in Vectorworks? The Ceiling Grid tool is an antiquated tool which obviously doesn't meet expectations. Many of us have lobbied for years for a modern ceiling grid tool, and here is yet another example of the trouble not having one is causing. UP-VOTE ON THE WISH LIST! Again I suggest that users who agree that the Ceiling Tool needs a proper modern BIM overhaul can up-vote this thread in the wishlist section of the forum. The more votes this wish gets, the quicker the Ceiling Tool moves up on the list. Quote Link to comment
shorter Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I would agree with Scott, that ideally you need to model a solid, not extrude a line if you want it to export reliably. I would add my vote to a ceiling object, like a horizontal curtain wall tool. There is precedent in the competition. https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-DA92880A-0A23-4EB4-A20B-CC70966B7C36 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mihail Rizov Posted August 4, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 4, 2023 Hi @ida, This is fixed and will be delivered with the next updates of Vectorworks. Thanks and regards 3 Quote Link to comment
ida Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Great, When is thee next SP expected to come out? Would also mention, that you now have to write .ifc on the IFC exports file name. It does not come up automatically as it did before. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mihail Rizov Posted August 14, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hi @ida! It depends on the version you use - US release of 2023 SP7 is on Aug 22nd, but the release of localized versions depends on our distributors. Regards Quote Link to comment
ida Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Excellent, just updated and it works again. Unfortunately we had to remodel everything to get it out on time.... Quote Link to comment
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