Questions about VectorMEP (Partner Product for Vw2024)

[rDesign]

In Vw2024 I saw that there was a new Partner Product called 'VectorMEP -- hoping that finally we would get a usable MEP package included as part of Vw.

 

So I installed the partner product, and the link in the dialog box that pops up for additional information goes to an invalid website. https://www.vectormep.com/Wiki/

 

Upon restart, I followed the instructions to create a custom VectorMEP workspace, only to learn that this partner product is only for a 30-day demo. I finally found on the website pricing that a license is listed at €550.

[zoomer]

It looks quite powerful.

If it does all these things comfortably and is needed often, it may be worth the investment.

 

Maybe there is an alternative coming.

AFAIK currently only for plumbing (?)

 

On this Thread in the german VW Forum.

 

 

[rDesign]

thanks @zoomer  The one you posted is a different one from the VectorMEP plugin. The one in your post I believe may be from @DomC. What's especially nice about that one is that it is free, but I have not tried it yet.

 

Another longer video of the Swiss-tools one:

 

[Tom W.]

On 1/25/2024 at 2:05 AM, rDesign said:

In Vw2024 I saw that there was a new Partner Product called 'VectorMEP -- hoping that finally we would get a usable MEP package included as part of Vw.

 

So I installed the partner product, and the link in the dialog box that pops up for additional information goes to an invalid website. https://www.vectormep.com/Wiki/

 

Upon restart, I followed the instructions to create a custom VectorMEP workspace, only to learn that this partner product is only for a 30-day demo. I finally found on the website pricing that a license is listed at €550.

 

Did you try out the product after installing it? What was it like? Unless I missed it the Hippocode website tells you very little about the software. There are some tutorial videos here from 2017 but I haven't watched them (I just want a simple overview of what you can do with the software + what the end results look like):

 

 

Perhaps someone who uses it already can chime in?

 

This is the installation info link that didn't work:

https://www.vectormep.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Manuals:Installation_manual

[zoomer]

8 hours ago, rDesign said:

What's especially nice about that one is that it is free

 

AFAIR this may be changed in the future when it is complete.

I did not really understood if it is really developed by @DomC

and may get VW German exclusive at one point or done by any

third party that plans to sell it later.

[rDesign]

5 hours ago, Tom W. said:

Did you try out the product after installing it? What was it like? Unless I missed it the Hippocode website tells you very little about the software.

No I did not try it out. I couldn’t find any current info about it, (thanks for finding wiki link). I don’t have a current need for it and I didn’t want to use up my 30-day trial for something that I may have no use for. 
 

I would also like to see some videos of what the current version can do before I spend any time trying something out. That main page wiki link you found works, but a bunch of the other pages are broken or don’t have any text.