builtra Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 our surveyor sent us CAD of the site but they mentioned they make a 3d model of it also, what file format can they export to that would be the best to import in vectorworks? Quote Link to comment
builtra Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 they sent me a .xml file but not sure how to use that in vectorworks Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 A point file is best for creating a native vectorworks site model. A space of comma delaminated file in .TxT or .CSV work nicely. Alternatively, they could make a mesh of their TIN and send it in .dwg format Quote Link to comment
builtra Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 16 hours ago, Jeff Prince said: A point file is best for creating a native vectorworks site model. A space of comma delaminated file in .TxT or .CSV work nicely. Alternatively, they could make a mesh of their TIN and send it in .dwg format thank you, i have asked to see if they can provide these formats,, if they do provide what is the import process? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 You can build a site model from points. There is an import survey file command. The help menu and many videos online describes it in detail. Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 22 hours ago, builtra said: our surveyor sent us CAD of the site but they mentioned they make a 3d model of it also, what file format can they export to that would be the best to import in vectorworks? My preference is to receive the points as 3D Loci in a dwg file. Then it's just a case of selecting them + running 'Site Model from Source Data...'. Quote Link to comment
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