Jack Wallington Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Please can someone remind me of the programmes or add ons people use to take a basic Vectorworks 3D model and add better plant graphics etc? Is one of them Twinmotion? I don't need blockbuster graphics, just something that is relatively inexpensive but better than the terrible libraries that come with VW. I find it disappointing how limited the 3D plant and outdoor texture libraries are in Vectorworks, unless I'm missing a whole load of folders somewhere? Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) As far as I can work out, the choice seems to be between some free stuff that is very limited and rather unreliable, and paying for quite expensive libraries. https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/44878-3d-plants-options-for-the-confused-architect/ Twinmotion is an external application, not something that works within VW. So you have to export back and forth. There is supposed to be a live link feature but it doesn't work properly and isn't maintained. Every time I try and add plants, I run into some problem or the other. Edited January 21 by line-weight 1 Quote Link to comment
Jack Wallington Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 35 minutes ago, line-weight said: As far as I can work out, the choice seems to be between some free stuff that is very limited and rather unreliable, and paying for quite expensive libraries. https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/44878-3d-plants-options-for-the-confused-architect/ Twinmotion is an external application, not something that works within VW. So you have to export back and forth. There is supposed to be a live link feature but it doesn't work properly and isn't maintained. Every time I try and add plants, I run into some problem or the other. Thank you, that post is really helpful - I think Twinmotion is probably what I need to look into as I know other designers use this. Is it a case of buying that programme as well, importing the VW model and then plonking plants and textures onto that model? Quote Link to comment
Jonk Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Twinmotion is a good option. There is a free version and has a direct sync to vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 41 minutes ago, Jonk said: Twinmotion is a good option. There is a free version and has a direct sync to vectorworks. Unfortunately the direct snyc does not seem to be reliable. Quote Link to comment
Jonk Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, line-weight said: Unfortunately the direct snyc does not seem to be reliable. Not sure. I switched to Lumion this year so haven't used Twinmotion since last year so I was working on VWX '24. Quote Link to comment
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