kcarter Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Does anyone know how well BIM translates from VW to DWG? Our office is thinking of going this direction since most government jobs require or prefer BIM & DWGs. Thanks K Quote Link to comment
Jaime Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 You will have to use export to IFC to transfer BIM data and the results are very inconsistent. Three dimensional Vectorworks drawings do not export well into the DWG format. The best you could do is 2D to DWG. On the positive side most government entities have no idea how to use the BIM data they collect or want to collect. Most of the other programs translate poorly to IFC as well. Quote Link to comment
Marietta Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Our office is thinking of trying this also. What is IFC? Quote Link to comment
Jaime Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 IFC stands for Industry Foundation Class a standard for translation of graphic BIM data sponsored by BuildingSmart (formerly IAI). There is a thread by Jeff Ouillette of Nemetschek that shows a comparison of IFC data exported to various programs. That is very telling of what translates and how the graphics will look. There are various levels of IFC compatibility. REVIT and Archicad achieve a somewhat higher level of translation of information. Vectorworks Architects meets the minimum standards. Quote Link to comment
Marietta Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 "There is a thread by Jeff Ouillette of Nemetschek that shows a comparison of IFC data exported to various programs. That is very telling of what translates and how the graphics will look" Can you tell me how to find this? Thanks Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 VW and BIM, Interoperability tests using IFC and some more info- IFC export and import - classes, etc.? What is BIM? HTH, Tim Quote Link to comment
Kool Aid Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 IVectorworks Architects meets the minimum standards. It does? Why hasn't anyone told that to the certifying body? VWA does not meet any meaningful IFC-standard, despite the smoke, mirrors and spin-doctoring by NNA staff. Quote Link to comment
Jaime Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 The ifcwiki.org shows Vectorworks Architect to be certified to IFC-X2 standards. Whether that is a meaningful standard or not, I don't know. It does not appear to me that anyone could do very much with any of the drawings or data that is exported into IFC format. I sure would not want a Structural or M/E Engineer or Contractor working with what I have seen come out of any IFC translation. Quote Link to comment
Kool Aid Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 That ?certification? means only that VWA will be considered for certification? Quote Link to comment
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