BIM libraries

[Paaaul101]

Do you know websites with BIM libraries to Vectorworks? Do you know any producers who have Vectorworks BIM libraries on their website?

[line-weight]

There are hardly any. There are very few companies which provide BIM objects in VW format and that's unlikely to change. Sad but true.

[Samuel Derenboim]

Would something like that be in demand?

Edited April 16, 2020 by Samuel Derenboim

[Guest Wes Gardner]

You can try here:

 

 

[Paaaul101]

Many users of Vectorworks search librarys VWX. In Poland The Bimobject created Low quality librarys in rhino (plug-in: lena) without vwx. I found A lot of websites with revit and Archicad libraries without Vectorworks.

[line-weight]

5 hours ago, Wes Gardner said:

You can try here:

 

 

 

 

@Wes Gardner have you ever tried there?

 

Have you ever found anything in native VWX format that's actually useful?

[Samuel Derenboim]

There is a way to convert revit models into vectorworks, but it does involve quite a few steps. Bottom line is, there is a method to import an entire directory worth of revit models into VW and then modify them one by one unfortunately.

[line-weight]

25 minutes ago, Rob Books said:

if you use the bimobject tool, it will show you want you can import to VW, and will often import non native objects in as vw objects.

As per my question to @Wes Gardner, have you ever used the bimobject tool to import something that is then useful in a real world application?

 

This is not a trick question; I just wonder whether anyone at VW has really tested it, in an attempt to understand whether it is actually of any use to users.

[Guest Wes Gardner]

@line-weight, honestly alot of the offerings seem to be Euro-centric so to answer your question, I think it depends on where the project's located

 

Wes