MODEL SETUP ISSUES

[mike m oz]

ADJUSTING HEIGHTS AND SLAB THICKNESSES SHOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE MODEL SETUP DIALOGUE BOX

Model Setup works fine if you know exactly what your floor to floor heights and slab thicknesses are at the beginning of a project.

If however you want to adjust these afterwards it will not accept any changes - these have to be done manually in the Layers dialogue box.

And yet if you add or remove a floor it will adjust the heights.

The logic is inconsistant and it is not user friendly!

Can it please be changed so that it will accept height and slab thickness changes and adjust everything accordingly.

MODEL SETUP SHOULD DO THE MATHS AUTOMATICALLY

This second issue relates to the logic of how the heights are entered.

It would be better if for each storey there were four heights to be entered:

A floor to floor height

B slab below thickness

C ceiling height

D height from underside of ceiling to floor over

This would then allow the program to calculate the heights of respective elements automatically. A and D should also be linked so that adjusting one will adjust the other.

Allied to this is the need for a ceiling object - A necessity if 'live' sections when they are introduced are to be useful.

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[Robert Anderson]

There is a ceiling object, but I am assuming that you want it to have 3D thickness?

[mike m oz]

Robert

For 'live' sections (and I am assuming you are working on these to achieve parity eith ArchiCad and Revit) ceilings have to to be real 3D objects.

There are three componrents to the BIM:

- accurate 3D representation for selling and communicating

- 2D drawings for building from

- accurate data returns for estimating the cost.

If you are really committed to BIM then you should be moving towards an integrated environmr=ent that satisfies each of these needs.

[mike m oz]

Robert

For 'live' sections (and I am assuming you are working on these to achieve parity with the opposition - ie ArchiCad and Revit) ceilings have to to be real 3D objects.

There are three componrents to the BIM:

- accurate 3D representation for selling and communicating

- 2D drawings for building from

- accurate data returns for estimating the cost.

If you are really committed to BIM then you should be moving towards an integrated environment that satisfies each of these needs.

Facility management should also be an objective - we need to be taking a broader view that does not isolate just the design / build process as what we are interested in. The proportion of new buildings built each year is a small fraction of the total building stock which exists. Intelligent building management is an opportunity for Vectorworks that I hope you are exploring!