There is a lot of talk these days about Building Information Modeling (BIM). Part of BIM is being able to share your Vectorworks file to other consultants using different computer programs. The technique for sharing your model is to export your model as IFC. When you give your IFC…
IFC Exporting and Importing – There has been a lot of talk recently about Building Information Modeling. In some countries this has become a major topic because some governments are moving towards a situation where all projects will be delivered using BIM principles. A major part of BIM this is…
IFC Exporting and Importing. There has been a lot of talk recently about Building Information Modelling. In some countries this has become a major topic because some governments are moving towards a situation where all projects will be delivered using BIM principles. A major part of BIM this is to…
This is a small but useful change to wall technology. It will allow you to quickly update your plans without having to select dimension, or without having to drag your walls.
IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes. The classes referred to in IFC have nothing to do with classes and Vectorworks.
As well as exporting IFC, you can also import IFC projects into Vectorworks.
If you do not assign IFC data to objects, they will not export to IFC. This shows you have to assign the data correctly.
flipped doors and windows appear differently in IFC. You can use a worksheet in Vectorworks to check if the doors and windows are flipped.
Setting up your Vectorworks files to make use of IFC, and an introduction to exporting your Vectorworks files to IFC
IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes, and this is an introduction to the concept.