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Vectorworks to ArchiCAD

Hello all.

I have just been approached to do all the drawings for a small building company that uses ArchiCAD. My question is has anyone had experience transferring files between Vectorworks and ArchiCAD? If so, are there any major problems with information lost between the two and can it be sorted easy?

Regards

Derek

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Cuclair on June 15, 2010 at 4:38am

Depends on what level is required, 2D is no problem when going via dwg.
3D is more complicated (not possible)......

Your choices:

1: Through IFC and import in ArchiCAD (only 3D) and (only walls are recognized as native walls in ArchiCAD, it is possible to 'convert' doors and windows to basic ArchiCAD doors and windows however sizes and other settings are lost and must be set again (so it's not much use))
2: Through 3DS/3D dwg etc however the result is a 'dead' 3D model to be used in ArchiCAD...not very useful either if editing is necessary.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Ashby on June 15, 2010 at 3:58pm

Thanks Vincent, I thought that may have been the case and will just work around it to suit both parties. Regards Derek

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Permalink Reply by Brian Hores on June 16, 2010 at 9:40pm

It's odd that we can't directly communicate between Vectorworks and ArchiCAD since we both are within the same family of Nemetschek. Where is the dialog between all of Nemetschek's 10 CAD platforms to strengthen their position in the fight against Autodesk's AutoCAD and Revit?