One of these is that VW has built in smart objects like fasteners, steel members, hole patterns in 2D and 3D, as well as a repetitive unit tool. Detailing is simple and depending on the complexity of your projects there are numerous opportunities for leveraging some of the best qualities of VW.One particular project that I worked on was for a 75 acre site which had everything from streets to urban plazas with ramps and stairs. As discussed above another of my clients has received TINвЂ™s from surveyors and we then produced proposed grading plans that we have then sent the resulting DTM to the Engineer to use in producing a final grading design.As for Archicad I have not had the opportunity to work with this file format but given the opportunity I could work something out. My client has leveraged the new interportability with Autocad files as these can be referenced directly into VW without conversion and the resulting file will have the same line weights and line types from the original Autocad file. I have personally used the grading features and have found them to be very easy to use.

We donвЂ™t have that much experience with collaborating with Civil 3D other than exchange TINвЂ™s to get a terrain model that we can use in Landmark.

However the architects we are working with have greatly appreciated the fact that they have not had to re-draft the site walls and paving on their projects. The only one would be that the exchange file (an ifc file) will be much larger as it is uncompressed.

With regard to BIM, if you working with other firms that are using Revit, my client has not had any issues.

The latest iteration of Landmark is by far much better than earlier versions and this firm is working with Architects that are using Revit and AutoCAD on complex urban mid-rise and high-rise buildings. I can personally tell you that with my consulting services I have successfully guided one firm through the transition from AutoCAD with Land F/X add on to Vectorworks Landmark. Anyone have any trouble with file sharing? How steep is the learning curve after coming from 10 years with AutoCAD? How well does VW generate site detailsвЂ“wall sections, paving, custom constructions? So far, VW looks like it offers the most of what we are looking for. We want a program that offers a high degree of customizability in terms of symbols, blocks, lineweights, raster graphics, etc.We want a program we can control, we dont care much for вЂsketchy line graphicsвЂ™ etc. Detailing and BIM functionalityвЂ“WeвЂ™re not necessarily looking for out of the box graphics. We want to protect our вЂturfвЂ™ from Civil3D (civils) users and model our own grading, including detailing.Д¤. We want to be an integral part of the process.ДЈ. Integrating and sharing data between Civil 3D, Revit, Archicad, and AutoCAD.interoperability is extremely important. Participating in the IDP process, as many of our colleagues are using BIM.Дў. We do alot of conceptual work that requires going from hand drawn sketches to вЂhard liningвЂ™ in CAD and quickly to rendering programs.ДЎ. We also work with GIS data and frequently AutoCAD surveys/base information. Our clients are mainly architects using Archicad, Revit, and AutoCAD. We are a relatively new practice (about 3 years) and working on everything from small residential spec homes to urban design, subdivision planning, parks, mapping, and signage projects. We are considering migrating from AutoCAD to VW for our very small office. To let us know how we are doing, please click here.Anyone out there using VW Landmark 2014/2015? We are always interested in your feedback.

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