Browsing, downloading, and inserting BIMobject contentBrowsing, downloading, and inserting BIMobject content|
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Tool set |
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Browse/Download
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BIMobject
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Furn/Fixtures |
Search for content available from BIMobject, and download it to the location specified in the BIMobject User Settings.
To browse, search, and select BIMobject content for download:
1. Click the tool and mode.
2. A BIMObject web browser opens.
If you are not currently logged in, a web browser opens and you are prompted to log in before you can access content.
3. Search or add filters to narrow the available options for browsing.
The relevant content displays.
Only products that have a supported file format display.
4. Click on an object of interest to display more details about it. The available functions and display of each product depend on the type of product and the manufacturer.
5. Click Download.
6. Depending on the manufacturer and object chosen, an Options window may open. Select the desired options and click Configure to preview the selections, and then click Download.
If a native Vectorworks object is available, it is downloaded; if not, Vectorworks automatically downloads the best available file format. See Downloading non-Vectorworks BIMobject content for information about how objects are converted for use in Vectorworks.
7. Depending on the file format, the Vectorworks Architect and Landmark products automatically process the file for import with the default settings described in Importing files. The message bar indicates the download progress.
8. When the download is complete, click to insert the downloaded object into the drawing.
While the BIMobject tool remains selected, the downloaded object can be inserted repeatedly, similar to The Symbol Insertion tool. The content is added to the current file as a symbol definition. If the content was downloaded to a location specified in the BIMobject User Settings, the content can be inserted, as for a symbol definition, from the Resource Manager.
The next time the BIMobject tool is selected, by default, the most recently downloaded content is available for immediate placement.
The Object Info palette displays the data for a selected BIMobject on both the Shape tab (as a subset of the data) and the Data tab as an attached BIM_Data record format.
The BIMobject tool is designed to make content in other file formats as easy to use as native Vectorworks content; certain operations happen automatically based upon the BIMobject settings.
● The file’s 3D geometry is converted into Vectorworks format.
● If Convert 3D-only objects to Auto-hybrid is selected on the BIMobject User Settings dialog box, 3D-only objects are converted to auto-hybrid objects. A “BIMobject_2D_attributes” class is automatically created to give you control over the auto-hybrid object’s 2D graphic attributes as described in Creating auto hybrid objects; this class should not be renamed or you will lose control over the 2D appearance of the object.
Converting to an auto-hybrid object slows the download process.
● The auto-hybrid object is placed into a BIMobject object, which handles attached data as it does for native Vectorworks content.
● The downloaded content is placed in the symbol library as specified in the BIMobject User Settings dialog box and is activated for placement.
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