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Well I I have looked at the IES models in the SketchUp 3D warehouse and for all those that have volumes in the roof space this space has been set to shade. So I assume that is what I have to do. Is that right?

These models have very thin roof volumes though. If I had a roof with a very large ...

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The lowest floor in the model I am currently doing is below ground at the front of the building and above ground at the back (as the terrain has a slope). I currently have this level below z=0 in the model. Will the model assume the whole floor is below ground? and how do I deal with this ...

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I am importing a model with the SketchUp Plugin. The I have roof spaces which I do not want to model as 'whole rooms'. The only other options are excluded,shade, room surfaces, door and window. None of these seem appropriate. What should I choose?

Do I have to select the whole room group type ...

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Thanks a lot for your reply.

I got this response from a vector works sales person

"Vectorworks Architect can export 3D models to IES GAIA using either IFC or gbXML (IFC is preferred). Also, the relationship between Nemetschek and IES is likely to keep growing, as the pair improves the way their ...

Can someone please tell me how to re-scale a bitmap in ModelIT?

I tried the Key-In Code "bitmap=x" (typing a scaling factor in for x) whilst in plan view, but it didn't work.


Cheers,

Jack

All good now! I just had a dodgy file.

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I recently imported a bitmap into IES. I seemed to import in that the import bitmap option greyed out and the deactivate/remove bitmap option became active. The only problem was that I couldn't actually see it. I tried all different views. I understand you must be in the model level and in plan ...

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Can anyone please point me towards any tutorials or guides for importing IFC into IES VE or Exporting IFC from Vectorworks

Cheers,

Jack