Preformatted IFC Objects

IFC is a BIM data exchange format, and use has growth over the last few years. The data type is very flexible and always data to be associated with the geometry. A major request has been for Vectorworks objects and symbol to have IFC data preconfigured for IFC use.

The following plug-in objects in Vectorworks are preconfigured to export automatically in a IFC model and contain basic record data:

• Base Cabinet
• Bath-Shower
• Ceiling Grid
• Clothes Rod
• Column
• Communication Device
• Compartment Sink
• Counter Top
• Desk
• Door
• Drilled Footing
• Simple Elevator
• Escalator
• Fireplace
• Floor (as IFC slab)
• Framing Member
• Grab Bars
• Guardrail (Curved & Straight)
• Handrail (Curved & Straight)
• HVAC Damper
• HVAC Diffuser
• HVAC Elbow Duct
• HVAC Flex Duct
• HVAC Outlet
• HVAC Splitter
• HVAC Straight Duct
• HVAC Transition
• HVAC Vertical Duct
• HVAC Vertical Elbow
• Incandescent Fixture
• Mullion
• Parking Spaces
• Pilaster
• Pillar
• Ramp
• Receptacle
• Roadway (all types)
• Roof
• Roof Face
• Seating Layout
• Shelving Unit
• Slab
• Space
• Stair (and Custom Stair)
• Switch
• Table
• Tables and Chairs
• Utility Cabinet
• Wall Cabinet
• Round Wall
• Wall (and Wall Projection/Recess)
• Window
• Window Wall-Round
• WindowWall (Straight & Curved)
• Workstation Counter
• Workstation Overhead
• Workstation Panel
• Workstation Pedestal

All the symbols in these libraries are already preconfigured as well to export easily to IFC with data:

• Architect Sampler.vwx
• Equip-Office Equipment.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances AGA Ranges.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances SubZero USA.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances Wolf USA.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances-Audio Video.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances-Imp.vwx
• Equip-Residential Appliances-Metric.vwx
• Equip-Restaurant Equipment-Imp.vwx
• Fixtures-Imp.vwx
• Furniture-Furnishings and Scenic Elements.vwx
• Furniture-HMI-Modern Classics.vwx
• Furniture-Knoll.vwx
• Furniture-Misc-Imperial.vwx
• Furniture-Misc-Metric.vwx
• Furniture-Office.vwx
• Furniture-Residential.vwx
• Furniture-Systems HMI-Typicals.vwx
• Furniture-Systems-Imp.vwx
• Furniture-Systems-Metric.vwx
• Openings-Windows Velux Skylights.vwx
• Electrical-Lighting Fixtures Int & Ext.vwx
• Electrical-Lighting-Imp.vwx
• Electrical-Panels-Imp.vwx
• Electrical-Panels-Metric.vwx
• Electrical-Power Devices-Metric.vwx
• HVAC-Equipment-Imp.vwx
• Sanitary-Fixtures.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Baths.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Bidets.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Faucets Bathtub & Shower.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Faucets Kitchen.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Faucets Lavatory & Bidet.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Lavatory Sinks 01.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Lavatory Sinks 02.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Showers.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Sinks.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Toilets.vwx
• Sanitary-Kohler Whirlpools.vwx


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