Stefanie Biggar

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    Stefanie Biggar
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    Jason,

    Thank you for the feedback.

    Would you recommend product manufacturers convert their files into Vectorworks or Land-FX? Currently we have all of our products in SketchUp and we have converted about 10 products into Vectorworks.

    #167317
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Zach,

    I appreciate your feebback, thank you.

    #167318
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Jordan,

    Thank you for the response.

    Do you have landscape architects on staff who use Revit as their BIM software? Is there another BIM program that comes to mind instead of Revit?

    #167319
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Eric,

    I appreciate the feedback.

    So, If I were to use a program that has the .ifc extension, in theory I should be able to import or work with it in Revit?

    Thanks,
    Stef

    #167320
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Richard,

    Thank you for your response.

    Is there a specific program you use instead of Revit for your landscape documents?

    Stef

    #167326
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Thank you, I appreciate the feedback.

    #170685
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Thank you Jason! Your response is very much appreciated.

    #170686
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Chris,
    Out of the programs you have listed; is there a particular one you use at your firm?

    #170687
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Thanks everyone, these responses are very helpful! Our goal is to make our products as easily accessible as possible for our customers. Knowing what 3D software is available and landscape architects are using helps put things into perspective and gives us some direction to move forward with. I guess I shouldn’t have posted the question about SolidWorks but more so about what 3D software landscape architects, architects and designers are using to incorporate site furniture into their designs.

    #170692
    Stefanie Biggar
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    Jason,

    Is there a standard 3D software you use at your company? Is there a specific program that manufacturers can use to incoporate their models (site furniture) into landscape designs? We currently have our product library available in SketchUp and are contemplating making them available in Vectorworks as well as Revit if the demand is there.

    #170694
    Stefanie Biggar
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    At Maglin, we use SolidWorks for product design (benches, trash containers, bollards, bike racks, etc.). Our present requirement is that a software be applicable to both the initial concept development and creative design process and then easily and accurately translate into an engineering capacity for manufacturing. It is important that developing the model is the first step in the process with our software and that it easily allows variables to be built into the design so that it can be presented in various configurations.

    We need the software to “understand” various materials and processes. For instance, SolidWorks has an intuitive sheet metal application built in and a material selection option. It will also weigh a product and calculate mass. It has the capability to test stresses and load bearing limitations, etc. From the model, SolidWorks will easily generate production drawings and generate a bill of materials.

    I’ve heard of another program called Autodesk Inventor, have you heard of designers using this software?

    We also have our product line in SketchUp and are thinking about making our products available in Vectorworks as well (if the demand is there).

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