tag symbols and beyond.. (bim)

[epasinet]

Hello, ragaz!
I wanted to open this new discussion to discuss the topic "symbols" which I think is one of the most interesting aspects for the customization of the project during the design.
everything was born from the concept of designing a 3d model of the building not aimed at creating the many inflactioned renderings, but aimed at creating a bim and ifc model.
designing a bim model means entering quality and property to the entities that make up the model and then being able to question vectorworks in order to be able to draw information that facilitate the phase of computation and execution of the work. for this purpose when building, for example a wall, in the curtain of the properties of the wall in the phase of creation can be inserted data such as a description from capitulate, a price index, an acoustic reduction index, a fire resistance, etc..
this allows the end of the work to create detailed tables by questioning vectorworks.
But now I wanted to raise a question, if I wanted to create a 3d or 2d element as could be an underground conduct, such as quality check and properties as I do commonly for a wall?
I understand that the process could be to create a symbol.
What do you say? ?

 

[lory.b]

any entity, even a simple polygon, can be connected to the database and have its own card (published by the info card).
everything is in learning how to manage the boards, which are extremely flexible.
the usefulness of the symbol lies above all in its management by the software. elements that are often repeated in the design is good to transform them into symbols in order to lighten everything. but they offer above all the advantage that by editing the individual instance you get the immediate modification of all those inserted in the drawing.
I do.