topic Re: 3dstudio to Archicad in Libraries & objects

3dstudio to Archicad

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 04:54:57 GMT

Hi guys,

Today I made a custom object (more specific a garage) and I used the "3DStudio In" add-on to import it into archicad. However the imported object didn't have any reference points or anchor points (The black dots on the edges that you click on to adjust the dimensions). Thus it is really hard for me to align walls and slabs to the garage. So my question is how am I able to add these reference points so that I am able to easily align the walls and slabs?

I've attached the ads file if you guys want to check it out.

Thanks guys if you can help.

Re: 3dstudio to Archiad

Barry Kelly — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 07:27:11 GMT

No file attached.
You will need to ZIP the file and attach it as only certain file types are allowed.
Barry.

Re: 3dstudio to Archiad

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:08:03 GMT

Barry wrote:
No file attached.
You will need to ZIP the file and attach it as only certain file types are allowed.
Barry.

Hey Barry,

I'm not sure how to put it in a zip but do you have a link to a tutorial on how to completely setup an object? I also discovered that I cannot change the material of my GDL object. I don't think I setup it up at all.

Re: 3dstudio to Archiad

Barry Kelly — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 03:36:02 GMT

Not sure about Macs.

Right-click and select "Compress...".

Re: 3dstudio to Archicad

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:16:52 GMT

The only reasonable way to make an imported object snap-able is to convert it to a Morph. You can change the appearance of any surface at that point as well.

After import and conversion, see this for clean-up:
http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/removing-triangulation-from-imported-sketchup-cinema-4d-and-3d-studio-objects/

See this to change the surface appearance:
de/virtual-building/construction-elements/morphs/useful-commands-for-transforming-morphs/custom-face-settings/

etc.

If you need an object - to be placed multiple times or in other projects - vs a Morph group... then just save the morph(s) as an object after you finished fine-tuning.