topic Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad? in Libraries & objects

How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Funfun Yan — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 07:59:21 GMT

A friend sent me some AI-generated 3D furniture models in the *.glb format. How can I use them in Archicad? Thank you!

Operating system used: Windows 6010

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Barry Kelly — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:14:34 GMT

As far as I know Archicad can not open these files.

You will have to convert them to a format that Archicad can open.

Barry.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

cuba — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 11:18:25 GMT

you can find free online .glb file converters: https://convert3d.org/glb-to-fbx

export to .fbx

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:03:08 GMT

Blender 2.8 and later, which is free, can also import *.glb files and export them as *.fbx:

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/2.80/addons/io_scene_gltf2.html

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Funfun Yan — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:25:40 GMT

Thank you , I tried the web. but the converted model import into archicad, the texture is odd. I'll try again later.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Lingwisyer — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:42:53 GMT

Check in Blender, or what ever program you are using to convert, if there is an option to define faces as two sided. That is what the artifacts make me think of anyway.

Ling.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Funfun Yan — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:12:14 GMT

Blender works fine! Thank you.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 01:15:53 GMT

Do note, that the detail of that chair looks like it will murder your files poly count...

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Funfun Yan — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:06:53 GMT

Thank you for the reminder. I will be careful and try to have as few of these types of objects as possible.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Sergio G — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:16:54 GMT

Greeetings — could you explain, step by step, how you imported it into Archicad? My model always FBX model imports without its textures. I open a GBL file in Blender and it´s ok, but then I export to FBX and open in archicad and come without textures.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Erwin Edel — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:50 GMT

If you are a little bit familiar with GDL, it is very easy to add a simple and detailed toggle parameter where you could substitute the detailed model with something less detailed and swap in the detailed model for artist impressions only.

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

cuba — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:15:24 GMT

There is no direct import of .glb into archicad.

Convert it into .3ds file with something like https://fabconvert.com/convert/glb (add-on goodies 3dstudio in: https://www.graphisoft.com/us/downloads/goodies)

Re: How can I import object models in the *.glb file format into Archicad?

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:56:39 GMT

You could check if the FBX files was properly exported from Blender. There are a lot of free online FBX Viewers on the net. You could try viewing the FBX file in them:

If they have textures, it means that FBX export from Blender was fine, and the problem is indeed with Archicad's FBX import.
However, if they do not have textures even in the online FBX viewer, it probably means that FBX export from Blender was incorrect.