topic Smart Merge, How Do I Access It? in Collaboration with other software

Smart Merge, How Do I Access It?

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:19:08 GMT

Hi,
I see Smart Merge in manual and on line Help but not in File>Merge.. or XREF menu, any idea how I can access it?
Thanks,
Joseph Harouni

Re: Smart Merge, How Do I Access It?

Ben Odonnell — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:20:14 GMT

Joseph.
It should be here.

Re: Smart Merge, How Do I Access It?

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:32:27 GMT

Thanks,
I was looking in File menu and not Tools.
Thanks very much.
Does this also work with DWG merging.
Joseph

Re: Smart Merge, How Do I Access It?

Ben Odonnell — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:55:47 GMT

Joseph.
That's what it is there for. It is to help you with a round trip from ArchiCAD to AutoCAD and back again.

One thing, I perssonly don't like with it is that complex ArchiCAD elements don't get exploded. A lot of AutoCAd users, here in Sweden anyway, don't like this. What I mean is that walls with door and windows in them are one block in AutoCAD.

Re: Smart Merge, How Do I Access It?

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:25:22 GMT

Ben wrote:
Joseph.
That's what it is there for. It is to help you with a round trip from ArchiCAD to AutoCAD and back again.

Thanks again,
But in UG 2 P. 152 talks about Merge Option in A dialog box which I assume to be File>Merge file open box and then Translator dialog box, but I do not have the option of merge to choose a configuration?!
(it would be nice if it could work with ArchiCad files also)
Thanks,
Joseph