topic Re: sketchup to archicad 13 in Collaboration with other software

sketchup to archicad 13

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:37:19 GMT

hi everybody
do you know if it is possible to create objects at scetchup 7 and send them to AC13 and to specify and modify them as gdl smart objects
does anybody have any idea what is the best way to intigrate bespoke kitchen and bathrooms in AC, and i have real problems with the manufacturers about gdl objects even some of them firstly hear and learn from me about that kind of objects
kind regards

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

vistasp — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:35:39 GMT

Welcome to the forum deni.

You could use the Google Earth Connection plugin to import a SketchUp model into AC. It will not be a smart GDL object though.

Also note that this plugin will only work with 32-bit Windows. (You should add a signature with your AC, hardware and OS specifications for better help on this forum.)

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:54:01 GMT

Hi all,

is there any chance of a 64bit version of Google Earth connection for AC 13, or should we forget about it all together?

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Djordje — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:38:32 GMT

zoltar wrote:
Hi all,

is there any chance of a 64bit version of Google Earth connection for AC 13, or should we forget about it all together?

Is probably depends on Google ...

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:29:00 GMT

I have used SketchUp Pro to save as 3DS and then convert to ArchiCAD library parts with the import add-on. It's pretty clean for non-parametric parts. The materials come through quite well for plain shading. It seems there might even be a way to get textures to work but I haven't take the time to try it out.

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Dennis Lee — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:46:23 GMT

Matthew wrote:
I have used SketchUp Pro to save as 3DS and then convert to ArchiCAD library parts with the import add-on. It's pretty clean for non-parametric parts. The materials come through quite well for plain shading. It seems there might even be a way to get textures to work but I haven't take the time to try it out.

Matthew, don't you get the triangular lines for all the flat surfaces when you do this? Do you know of a way to not get them?

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:01:00 GMT

Dennis wrote:
Matthew, don't you get the triangular lines for all the flat surfaces when you do this? Do you know of a way to not get them?

Actually I don't know how to get them. 3DS converts quite cleanly for me without intervention. Going the other way (AC > SketchUp) does require turning on the import option to combine coplanar faces.

Re: sketchup to archicad 13

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:06:15 GMT

Does anybody know why a large majority of models in the 3d warehouse are'nt available for download via the google earth connections plug-in?

Some say "download model", others say "view in google earth". I am urgently in need of some models which wont allow me to download via the plugin.

It gives me the option to download the KMZ file or the Collada file, which doesnt go directly into archicad as if it would via the download model option.

I am using archicad 13. I would be really grateful if anybody could assist me.

Cheers!