topic Re: Sketchup to AC12 in Collaboration with other software

Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:27:43 GMT

Why is it so much trouble to import a sketchup component in to AC 12 and make a GDL object of it. Can someone please show me the simplest way to do that. I have tried ewerything.It is written on severals web pages that AC and Sketchup has married and shall work well together.!!!!!! A bad marriage i will say.Why cant there be a straightforwade way to do this instead of converting to 3ds and all that way around.

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:29:54 GMT

Here are the file in 2D.Look at all the disturbing lines.

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:34:06 GMT

These lines will be gone when i render the pickture.

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:44:02 GMT

I have had the same problem. I think sometimes its easier to build in ArchiCAD

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:04:47 GMT

stig wrote:
Here are the file in 2D.Look at all the disturbing lines.

You can change the 2D appearance of your object. Select it, then go to File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object. Open the 2D Symbol and make the desired changes. For more information, please see this thread http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=117845 .
And one more thing. Instead of saving your file in 3ds format, have you tried the SketchUP Import Add-On http://www.graphisoft.com/products/archicad-solutions/su_plugin_download.html ? I must confess that I haven't tried it yet, but maybe it makes a difference.

Cheers,
Adrian Tudoreanu

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:11:41 GMT

Editing the 2D symbol in the GDL script is fairly easy. What I dont understand is why the auto settings imports using the roof tool? I would have thought the Mesh tool would be better?

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:18:04 GMT

BINGO!

After playing around with the manual import transfer settings i have solved the problem of huge chunks of material hovering above the object.

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:22:30 GMT

r wrote:
Editing the 2D symbol in the GDL script is fairly easy. What I dont understand is why the auto settings imports using the roof tool? I would have thought the Mesh tool would be better?

I don't know the answer to that question. So, it seems that saving to 3ds would be the best choice after all.

Adrian Tudoreanu

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:24:17 GMT

r wrote:
BINGO!

After playing around with the manual import transfer settings i have solved the problem of huge chunks of material hovering above the object.

Good to hear that! Guess my previous reply came a little late.

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:06:20 GMT

r wrote:
BINGO!

After playing around with the manual import transfer settings i have solved the problem of huge chunks of material hovering above the object.

can u show me how????

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:18:30 GMT

Here is the script error i get when i shal place the object out in AC after i have made a gdl object from a skp. file.It will not be wissible in 3D.The file are showing correctly in 2D and i have cleaned it up.The texture are also missing

Re: Sketchup to AC12

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:19:29 GMT