topic importing from Autocad into Archicad in Collaboration with other software

importing from Autocad into Archicad

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:54:26 GMT

Hello.
I have an issue : I have imported several plans that I drew in Archicad into Autocad, each plan becoming a separate .dwg file. When I try to unite all these plans into one Autocad file, I lose several lines, from walls, windows are moved inside the plan, dimensions are a mess (see picture).
I tried to explode the plan in Autocad, but it won't work.
Does anybody have a clue?
Thank you.

Re: importing from Autocad into Archicad

Erwin Edel — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:08:58 GMT

Go to Window > Palettes > Organizer.

Select Publisher Sets in the top right of Organizer.

Create a Publishing set for your DWG and set it to save files.

Create a folder in this Publishing set. Drag and drop all the views / layouts you wish to have in the DWG in this folder. When you select the folder in Organizer, select the format "dwg", this should show you the option "merge to one DWG file" towards the bottom right of the organizer.

Re: importing from Autocad into Archicad

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:27:31 GMT

Thank you for the answer.
I followed the steps and it worked. Now another question lies in Autocad: all drawings are imported as external references and are, as I could understand, editable only one by one.
Is there a way in which the export from Archicad influences this or is this a question of Autocad only?
Thank you.

Re: importing from Autocad into Archicad

Erwin Edel — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:52:23 GMT

You should look into translator settings. There are a lot of options of how the DWG is saved. The translators button is toward the bottom as well in the organizer palette.

Re: importing from Autocad into Archicad

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:43:12 GMT

try these settings to see how they work

Re: importing from Autocad into Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 05:27:51 GMT

Thank you everybody for all the help.
The problem got solved after I changed, in the saving options, the "Place Drawings into" feature from Linked Xrefs drawings to Single DXF/DWG file.
Thank you again.