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How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:34:37 GMT

I have been pulling my hair out trying to import materials, colours, textures, etc that belong to 3ds files into AC13.

Once imported, the object looks grey, when I try to change the material, the entire object is changed. How do I do this successfully - I have looked at a a previous post, and it didn't work.

Please help.

Thanks,

Hayley.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:46:55 GMT

It sounds like the parts are set to a single "override" material rather than using the internally defined ones. You need to deselect this override in the Info box or Settings Dialog to enable the internal materials.

3DS objects typically import with multiple materials that you can find in the parameters within the settings dialog. These sometimes have useful names but often do not so that figuring out which is which can be a bit of a pain (ie trial and error).

So far I have not worried about the textures. There may be a way to get them to read automatically but I haven't investigated this. I assume that you can modify or create a material to use the texture and then apply it in the appropriate parameter. This may also require setting the texture origin in 3D depending on the circumstances, though this could be tricky.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Dwight — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:05:18 GMT

You might also consider checking the box "Use Object's Materials."

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:26:14 GMT

Dwight wrote:
You might also consider checking the box "Use Object's Materials."

Just to be clear this is what I meant when I referred to the override settings.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Dwight — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:27:06 GMT

Right. So be clear next time.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Barry Kelly — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:57:36 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Right. So be clear next time.

Yeah - no posting in cryptic messages like Dwight does

Barry.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Dwight — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:07:33 GMT

Barry brings up a good point. That, to be useful, answers should be short, specific, action-oriented and use Archicad-specific terminology.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:48:21 GMT

Thanks for your replies.

When converting the 3ds to gsm, I have lwft the box 'Import Hidden Obects' & 'Use texture's alpha channel' ticked. Once converted, I have left the 'Use objects materials'. The result is black with shades of grey whereas ths original is wicker coloured.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

ps. I appreciate all replies as I have been in the dark on this issue for ages and was beginning to think that no-one would reply.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Dwight — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:58:01 GMT

Send me the info to download the object and i will solve it.

Use PM

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:17:16 GMT

Thanks Dwight,

I have attached the 3ds file as requested.

I don't know what a PM is - sorry.

Ta,

Hayley

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Dwight — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:48:44 GMT

No surface material attributes are attached to this file.

So, the model relies on your internal material definitions, not whatever material you initially saw on the site you downloaded from.

Sorry to not be of better assistance.

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:15:21 GMT

Thanks Dwight,

I am very new to Archicad, so please excuse my ignorance.

Is there anyway to separate the various parts of the image, eg. in other programs it is sometimes poss. to ungroup and therefore change the image. I have tried this, but it obviously didn't work for me.

I want to be able to change the clour of the shade and wire seperately, but would not have a clue how to go about it.

Thanks again,

Hayley

Re: How to import texures in 3ds files to Archicad 13

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:39:51 GMT

Yes is true archicad import 3ds with ambiance and difuse values improper ( to small values for archicad light in opengl ) for good visualisation . You must reopen the object and increase to maximum value in principal window of gdl parameters . So when you reopen the object you will have the corect illumination of the object. An object green in 3dsmax after import in archicad is verry dark