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ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:51:56 GMT

Hi all!

Elsewhere, I wrote about the successful publishing to Autodesk Construction Cloud. Yes, it all publishes, BUT!

The published DWGs cannot be viewed on ACC.

Instead of the whole DWG, only the bottom left corner is seen.

Did anyone else have the same issue? I have checked with some of the European users, and they never had this issue. Could this be a location/used cloud server issue? Our excellent local reseller/support @Medialogic Support is on the case, but they are as baffled as we are, and so is the local Autodesk support.

We have tried opening the DWGs in Autodesk DWGTrueView and converting it there, opening it in AutoCAD, saving it from there, and nothing changes.

Ideas? Solutions?

Operating system used: Windows 10

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:52:41 GMT

Does it make any difference if the DWG is saved as Model Space or Paper Space?

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Matyas Csapo — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:27:59 GMT

Does the same happen with the Autodesk Online Viewer? https://viewer.autodesk.com/

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Aaron Bourgoin — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:43:37 GMT

We're experiencing a similar issue.

ACC uses geolocated DWGs to navigate the model. We can't produce Layouts in DWG that link to the IFC we export.

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:54:50 GMT

Hi @Matyas Csapo

Yes, the same issue. See below.

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:00:46 GMT

Correct.

We did not try publishing to ModelSpace, as there is no point: the GeoLocation info is lost in the Layout.

BTW, the "geolocation" that we have seen in all the models coming from Revit, RVT or IFC, is placing the model at the actual coordinates. As you know. That is not geolocating...

... it is really frustrating when whole systems bend to the inadequacies of the products of the big boys...

... but hey, our origin/Survey Point works in IFC. It would be good if it worked in Layout, too.

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:42:57 GMT

Just now tweaked the Translator to MSpace, and some other details (getting rid of the penweights, as they usually create a messy file) aaaaaaand...

it works in Autodesk Viewer. "Only" issue is that all the images placed on the layout (all the logos of the stakeholders) are black. Lemme check that...

also works in ACC. "Only issue is that all the images placed on the layout (on the Master) are missing, although they are loaded in the same folder as the DWG

So, we can mark this as a "solution", maybe?

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:53:33 GMT

Geolocation of Layouts published as sheets that are linked to an IFC is the most important part of Archicad / ACC integration. A make or break issue.

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

feczo77 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 07:43:18 GMT

Hi Djordje, I have the same problem as in the post. Can you write what you changed in the translator after which it worked?
Thanks,
Gábor Feczkó

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:31:25 GMT

Hi guys

Duplicate message, so editing this one..

Not holding my breath, if the geolocation is the issue... so the promoted ACC connectivity is NOT, repeat NOT complete, despite the claims, until this is sorted. The world works on drawings, not on models. Horrible truth.

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:27:18 GMT

Since this is still an issue, and becoming a contractual one, please let's make sure that any future connectivity with ACC will address this.

The case is registered with Graphisoft as support ticket #243895

It is also with Autodesk for a long time, since June, with the Case #: 24353501

Not holding my breath, if the issue is geolocation in layouts.

While the IFC export works in ACC without flaws, there is no BIMx support (viewing within ACC) and this is an issue with the DWGs.

I am just wondering how some of the people that responded do not have the same issue, and some do?

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Erik Bjornhage — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:13:04 GMT

If the solution below is not valid, should it be "un-resolved"?

Re: ACC issue with Archicad DWGs

Djordje — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:24:33 GMT

I would think so... more a clunky workaround than a solution