topic Re: SketchUp Plugin in Collaboration with other software

SketchUp Plugin

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:15:20 GMT

I have read on the SketchUp forum that there are some limitations or difficulties with importing a SektchUp model into ArchiCAD using the plug-in.

We got a presentation of Archicad and I saw the video on this site and it seems real easy. However reading some of the posts I am not so convinced.

Re: SketchUp Plugin

TomWaltz — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:24:23 GMT

We've been using the plugin with pretty solid results. What kind of problems did they report?

Re: SketchUp Plugin

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:36:03 GMT

forum.sketchup.com/showthread.php?t=61015&highlight=archicad

Above is a link to one I saw. I cannot seem to find the other.

Will the plug-in really allow you to customize the import? Allow you to assign surfaces as walls and assign components as "smart" objects in ArchiCAD?

Also, if I draw a building with wall thickness', will Archicad change both surfaces into separate walls or can you "tell it" to generate one wall out of those two surfaces? Clear as mud huah

Thanks for the help.

Re: SketchUp Plugin

TomWaltz — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:00:37 GMT

It runs off a simple logic of

Vertical shapes = walls
Horizontal shapes = slabs
Sloped shapes = Roofs

You can set pretty details translator settings, assigning specific wall materials & types, roof thicknesses, etc, based on Sketchup layer and materials.

In the time it took me to type this, Archicad just imported a 12 MB SKP file.

Re: SketchUp Plugin

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:40:21 GMT

Is there a Sketch-up plug in working for AC10?

Re: SketchUp Plugin

Djordje — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:12:08 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
Vertical shapes = walls
Horizontal shapes = slabs
Sloped shapes = Roofs

To be precise: shapes should have no thickness, no pushing or pulling them.

This means that all the "walls" in sKetchUp should not have thickness, otherwise you end up in Archicad with four walls and two slabs, all of the properties set in the tool at the moment of import. Same for the slabs and the roofs.

So, if you overdo it in sKetchup, a lot of cleanup will be needed.