https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49872#M4602 If you build your model properly you wont have any 'tedious drafting work'<BR /> Who is going to coordinate the drafting work done on AutoCAD<BR /> Walls are only walls in ArchiCAD.......in AutoCAD they are just dumb lines<BR /> Save yourself time and money and do it all in ArchiCAD Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:07:38 GMT Anonymous 2008-03-16T10:07:38Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49869#M4599 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Hello all,<BR /> <BR /> I am starting the process at my firm where we want to work with overseas contractors to do some tedious drafting for us. I have tried to "emulate" the experience here by creating translators for archicad, exporting to autocad, working a bit in autocad, then importing the file back into archicad. The main problem that I am having is that I want to have the autocad walls import in as archicad walls. Is there a way to do this by a translator or drawing technique in autocad or is it just wishful thinking. Thanks in advance!<BR /> <BR /> Cheers,<BR /> <BR /> Alan</T></DIV> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:05:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49869#M4599 Anonymous 2008-03-13T14:05:31Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49870#M4600 Autocad 2D linework and details comes in pretty nicely to Archicad, but you're not going to get intelligent walls or anything out of it.<BR /> <BR /> If you really want a migraine, you can fight with IFC for a few years, but that doesn't really work either. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:53:42 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49870#M4600 TomWaltz 2008-03-13T19:53:42Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49871#M4601 <BLOCKQUOTE>albertv05 wrote:<BR />I am starting the process at my firm where we want to work with overseas contractors to do some tedious drafting for us. I have tried to "emulate" the experience here by creating translators for archicad, exporting to autocad, working a bit in autocad, then importing the file back into archicad. The main problem that I am having is that I want to have the autocad walls import in as archicad walls. Is there a way to do this by a translator or drawing technique in autocad or is it just wishful thinking. Thanks in advance!</BLOCKQUOTE> Only if you start in Archicad, and choose the round trip so that the data are read again. But, if they edit your walls, it's gone.<BR /> <BR /> Make sure that you have very clear and detailed terms of engagement (layers, pens, etc) otherwise it will cost you much more. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:53:21 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49871#M4601 Djordje 2008-03-14T15:53:21Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49872#M4602 If you build your model properly you wont have any 'tedious drafting work'<BR /> Who is going to coordinate the drafting work done on AutoCAD<BR /> Walls are only walls in ArchiCAD.......in AutoCAD they are just dumb lines<BR /> Save yourself time and money and do it all in ArchiCAD Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:07:38 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Working-with-overseas-contractors-that-use-AutoCAD/m-p/49872#M4602 Anonymous 2008-03-16T10:07:38Z