topic Re: .DWG TO .GSM in Collaboration with other software

.DWG TO .GSM

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:54:15 GMT

Hi to all!

I got big business and now I need to now how to make dwg file to gsm file.

HELP! HELP! HELP!

kleo

FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:03:09 GMT

Hello!

PLEASE,

can anybody tell me, how to open dwg in ArchiCAD and then save it as .gsm!

when I try to open dwg file, nothin apears. Just blank space with background squares.

VERY IMPORTANT!

please help!

kleo

HOW TO SAVE IN .GSM FILE

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:06:30 GMT

HELLO TO ALL!

Please,

I have very important job to do and I wondering how to make .gsm file from .dwg in ArchiCAD.

HELP! HELP! HELP!

kleo

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:22:29 GMT

Kleo,

Posting the same question to three different forums within minutes of each other is considered spam, at least by me... and I almost banned you from the forums. I am answering in the Library forum.

Please post once in the future, make your question as clear as you can, and always give the version of ArchiCAD and which OS (XP or OS X) you are using.

Karl

Re: FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:27:25 GMT

File menu ... from there, it depends on which version of ArchiCAD you are using... Open New Object, change file type to DWG, locate your dwg file, and choose the appropriate translator.

Only by opening a dwg file as an object (which is then of course saved as a gsm) can you see any 3D content in a dwg.

Karl

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:28:47 GMT

hello.

i didn't notice my post in one forums. Other two are more alike, with some diferent details in question.

Sorry for the inconvenient occurrence.

I have ArchiCAD 10 EDU and Windows XP.

thank you,

kleo

Re: FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:34:19 GMT

hi!

I now how to open file, I'm just surprised that nothing happened when i change to dwg file and choose any translator. I even made my own translator.

Tomorrow I will send you PRNt SCR to see what I got.

thank you for now.

kleo

Re: FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Link — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:58:36 GMT

No need to cross post - it just makes people cross!

Just go to File>Libraries and Objects>Open Object... and open your dwg as an object. Then File>Save it as a GSM. This has the benefit of showing up in the 3D window.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: HOW TO SAVE IN .GSM FILE

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:35:12 GMT

Hello GOKLEO,

please follow the step:

1. Select your DWG (can be lines, 3D objects or what ever).
2. go to "File".
3. drop down menu " Libraries and objects"
4. "Save selection as".
5. save your file as gsm.

hope that helps.

Re: HOW TO SAVE IN .GSM FILE

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:36:13 GMT

Starchi wrote:
Hello GOKLEO,

please follow the step:

Nope, that can't work, Starchi, as the only way to get 3D dwg content into ArchiCAD is via a GDL object using the method given here:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=83102#83102

Karl

Re: FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:32:30 GMT

hi, link.

sorry for post cross. Stupid mistake. anyway, I tried that before and when I open this .gsm file it says "no 3D elements".

????

i have to solve this! emergency!

thanks for now! let's go!

kleo

Re: HOW TO SAVE IN .GSM FILE

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:36:26 GMT

Hi Karl
ha ha. yeah.. you are right.
at first, I thougt GOKLEO has his DWG file in Archicad already.

^o^.

Re: HOW TO SAVE IN .GSM FILE

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:02:03 GMT

Hi!

So, like i promised from yesterday. I'm sending PRiNT SCR to see what hapens when I open dwg - nothing, as you can see file GSM 03.

any ideas?

kleo

Re: FAMOUS DWG FILE!

Link — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:02:01 GMT

I don't know what to tell you Kleo - maybe try it again?

It's quite straightforward, but you may have to play around with the translator settings to have text, fills, & splines to appear correctly.

Not sure if figures, drawings, hotspots, S/E's or cameras are translated though.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Gorazd — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:29:28 GMT

Maybe your objects in autocad are made from solids? In this case, you get blank in ArchiCAD. I think you have to save them in 3DS in autocad, to be able to import in Archicad.

Another way is also possible. Open your DWG in Google Sketchup, save it and then import in ArchiCAD via Sketchup plugin. Hope it helps.

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:18:37 GMT

hello to all!

I think I found out something that nobody told me:

ArchiCAD can't open DWG file made in AutoCAD later than 2000. So, I think that file in AutoCAD should be saved as in AutoCAD 2000.

And than I will SEE dwg file in ArchiCAD and than I can make it .gsm file.

what do you say?

thank to all.

kleo

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:01:09 GMT

Archicad 10 can open AutoCAD 2006 DWG files at least, not sure about 2007.

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:34:48 GMT

Have not tried '07 but in theory it shouldn't since the dwg format changed (as they always do every 3 releases) and anyway R2008 is just around the corner. If you can't open them you can use these free utilities.

www.dwggateway.com/

edrawingsviewer.com/

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:51:32 GMT

hm.. hm...

i'll try. I have to finish this. Gsm is stronger from day to day.

thanks guys.

kleo

Re: .DWG TO .GSM

Djordje — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:09:06 GMT

Autodesk provides a free conversion utility, TrueDWG Convert. Free download. Converts from 2007 down to R14.