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Anonymous
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we are used to be in Microstation, we have many color in drawings, but now is only black and white, is this for ArchiCAD?

EY
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stefan
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ArchiCAD can use many colors for pens and fills, but if all of them are set to black, then the image will be B/W off course.

Is this an imported DWG/DGN file you are looking at?
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Anonymous
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thank you for this reply,
My question is how can we work between microstation and ArchiCAD? Regarding the layers and pen weight. and other attributes.

EY
stefan
Expert
I suggest using DWG files in both ArchiCAD and Microstation. The DWG importer/exporter in ArchiCAD can be set up with templates and I suggest to start with some prepared DWG file (from Microstation, perhaps) that you can use to help setting up the ArchiCAD DWG template.

You can make a full mapping between fonts and layers for exchange with DWG.

ArchiCAD has a DGN reader, but I don't think the importer/exporter is as flexible as with DWG.
--- stefan boeykens --- bim-expert-architect-engineer-musician ---
Archicad27/Revit2023/Rhino8/Unity/Solibri/Zoom
MBP2023:14"M2MAX/Sonoma+Win11
Archicad-user since 1998
my Archicad Book
Anonymous
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EY,

which version of microstation are you using...?
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