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Exporting ArchiCAD model to STAAD Pro

Anonymous
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Hello Everyone

I want to export my ArchiCAD model to STAAD Pro. To transfer model to STAAD Pro it must be converted to ISM repository. I could not find how to convert model to ISM repository in ArchiCAD. How I can do that?
OR there is any other link to transfer the model to design software.

Thanks in advance
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Laszlo Nagy
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Can STAAD Pro read IFC files?
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Anonymous
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No, Staad Pro can not read IFC. You need to convert your model to ISM repository.
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runxel
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Never heard of ISM, but it seems to be a Bentley thing.
Best is to ask them directly to provide a plugin.
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satinder113 wrote:
No, Staad Pro can not read IFC. You need to convert your model to ISM repository.
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According to their support pages, Staad Pro CAN read IFC...converting it to ISM.

This talks about the IFC import:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/14559/ism-...

And this gives a general view of using ISM as the core database, but exchanging information with other software...including Revit and Tekla...and with IFC:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/3332/integ...

Yet, this article states that the only native import formats for STAAD are 3D DXF, QSE ASA, CIS/2 and ISM:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/9234/impor...
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