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Importing GIS

Anonymous
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Does anyone out there know anything about importing GIS information into Archicad? File types are...

.dbf
.prj
.sbn
.sbx
.shp

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Jared
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David Larrew
Booster
You will need to use the file's native software to save out the content in a format that AC can read.
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

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WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Anonymous
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superduperjared wrote:
Does anyone out there know anything about importing GIS information into Archicad? File types are...

.dbf
.prj
.sbn
.sbx
.shp

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Jared


I've been able to use a program called Arcv2CAD to convert GIS files to DWG then import the DWG into ArchiCAD. It's Windows only but you do get 5 free uses before you need to purchase the program.
There were some rumors that ERSI and Graphisoft were working on a plug-in (about the same time as the Sketch-Up plug in) but nothing seems to have materialized.
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