Archicad convert to 3ds max

[Anonymous]

Hi all, Anyone know how to convert archicad file to 3ds max file?

I had tried to save .pln file as 3dstudio, it will prompt: Construct 3D studio objects according to:(i selected)- Archicad objects (native output), it warm me that too many faces or vertices for one object, then i can't save it.

Anyone can help me?

[Steve Jepson]

What is the file size?

Did you turn off layers of all unwanted objects before you try to Save as .3ds ?

[Fran_ois Chatelain]

Hi Hazel,
generate a 3D view of what you want to export and then save as 3ds from the 3D window.

Cheers
Francois

[Anonymous]

Hi Hazel

I use dfx files from ArchiCad to 3ds Max.
Simply generate a 3d in ArchiCad, press "save as", choose dxf to save with the option for the translator "for as is output" (the other options doesn't works fine with max). After that simply import in max


cheers

[Dwight]

And if the file is too large, do the export 1/2 at a time.

[Anonymous]

Hi Hazel

Francois is right, do a 3ds export from a 3D view in ArchiCAD. DXF, DWG do not work as good and are much larger, to many facets, material names and layers won't be split up as in ArchiCAD. Years of experience and trial and error did make the 3ds export by far the best to work with in Max especially if you have a large model.

Here are the settings to use:

Materials
1000.0 mm
tick Object=group name ( 7 characters )

[Anonymous]

Hi,

You can get my personal workflow here: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=35364

Regards Ede

[Anonymous]

See my settings in this topic:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=182146&highlight=#182146

[Anonymous]

Thanks anyway, that will do for me also

[Anonymous]

I have tried to export to max with
Materials
1000.0 mm
but when i import to max the building is small.

using Archicad 17 and max 2011