Archicad to Illustrator Help

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone in Archicad land!

I want to place my archicad plans and elevations into Illustrator so I can print on a gorgeous glossy poster for a final presentation but my lines look fat and clumsy.

I imagine its a relatively simple thing to do but for the life of me I cannot figure it out.

Also (and this I imagine is more difficult), it would be great if I could place it at the exact same size ratio (ie 1:100). Is this possible or do I just have to fluke this bit?

[Anonymous]

martini-girl wrote:
My problem was my pen lines. So I did this:

Save as a PDF. Go to Document Option and tick 'Hairline'. And, voila, lines are as crisp as a blade of grass!

And! Also I also found that it is possible to keep the scale the same so that when you export from Archicad to Illustrator it keeps the size correct. Again in the same section, go to Page Options and pick whatever size scale required.

Hello martini-girl, now I'm having the same problem. I want to export my layouts from ArchiCAD 14 to Illustrator CS5.

As you suggested, saving as PDF is the best option, right?

But I would like to know where the "hairline" option can be activated (I'm using spanish version so I am not able to find the option) and why are you using this option.

Hope that you, or someone else, can answer my question. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Here is it:

[Anonymous]

Thanks andro55!

Seems strange, there is no difference in my final pdf, activating or deactivating this option...

[Anonymous]

martini-girl wrote:
I thought I would let you all know the outcome -

My problem was my pen lines. So I did this:

Save as a PDF. Go to Document Option and tick 'Hairline'. And, voila, lines are as crisp as a blade of grass!

And! Also I also found that it is possible to keep the scale the same so that when you export from Archicad to Illustrator it keeps the size correct. Again in the same section, go to Page Options and pick whatever size scale required.

Now all of this may be basic stuff for you guys but I am pretty chuffed that I figured it all out myself so I am giving myself a pat on the back lol!

Nicely done mate... But when I open the pdf in Illustrator I'm not working in scale? As when I make a rectangle in illustator measuring 1 meter by one meter it is all over the place...

How can i continue working in illustrator to scale..?