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Best practice to import a massive amount of typical 2d DWG details

Ricardo Lopez
Expert

 

Operating system used: Windows

Hi

 

I know how to import DWG files, even how to translate their attributes (mostly) to Archicad, but what if I have a huge collection of 2D DWG details and I need to have them all available at any time outside my template.

What will be the best practice to maintain that collection in a collaborative environment in a healthy way?

Suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.😊

M. Arch. Ricardo López
BIM Consultant | Project Solutions and Services | Panama
AC17-28 SPA+INT | Windows 11 | MSI CreatorPro M16 HX C14VJG, 64GB, Nvidia Quadro RTX 2000 Ada Generation
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Davor P
Booster

Hi Ricardo
"Typical details" teamwork project perhaps? Make sure attributes are aligned between the template and this file and there should be no issues in copying between them.
I would add one dwg to one worksheet.
You can publish all to pdf for user convenience.

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Hi @Ricardo Lopez,

For this case I use (Place external drawing) function so I can control visible/invisible layers, pens&colors without affecting my file attributes, all DWG details will be imported to (Drawing & Figure) layer.

AC 28 INT 3001/WIN 11
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Ricardo Lopez
Expert

Has anyone ever worked with a master detail file and posted PMK files or something similar?

M. Arch. Ricardo López
BIM Consultant | Project Solutions and Services | Panama
AC17-28 SPA+INT | Windows 11 | MSI CreatorPro M16 HX C14VJG, 64GB, Nvidia Quadro RTX 2000 Ada Generation

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