Does anyone know anything about shx files?

[Anonymous]

I want to download a zipped shx file from a supplier catalogue but am having problems.

I have extracted it and filed it where I want to. When I click into it it opens Archicad 9 but then I can't do anything else as there is no file name.

I know I haven't provided much info so hopefully its enough for someone to know what I am asking about.

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

I believe SHX files are to do with defining fonts in Autocad.

Are you sure that it is the right format? Usually drawings and details are in dxf or dwg format.

ArchiCAD only tends to ask for their location when importing a dxf/dwg file with odd fonts in.

Can you post a link to the details you are having problems with?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply. Here is the link for the furniture I am trying to open.

I tried it again this morning but it refuses to show anything at all after opening Archicad 9 for me.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I see no link?

[Anonymous]

Well that was no help then was it.

Here is the link

http://www.livingedge.com.au/catalog/view.php?itemid=227&return=productCatalogProductCategory%253D29...

[Anonymous]

Is that really a 500MB+ zip file?

[Link]

s2art wrote:
Is that really a 500MB+ zip file?

They're bytes mate!

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

It is just a 3d DWG file with eight blocks in, each a different version of the chair.

Unfortunately I know nothing about 3d dwg import, and I can't get them to come in correctly to ArchiCAD using the 'open object' function. I only seem to get the armrests! So I'm clearly doing something wrong.

Perhaps someone else who has more experience can help?

This is what it looks like in AutoCAD LT by the way, so it is a valid dwg file!

[Anonymous]

Link wrote:

s2art wrote:
Is that really a 500MB+ zip file?

They're bytes mate!

Cheers,
Link.

Its been a long day.

[Djordje]

SHX are mostly fonts, but can be symbols and line types too. Park them in a folder, and show them to ArchiCAD when it asks.

I am supposing that you are having bad luck opening that DWG in 9 because of the AutoCAD version it has been done in, and also because maybe ACIS solids were used. Can't open that with 9. You can with 12, though.

Again, the age old How To Open DWGs:

http://www.graphisoft.com/archiguide_archive/ArchiGuide_Online_6o/issue20/3ddxfimport.html

http://www.graphisoft.com/archiguide_archive/ArchiGuide_Online_6o/issue20/3ddxfimportadjusting.html

Or, more up to date:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/FrontPage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=DWG&titlesearch=Titles

If those chairs are blocks, you can do batch conversion; I don't have 9 handy, but I seem to remember that there is an option to convert blocks into library parts. That should do it.