Collaboration with other software
About model and data exchange with 3rd party solutions: Revit, Solibri, dRofus, Bluebeam, structural analysis solutions, and IFC, BCF and DXF/DWG-based exchange, etc.

The model as a base for cost calculations

eldhead
Newcomer
Do we have knowledge regarding databeses and exporting tables from ArchiCAD. I know how to use the SQL-dialog for simple outputs of data, but I want to export these tables into a database. Then I can use Access to work with this data and simulate different outcomes depending on the input I do. Does it make sense to you?

/Johan

...struggling with this language called english.
Archicad 7 - 24, HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation, Win 10
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Anonymous
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There is a developer page where the ODBC link tool is available on the Graphisoft site, this comes with a sample Access database linked to all the tables in a sample archicad file.
http://www.graphisoft.com/products/productivity_tools/developing_for_archicad/licence.html, this link to the developer agreement is all I can find just now, fill this in and you should be able to download the information.
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
rory wrote:
There is a developer page where the ODBC link tool is available on the Graphisoft site, this comes with a sample Access database linked to all the tables in a sample archicad file.
http://www.graphisoft.com/products/productivity_tools/developing_for_archicad/licence.html, this link to the developer agreement is all I can find just now, fill this in and you should be able to download the information.
Right, Rory. It's still there once the agreement is signed and a login is established:
http://develop.graphisoft.com/api/getapi/

I don't see an update for 8.1, but was reasonably successful when testing this with 8.0 when the ODBC driver first came out.

Karl
One of the forum moderators
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eldhead
Newcomer
Is there a developer forum?
Archicad 7 - 24, HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation, Win 10
Anonymous
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eldhead wrote:
Is there a developer forum?
Yes - but its about as lively as a tortoise rave party in the arctic, wintertime. Still if you have any Q's there's no barrier to posting - and getting to know which other people may have signed secret agreements and know the GS handshake

Check out the developers forum after the agreement page on the GS website...

- Stuart
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Thought I'd cross-reference a post from another thread here - I mention the ODBC driver at the tail end:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4003#4003

Cheers,
Karl
One of the forum moderators
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