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Structural & MEP Workflow & File Size & Speed

I'm working on Very Large residential projects with complex modernist structural steel and concrete and complex MEP. Our steel builders use Revit Structures that they export to .ifc files. Our MEP comes from Revit MEP and is exported to .ifc and emai...

Sketch-Up to ArchiCAD

Hi Folks, Could anybody please tell me the best way to import a Sketch-Up model into ArchiCAD, without it becoming an object? Essentially, I want the walls to become wall elements, the floors to become slab elements etc. and I would like to be able t...

From ArchiCad 19 to ArchiCad 16

Hello everyone, I have been going nuts about 2 days now on how to save or export Archicad 19 project so it could be opened in Archicad 16. Tried DWG-s but as it seems then theres no 3D. Basically its just that the file could be opened in Archicad 16 ...

units and decimal digits

I have a problem. I built my schedule using IFC rules. I set correctly the type of IFC unit (IFCareameasurement, IFCvolumemeasurement, etc.) I expect the schedules report the number of digits as set in preferences ... but NO. I set 3 decimal digits a...

how many cores to calculate schedules

As per object, how many cores are used by AC to calculate schedule? I noted 2 cores are in use during schedule updating. Is it possible to use all the cores to speed up the process? Thanks

Export to autocad (dwg) - specific queries

Has anyone (successfully) addressed the following in the process of exporting archicad drawings to autocad: 1) Exporting colours as "BYLAYER" so that when opened in autocad, colours adopt template layer colours (which is office standard protocol). Th...

Scheme Settings - Calculated Field

Can you add a field to a Scheme Schedule that is a multiple or derived for a calculation of a fixed number or even a calculation of two other fields?

apple - yosemite - multiple spaces, windows, displays

has anybody found a app or workaround, THAT WORKS to maintain your windows across multiple spaces, when switching between 1 or 2 monitors. it's 2016 and im trying to get organised. my current setup (at work) is 1 mbp and a 27 inch ext display, usuall...

Suffix m2

Hi! The suffix "m2" in Archicad Schedule is a big problem for me. I'm trying to create a master Excel spreadsheet composed by several Archicad schedules and the field "grand total" with the suffix "m2" is not a valid number in excel. Is there a way t...

Z-values of a text file into a mesh?

Hi! I have a text file(* which has thousands of Z-values separated by a space. I wonder is it possible to get them into a MESH using GDL script? I’ve been able to read the values from text file using Text I/O add-on, and even put them into parameter ...

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Structural & MEP Workflow & File Size & Speed

Sketch-Up to ArchiCAD

From ArchiCad 19 to ArchiCad 16

units and decimal digits

how many cores to calculate schedules

Export to autocad (dwg) - specific queries

Scheme Settings - Calculated Field

apple - yosemite - multiple spaces, windows, displays

Suffix m2

Z-values of a text file into a mesh?

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