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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.

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IFC elements rotates in module

I have an IFC model from struct which opens fine in AC. I save as .pln and hotlink it into my projekt and several elements are rotated, see attach. Any clue? The lower figure is the IFC opened in AC and the upper figure is the weird one. The arrow in...

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Importing AutoCAD 3d model to ArchiCAD

Hi, I've been trying all kinds of settings for DXF-DWG Translation setup but I cannot figure out if it is possible to import my model as I want it. I'm using ArchiCAD 14 edu and I'm importing a AutoCAD 2010 3d model it goes neat into the Floor plan w...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC16 – ArchCAD Data -folder missing

So it seems that in AC16 there's no more ArchCAD Data -folder at program root folder. We've been using an external database for our drawing titles and such and that data has been imported into AC through ArchiCAD Data folder. Can anyone tell me if th...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Archicad and Illustrator

I have seen a few posts on the topic already but I couldn't find a suitable answer (yet). I was wondering if anyone has come up with a solution to export the drawings (and possibly the layers associated AND divided) for editing in Illustrator. I have...

Paopao by Booster
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Schedule modification

I have a window schedule that has the window size (width and height) in two columns showing up as feet, inches, and fractions, then have the rough opening section (width & height) showing up as decimal inches only. Is there a way to convert the decim...

mukster by Contributor
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Interactive Material Legend is Possible?

Is it possible to have interactive material legend? In other words, the material legend could automatically summarize and show all the materials in the Archicad project. Any change in the project material could immediately be displayed in the legend....

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.pln to .3ds

Hello everyone, Is there anybody to help me convert my .pln to .3ds file. Since I don't have ArchiCad on my computer -finished trial- I am kindly asking to convert and send me the .3ds file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

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