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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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Exporting CAD for desktop publishing

Could anyone give advice on how best to export/process CAD files for use within desktop publishing programmes, AND achieve fine print quality of the sort seen in the journals. I'm familiar (ish) with using EPS, although I use Illustrator to create an...

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Importing Microstation 8.1 files

Our dealer tells us that Archicad will not be able to import the new Microstation 8 file format until the next version of Archicad. Aside from buying a $3-4000 program just for translations, has anyone else out there had to deal with this issue?

TomWaltz by Participant
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Exporting files

How do you export something from Archicad as a tif but with a high resolutiuon of 300 dpi? Where can you state how high you want the resolution???

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Can't Read PC CD with OS X

This is not AC related, but I've searched the Apple knowledge base, MacWorld forum, and this one, and can't find anyone else with this problem. I have a CD-R from a surveyor (on PC with ACad) with a project's survey in DXF format. When I first receiv...

Triangulated 3DS models

Why imported 3ds models in AC have more polygons than they should have? I give an example: Let say I import a 3DS cube, it has 6 faces (the 4 lateral sides plus up and down sides) but in AC it comes very triagulated resulting in much more polygons in...

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ACAD LT dwgs won't open, heeeelp

I received AutoCAD LT dwg files, but they won’t open. No conversion dialogs, no questions, error messages, nothing, only blanc empty window resulting. LT files are in 2000 format, we tried also R14, the same. I tried AC 7.0, 8.1 and PM, open... and m...

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ArchiTerra 2 terrain painting

I've been a long time user of ArchiTerra, it's my favorite add on. But, I've become completely frustrated with new Paint Terrain tool. I can't get it to work at all. I'm on 8.1, I have actually been a ble to get to work in 8.0 with limitations (just ...

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