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downloaded 3d elements

Anonymous
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I downloaded some 3d models from this website.
http://www.archibase.net/gdl

How do i make it so that I can use it in archicad? i assume its the xxxx.3ds file, but I dont know where to place it on my hard disk so that it appears in archicad.

thank you in advance.
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
You have to use the 3DS In Add-On in ArchiCAD to import 3DS files:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/3DStudio
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Anonymous
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Thank you very much!
Anonymous
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Cheers this is useful