Available: File > File Special > DXF-DWG Translation Setup By clicking on a Translator during export, you can see and edit its content in the fields below, which falls into six main groups: Drawing Units Value of 1 DXF/DWG Drawing Unit in Archicad: A...
3D modelling softwares have different engines to compute objects, they have their own file formats. The conversion between these applications goes usually in two ways: Using DWG/DXF format: the content of the file depends on the conversion system of ...
AutoCAD offers two methods of setting the color of drawing elements: ByLayer or ByBlock. In ARCHICAD you can use your default or template pen colors, if you match the AutoCAD and ARCHICAD colors following this workflow: Demo file: Ross Street House, ...
The DXF/DWG Add-On is installed together with the Archicad package and is smoothly integrated into the Archicad user interface. It allows you to: Open AutoCAD drawings as Archicad Project or Archicad Library Parts File » Open It is worth using it if ...
Sometimes we get reference files such as site plans, drafting aids, plans from co-workers in DWG format that we should not modify. To display two different views concurrently in any ARCHICAD model or layout window, we can use the Trace Reference feat...
Save as DWG: You can save a project view or layout from ARCHICAD to DXF and DWG formats. To save only one part of the view, use the Marquee to delimit the project and select Save As command. When Save Plan dialog is displayed, choose DXF or DWG forma...
Use this dialog box to define how elements in ARCHICAD will be interpreted when exported as DXF/DWG files, and vice versa: how the elements in DXF/DWG files will be interpreted when imported into ARCHICAD. Because of the difference between AutoCAD an...
File/File Special/DXF-DWG Translation Setup By clicking on a Translator during import, you can see and edit its content in the fields below, which falls into five main groups: DXF-DWG Translator Settings Drawing Unit Select the correct value of 1 DXF...
The 'Translator List.Xml'file is located in the following folder: On PC: C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/Graphisoft/AC/Dxf-Dwg Preferences On the Mac: /Users//Library/Preferences/Graphisoft/AC/x86/Dxf-Dwg Preferences Translator List.XML is automatically cr...
To control the visibility of objects, usually there are more Layers used in DWG projects. Let's see how can the different import options in ARCHICAD manage the DWG layers: Open File » Open To define how elements in ARCHICAD will be interpreted use th...
