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ARCHICAD-CINEMA 4D connection

_Salmon
Contributor
Hi,
i'm using bidirectional connection with ARCHICAD-Cinema 4D Add-on to edit an object from AC inside C4D.
But the hole process is full of failures so it makes no sense to use it.

is Somebody working with it?

cheers,
al

http://s14.postimg.org/gmuyuac29/Failures_using_connection_AC_C4_D_add_on.jpg
Since AC6

Win10pro / Intel Xeon E5-1650v4 / 128Gb DDR4 2400 MHz ECC REG / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / SSD Toshiba 512GB M.2
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_Salmon
Contributor
Sorry for the confusion.
I didn't see limitations:
http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/addons/cinema_4d/cinema4d_download.html
Since AC6

Win10pro / Intel Xeon E5-1650v4 / 128Gb DDR4 2400 MHz ECC REG / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / SSD Toshiba 512GB M.2
eldhead
Newcomer
This is better:
http://din3d.net/products/din3d-exporter-archicad
Archicad 7 - 24, HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation, Win 10
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
eldhead wrote:
This is better:
http://din3d.net/products/din3d-exporter-archicad
+1 Recommending Din3D have been using it for years.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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Anonymous
Not applicable
ejrolon wrote:
eldhead wrote:
This is better:
http://din3d.net/products/din3d-exporter-archicad
+1 Recommending Din3D have been using it for years.
Unfortunately, development was abandoned because of family problems

There is a easy and valid way to communicate with Graphisoft about the add-on limitations?
TMA_80
Enthusiast
ciciolo wrote:
ejrolon wrote:
eldhead wrote:
This is better:
http://din3d.net/products/din3d-exporter-archicad
+1 Recommending Din3D have been using it for years.
Unfortunately, development was abandoned because of family problems

There is a easy and valid way to communicate with Graphisoft about the add-on limitations?
Or to ask them to acquire the whole din3d add- ons series
AC12_20 |Win10_64bit|
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Or yo can get in touch with
http://www.eptar.hu/cadsupport.php?id=product_block&pID=14&Lang=ENG
Since they were selling the ADD-On to see what will they do about it.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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Anonymous
Not applicable
ejrolon wrote:
eldhead wrote:
This is better:
http://din3d.net/products/din3d-exporter-archicad
+1 Recommending Din3D have been using it for years.
Din3D works only as an exporter as far as I know. The Cinema 4D exchange plugin is a 'live link'. It can be used to modify an archicad element or create a new object by using Cinema 4D modelling techniques which doesn't exist in ArchiCAD then bring it back to ArchiCAD. The object keeps its position and scale.
The plugin's limitation is mainly with materials but if the material is applied after importing the object back to ArchiCAD, then shouldn't be a problem.
Anonymous
Not applicable
So now that the Din3D in basically dead and can`t use it for AC20, can someone show me a good way to export geometry form AC20 to C4D, but also a way to update it after i set up the whole scene with lights, materials, vegetation, cameras,objects.

I tried the Save as C4D method but that one doesn't optimize the geometry at all, but this i`m referring to the fact that it exports a lot, and i mean A LOT of objects, which kills the view port performance in c4d. And this method still doesn`t have an update option.

I tried to save my ac20 file to ac19 to export it from there via Din3D, guess what, it doesn`t F**** work, it freezes c4d each time (with geometry made in ac 19 it works perfectly).I think the conversion from ac20 to 19 is generating a new time of geometry that din3d can`t export.

I can`t believe that this nemetschek companies can`t work together to have a pipepline between them, or at least the part that is more important,like exporting geometry and optimize it. They should talk with the guy from Din3D and take that project and implement it in their add-ons, or at least LEARN FROM IT.

Even for Lumion there is an update scene option. WAKE UP
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Din3D published an update for AC20 of the plugin for free so your can still use it. He sent emails to all buyers about a month ago.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
another Moderator

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