how can I transfer archicad files to autocad? help!

[Anonymous]

i'm an interior designer and i am a new user.could you please tell me how to transfer an archicad file to autocad?i know how to do the opposite,but this one is a problem.By the way,could you recommend some good programms especially created for interior designers?
thank you..

[Petros Ioannou]

Geia sou Eli kai kalwsirthes sto forum.
Tha sunexisw sta agglika (gia na katalavainoun kai oi upoloipoi ti grafoume...)

You can export each drawing from ArchiCAD to AutoCAD by opening the floor plan/section/view you want to export and from the menu File->save as-> and choose DWG as the file type you want to export.
In this dialogue there is a settings button from which a window with the available translators will open. You can duplicate one of the existing and adjust its parameters (units, Acad version, layers and other translation parameters).
If you want to export 3d information you have to export as DWG from the 3d window.
This is the simplest method, there is a more advanced method (publishing) but needs more experience.
You can find more information in the documentation of ArchiCAD and also by using the search button(top of the page) in this forum.

As for your second question I believe that if you choose to use Archicad as an interior designer Cigraph's ArchiForma addon is quite useful for furniture creating etc.


Petros

[Bob Moore]

If you are in Plotmaker you can use Publisher to export the plot files with your titles.