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Designer furniture

Anonymous
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Hello.

Does anybody have eames plywood lounge chair, bertoia side chair and george nelson bench I could download for a project I am doing?
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Anonymous
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I doubt you'll find anything that specific, but can you upload images so we can see what you're after?
Anonymous
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nelson bench
georgenelsonshortslatbench.gif
Anonymous
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bertoia chair
full_BertoiaSide_1.jpg
Anonymous
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eames chair
eames-plywood-chair.jpg
David Maudlin
Rockstar
neutra.des wrote:
nelson bench
This bench could be made with 3 parts in ArchiCAD, then grouped or saved as an object:

1. Make the seat from a slab with holes. One hole can be copied or multiplied.
2. The vertical part of the legs from columns that are sloped.
3. The horizontal part of the legs from slabs or beams.

HTH

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
Anonymous
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The Eames plywood chair (and lots of other cool stuff) is available in Sketchup format at the warehouse.

sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

You will have to open it in Sketchup Pro and save as 3DS or DWG (OBJ and VRML might work also). The add-on for 3DS import is available as a goodie (go to the ArchiCAD help menu and it will take you to the web site to download).

I don't know how good the translation will be. I've brought in 3DS to ArchiCAD with great success but don't know how well Sketchup puts out.
Anonymous
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Ahem, Matthew, there is the

<<google earth plugin>>

(Or is not available to Macs?).
It opens up a whole new world for AC in terms of dumb* objects to insert in models to dress them up, and works well too! Only issue I've noticed is that the polygon count may kill you (one of the many reasons we use Artlantis).
A while ago we did work at a marina - boats that would have previously cost us a fortune are now free!!!! And there is more choice. And if you cannot be bothered modelling with GDL in AC - model in Sketchup and import.....

*=non-parametric
owen
Newcomer
rwallis wrote:
Ahem, Matthew, there is the

<<google earth plugin>>

(Or is not available to Macs?)...
nope

GS Aust had a 'technical issue' when it came to demonstrating that feature to our office during the AC11 launch

AFAIK the lack of a Mac plugin for AC is a Google issue, not Graphisoft.
cheers,

Owen Sharp

Design Technology Manager
fjmt | francis-jones morehen thorp

iMac 27" i7 2.93Ghz | 32GB RAM | OS 10.10 | Since AC5
Anonymous
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Thanks for your help everyone.

Matthew, I have got as far as downloading sketchup and saved the eames chair as a 3DS. I just don't know how to open it in archicad 10 any ideas?