.... i had to render 
(I was heavily reliant on Artlantis 4.5) and require to import Word or Excell documents. Unfortunatly i left all this to the end assuming it would be like in ArchiCAD 9 and that i could do all of the above. Ok so could graphisoft kindly advice - is there a plug in that would enable one to save as Artlantis 4.5 from 10. Upgrading to Studio is an option (kindly do not give this as one of the options) but as time is of the essence and i do not live anywhere close to an Artlantis dealer it would take 6-8 weeks to get the upgrade if all goes well (Artlantis 4.5 took 12 weeks to get here) and it will cost me. Another option i picked up from the forum would be to save as a 3ds - I have tried this and my model was way too complex for this. In addition learning how to work with the lights in the 3ds model was a nightmare and like i mentioned time is of the essence. ArchiCAD 10 despite it's very cool features is rather weak when it comes to rendering and especially for Panoramas and Scenes. I feel i cannot tie up my computer for 10 - 20 hours to archieve what Artlantis could do in minutes.
I also cannot import word documents. All this is a bog down reducing productivity and taking me more steps back then i had moved forward with 10.
Kindly respond
Djordje wrote:You could use Photoshop. But then it's not the best word processor around
Missing the OLE (Word and Excel) as much as you do; there has to be another option to link live documents, not dumb PDFs.
Matthew wrote:I am missing the humour, Matthew ...Djordje wrote:You could use Photoshop. But then it's not the best word processor around
Missing the OLE (Word and Excel) as much as you do; there has to be another option to link live documents, not dumb PDFs.
Losing OLE is the same as if you would have to print each view to PDF before placing it to the layout.
Djordje wrote:Perhaps the loss of OLE is too painful for jest. Explanation: ArchiCAD can read and update the Photoshop files directly - thus live docs, just not the best program for text and numbers.Matthew wrote:I am missing the humour, Matthew ...Djordje wrote:You could use Photoshop. But then it's not the best word processor around
Missing the OLE (Word and Excel) as much as you do; there has to be another option to link live documents, not dumb PDFs.
Losing OLE is the same as if you would have to print each view to PDF before placing it to the layout.
One workaround is that Acrobat 8 can automatically convert Word docs into PDF. This might make a suitable intermediary if the set up isn't too much of a hassle.
Since OLE is a bit of a mess (and not cross platform) it seems the best thing would be for ArchiCAD to read the Word files directly.
Still looking?
