Help needed with importing into archicad

[Anonymous]

Hello all, I am in need of help if at all possible, I am doing my final project in my last year of uni, i have made a model in sketchup and i am looking to import it into archicad i have been trying all day now, i have downloaded a plugin for archicad to import sketchup but i don,t know what to do next, I am running sketchup 6 or 7 and trying to import it to either archicad 11 or 12, also i am using windows xp, but i also have vista if that helps,
please help,

Many thanks
Lee

[Anonymous]

ahhh same! It is stressing me out lol. What does yours say when you try to do it? Mine says something about missing zone stamps or something along those lines?

[Eduardo Rolon]

1) export from SU as autocad 3D.
Open in Archicad as a Library part. Under File - Library

2) export from SU as 3DS
after downloading the 3DSin add-on from the goodies page (help -> goodies)
use it to import the 3DS

3) download the SU import add-on (only work in windows) and use it to import the SU file

4) do a search in the forums for SketchUp import and you will get a lot of threads with different answers and procedures.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I have downloaded the sketchup add on but that is what isn't working... it says missing zone stamps or something strange when i try to import. Where is the sketchup add on forum??

[Eduardo Rolon]

answered partially on your other post

some search results

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/search.php?search_id=1145345381&start=10

[Anonymous]

I've beenr eading through the posts...
so i'm using sketchup version 7... do you have to use 6 or less? I think that's what I gathered from the posts so far...
I have sketchup pro aswell... so should i try and save it as a 3ds file to export? and How do i import 3ds files into archicad?
Thankyou so much for your help!

[Anonymous]

Can you please help me find the 3ds add on? I can't seem to find it anywhere. thanks!

[Eduardo Rolon]

you should save as SU 6 AFAIK 7 was released after the add-on.

To import 3DS read number 2 on my previous post above.

[Anonymous]

yea i can't find the goodies page anywhere?

[Anonymous]

can you please help me find it... i've downloaded something but for some reason i think it may have downloaded in spanish... i can't actually read the intrsuctions in archicad (but from what i'm doing it still isn't working -_- ) thanks again