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How to embed a downlight on a ceiling?

Anonymous
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Hello everyone! This image made in sketchup , can be placed directly above the downlights, and automatic holes, I do not know how to operate inside the archicad to achieve this effect. I hope you can give me a little thought, thank you!

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Laszlo Nagy
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In ARCHICAD's GDL Objects cannot be hosted by Slab like Doors/Windows are hosted by Walls.
You would have to cut out a hole from the Slab (using Solid Element Operations) and then position a Lamp Object properly in that created hole. But at this moment it is not possible to place the Lamp object so that it properly cuts out its hole from the Slab.
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licheng6095 wrote:
Hello everyone! This image made in sketchup , can be placed directly above the downlights, and automatic holes, I do not know how to operate inside the archicad to achieve this effect. I hope you can give me a little thought, thank you!
In the ArchiCAD Library there are General Light Sources that you can place anywhere you need them. For example with parts converted to .gsm from .SKP files.
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