Roof plan question

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Is there a way to generate a 2D vector line roof plan in Archicad? I used the top view axonometric window which is exactly what I wanted - but it's a bitmap. The reason for doing this is to import the drawing into Autocad. Thanks in advance for your help.

[Dwight]

Link:

For those of us who don't know, what problem does SEOing cause in a DWG export?

[Link]

Dwight wrote:
Link:

For those of us who don't know, what problem does SEOing cause in a DWG export?

SEOs won't show correctly in ArchiCAD's plan window, let alone in AutoCAD!

Cheers,
Link.

[Steve Jepson]

I was simply offering an alternative solution that had not been suggested yet.

It is fast, simple, and a very useful tool for a new user to know about.

Creating a seperate file of any type and configuring it for import to AutoCAD is not nearly as fast as Copy and Paste, or Drag-n-Drop,
and you don't need to know anything at all about how to set up the .dwg translator.

There are several advantaged to using the Copy method.

One of which is that it will open up the 3D Copy Options window so you can control what you want to see, how you want to show it, and get rid of the redundant lines before you add it to the AutoCAD drawing.

How is creating another seperate file for import better or more useful than to just drag-n-drop it, or Paste it into AutoCAD?

There may be any number of reasons why he wanted to use the lines showing up in his 3D view of the roof rather than the lines showing up in his roof plan.

Also, perhaps he didn't want to take the time to tweak his roof plan to look as he wants it to show up in AutoCAD.

Orthodoxy with ArchiCAD modeling is seldom implemented to its fullest potential because in reality, it is seldom useful or necessary.

Perhaps the new user has already discovered this and was looking for a short cut.

There is never only one way to skin a cat. Especially with ArchiCAD.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Link, Dwight, Aussie, and Steve - I realize everyone is busy and I really appreciate your input. Link was correct in that I needed to connect roof planes properly to begin with - I was trying to ctrl-click without adding another hotspot - lo and behold there was the key on page 191. Thanks again for all of your collective help - take care.