importing dwg as a trace and refference

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I have made some blueprints in autocad that i'd like to import in my archicad.

I usually never have a problem doing this but this time Archicad doesn't give me the option of chosing a DWG-file.

Just to be clear, I made a new independent worksheet, chose the drawing tool en and clicked in the workspace. Then a dialogue box appeared with the possible files but it was empty since I can't choose a DWG fle.

Can please someone help me, I'm really short on time.

EDIT: I'm on archicad 21

Thanks,
Arthur, student

[Erwin Edel]

Drag and drop the file in ArchiCAD should work.

[Anonymous]

Erwin wrote:
Drag and drop the file in ArchiCAD should work.

Thanks for your reply but unfortunately it doesn't work...

[Erwin Edel]

Try drag and drop into floorplan, that should at least work, if the file is readable by archicad.

[Karl Griffith]

I just went through a similar problem, but with publishing to dwg. Perhaps it is a similar issue - see http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=58068

[Barry Kelly]

Yes, it looks like your DXW/DWG add-on is not installed.
The only way I know to fix this is to re-install (or maybe re-pair) Archicad as it is a built-in add-on.

Barry.