I am trying to find an easy to use format with which to share the archicad model with my clients or with others involved in the project. So far, i haven't found any good solution. So far I've tried:
Sketchup - I've imported .3ds but the surfaces have lines all over them. Using the google earth connector, I have exported models to 3d warehouse, but run up against the 10mb limit (is there a way to just save the model to the hard drive without uploading? I didn't see one) The models are Ok but the textures look far worse in sketchup than AC and they have no edges which looks a little odd and I can't use the sketchup sketchy styles.
PDF - I've been working with creating 3d pdfs from .u3d and .3ds files. Both work just ok - if I keep the file size small, there are obvious errors in the model and no textures. If I allow a higher quality and higher file size, then the model is so slow to navigate that it's useless.
I could try and have them download demo versions of AC but realistically, that will be too complicated for most. PDF is ideal since it's so common, but the quality v. useability is killing me.
Has anyone found an effective way to do this? I tried searching but found only threads on 3d models and rendering. thanks.
