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Ecodesigner does not recognizes my imported .3ds roof

Anonymous
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I created a curved roof surface in Rhinoceros, then imported it into the ArchiCAD, by using the .3ds to .gsm convertor.
You can see my roof (white surface) in here:



Now, I want to calculate my whole object in EcoDesigner. But the problem is that, Archicad, simply does not recognize my roof as a valid construction and hear barrier. So it looks like, I do not even have the roof above my upper floor.

How can I fix this? How can I force Archicad to recognize this roof of mine as a barrier?

Or maybe I simply need to put a slab over my upper flor. But in that case I am loosing much of a height of my obejct, because it is in a shape of dome. Take a look at this picture:



And a longitudinal section:

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Anonymous
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any reply please?
Anonymous
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I'm sure many of the experts are busy beta testing at this time of the year which is why the lack of comments.
TMA_80
Enthusiast
Hello,

Well, it seems that gdl objects are not recognised by ecodesigner...

Have a look at this post :
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=35516&highlight=ecodesigner
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Anonymous
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Thank you for the reply.

By .gdl object, you mean the .gsm object of roof I created from my .3ds file?
TMA_80
Enthusiast
nedostizni wrote:
By .gdl object, you mean the .gsm object of roof I created from my .3ds file?
Affirmative.
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Anonymous
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thank you for the help.
TMA_80
Enthusiast
You're welcome .
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