Wish: glTF export

[martinij]

Hello!

I think it's extremely urgent to get the possibility to export to glTF from Archicad.

In a sector where complexity is rapidly increasing the rise of specialists is upon oss a long time ago. This is also present in the theme visualization. If it is rendering, animation and especial VR-software, sometimes you need to exchange with external expertise. A format that often is supported for exchange of 3D-model with textures are glTF. We have long had the possibility to export .obj and .fbx. But as of lately versions of Archicad the .fbx format is gone. Nether .obj or .fbx is considerd a modern file format and is not used by any software that can support any other format as glTF.

So please Grapisoft. Let us share our lovely Archicad models with others, including all the work we do to surfaces to make them look nice.

[bayjag]

I believe both FBX and GLTF/GLB exports are needed asap!

[Jono]

We Concur 3d Viz on websites and through headwear such as Oculus, 

glTF or Glb is a must.

Even Better may be Glb as a self contained file format:

https://visao.ca/what-is-glb-file/#:~:text=The%20GLB%20format%20is%20a,in%20one%20single%20compresse....

[Andy Thomson]

gITF would be preferable, we can convert to binary GLB after with any number of converters but the code of gITF is more accessible and easier to modify and edit. These (https://openbuilding.ca/tools/threepress-test/) are conversions from AC generated dae (collada), obj, 3DS, formats, few of the available AC export options save materials well (integrated) with the exception of 3ds and dae, but even these are being widely supplanted by gITF. 

[mariecode]

Yes please glTF. Would be great it is neat easy modern and accessible + can take metadata vs outdated fbxs objs 3ds or overcomplicated (for us) usd# or sometimes not updated datasmith you name it… don t stay behind with this one it is so useful not just for web viewer/ar… 

[Shaun Coomber]

Thank you for your suggestion. We do not have plans to introduce this file format, but a third party has developed a glTF export add-on for Archicad: https://bimdots.com/product/gltf-out/

[Burak]

Congratulations, you’ve given a perfect response that aligns beautifully with your company policy.

But may I ask something? If I have to pay extra for a plug-in to export to a format that has been in the market for nearly 10 years, pay for another plug-in to generate meshes and pavements, pay for a separate plug-in for window and door opening details, and pay yet another for point cloud management—then why am I paying thousands of Euros to Archicad every year? And on top of that, due to the subscription system, I now have to pay these as annual fees for a program that has added almost nothing substantial in the last 8-9 years and is only brought to market with marketing slogans?

No one asked for or expected a half-functional AI assistant from you. Yet, Graphisoft stubbornly spends time on a dysfunctional module that no one cares about, just so they can market it as a 'big deal.' Meanwhile, the features people have been requesting and waiting for for years are ignored with excuses like 'we don't have time' or 'we can't touch the source code.'

But that’s fine, keep going your own way. We’ll continue to pay some random person another 20 dollars for a 'gltf' format. Because it’s 'for architects, by architects,' right?