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Anything new exiting for construction animation?

Been a long time since I checked this topic. I'm after a rough animation software to animate different design alternatives. Doesn't have to be a rendered state and it's not a sequencing I'm after but some animation of objects to make it more appealin...

Exporting View/Layout with module as DWG with blocks

OK. So, we have a hotel project with many identical rooms. In Archicad we use 2D modules of rooms overalyed over a parametric 3D model. We would like to export the view, or layout to dwg, in such a way that modules are exported as blocks. Is it possi...

Triangulation patterns in .ifc file format using coordinates and indexes

I've posted this in another forum as well due to the mathematical nature of the issue: http://mathhelpforum.com/math-software/280400-triangulation-patterns-ifc-file-format-using-coordinates-indexes.html#post934494 I'm doing some manipulation of raw s...

ArchiCAD to Vectorworks

Can anyone suggest the best way to exchange files Vectorworks? We are translating layouts with cropped views via DWG. The files seem to be very convoluted when they open them in Vectorworks....strange layers that they can't modify etc.

Importing File from Sketch Up

Hi, which is the best way to import sketch up file from landscape consultant to Archicad 21? the file there are big and have a lot of polygon. Thanks for any suggestion.

Area Fields in both Metric and Imperial in a Scheme?

Is there a way to get area and dimension fields in Schemes to return both Imperial and Metric values in the same Scheme? I've resorted to entering one of the values by hand but this doesn't seem very efficient, and I can't figure out how to get the S...

How to shedule rail elements ?

I occur quite a surprising thing. We used to model rails from basic elements and with consistent ID we could calculate number, width and sizes of each rail element. We have tested new railing tool but as it turned out the list of parameters is very b...

Door/window ID locked in schedules

Door & window IDs are locked in schedules generated in V21. Other elements in the schedule can be edited. Am using the "hotlink and element id" field for the ID, both new and existing units. Seems like I have been able to edit them right from the sch...

IFC export problem with 2D geometry

When exporting a 2D symbolic object to IFC4 MVD Reference View, I get an error that the object is missing geometry in the Session Report: "The following elements could not be exported due to missing geometry: 0gjDtMzeu3IuUIo7UvWsun" Not really unexpe...

Structural slab level vs archicad stories

Hi, I have a client working with a projet on Archicad with lots of slabs between floors: mezzanines, or just the base for an escalator, etc. The engineer wants each slab as a level or storey. Is there a way that I can tell the IFC that Levels should ...

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Anything new exiting for construction animation?

Exporting View/Layout with module as DWG with blocks

Triangulation patterns in .ifc file format using coordinates and indexes

ArchiCAD to Vectorworks

Importing File from Sketch Up

Area Fields in both Metric and Imperial in a Scheme?

How to shedule rail elements ?

Door/window ID locked in schedules

IFC export problem with 2D geometry

Structural slab level vs archicad stories

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Convert pln to DWG/DXF

Wrong FILE_NAME in exported IFC header

The file is locked by another application. Importi...