FBX Export Archicad 25

[Coulouri]

Is there at plan to give us the option to export to FBX in the future?
I see that many users talk about it but turn it to that there now is a solution to it by Datasmith to use with Twinmotion. But not all of us work with Twinmotion.

I work with 3D Studio/VRay and Unreal for many of our projects and sure Datasmith is nice to have in Archicad, but not to have the chance to export to FBX for 3D Studio or Blender is really a bummer. To not have the opportunity to have linked projects with FBX-files makes revisions a really hard days work.

FBX-Files is used by many 3D software and gives Archicad projects the chance to go in many different ways for presentation to clients. To just say we have Datasmith is to say that we only work with Twinmotion and Unreal, I don't just want to work with those, I want my projects to have the opportunity to expand in many other 3D applications. 

Maybe I missed something but I cant find the Export FBX anywhere.

[Rex Maximilian]

I'm sure Rhino makes a better model, but SketchUp is only $250/year I believe (unless they increased it and I didn't know about it). Also, SKP files can be added as an asset format (in addition to FBX) for a wider buying community should you choose to sell your 3D models. Bottom line though, it's still unbelievable we have to buy third party software (whichever you use) to do this.

"Very" soon can't come soon enough.

[Kjoep]

Another workaround but it worked for me: Save as Sketchup from Archicad and import this straight into 3ds MAX 2023. It keeps the textures and mapping. It also looks like it keeps the layers too.

[Romans]

The good thing about Rhino is: it has a perpetual license, no abo/subscription rip-off.
(SketchUp Pro, annual subscription, is 326,00 EUR in Germany, with tax). 
But, yes! It is terrible that we need 3rd party add-ones for some crucial features, often very expansive ones (LAND4, Modelport...).

[Rex Maximilian]

That's what I did for ArchiCAD 26 to Twinmotion before the plugin was released, but am still currently doing for AR apps.

ArchiCAD --> Sketchup --> FBX --> Import into AR.

The only downside is that this requires a SketchUp license.

[OttoA]

Great news everyone! I came across this Graphisoft roadmap that seems to suggest that an fbx-exporter/importer will be coming soon. Hopefully this would mean ac27 already.
https://graphisoft.com/product-roadmap/fbx-export-import