Artlantis is the fastest, stand-alone rendering application developed especially for architects and designers. Archicad exports the model in the Artlantis file format through its dedicated plug-ins.
More details about Artlantis in this link.
SketchUp is a 3D modeling computer program. It is useful from the earliest stages of design to the end of construction.
Import: More details about SketchUp import on this link.
Export: More details about saving a SketchUp 3D Model File on this link.
Within Archicad, The Twinmotion add-on for Archicad allows you to export your Archicad 3D model to FBX. The add-on is installed by default.
The main purpose of FBX format is to provide interoperability between digital content creation applications. The .fbx files allow computer- based creations to be opened, edited, and modified across many applications and systems.
More details about Twinmotion in this link.
I was using Archicad on my laptop this morning. I tried to open a file in the afternoon and it wouldn't open. Just stuck on the spinning wheel. I have Archicad 26. I have tried to open other Archicad files, but same thing. I removed Archicad. Shut down the computer. I turned it back on and reloaded Archicad. I still have the same issue. I'm at a loss. I've attached a screenshot of where it stops. Any ideas? I have Mac Monterey.
How much time did you give it to open? Depending on the number of objects, where they are and how they are loaded as well as imported images etc it can take a long time to convert. Often Archicad will colour wheel and even say not responding but it is still quietly working away.
Also, just in case something got hosed... check your Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access to make sure that Archicad 26 is still listed there and with a checkmark. (I'm on Big Sur, so don't know if they moved that somewhere else in Monterey.). It should also appear in the Files and Folders group under Privacy, also.
So, I just put a file on my desktop and tried to open it, but I get the same issue. Archicad 26 has full disc access and also appears in the Files and Folders. When I go to Force Quit, I get this image. Not sure if this is normally what it looks like.
Given what you've done, I can't think of anything else that could be the cause...you've reinstalled, restarted your Mac, made sure AC 26 has full disk access, and tried with a local file. I've not seen anyone else report anything similar here on the Community so suggest that you contact tech support.
The only other things I've seen mentioned here over the years is preference cleaning of AC preferences...since just re-installing will keep all old settings. But, no doubt you have a lot of preferences set that you'd hate to lose. So, hopefully tech support can make some other suggestion before you have to do this:
Yes. I have tried that too...with the same results. I just tried the links that Karl suggested, but it still doesn't do anything. I just tried moving my libraries to a different folder because maybe the libraries are corrupt, but that didn't change anything either.
There is a setting in the Work Environment to force Archicad to launch a new instance to open a second file, however, this doesn't always work. If you open the first file then navigate to File, Open, select the file you wish to open from Finder browser and then make sure you select the option to 'Launch a New Instance' at the bottom of the window a second instance will open. You can do this for as many files as you want, just make sure that check box is ticked.
EDIT: I've used both Chief and ArchiCAD for about 20 years each, and go back and forth between the two all the time. It's kind of sad to give someone correct information and get downvoted for it. Reminds me of Jack Nicholson: "You can't handle the truth!"
I installed chief architect a while ago, i dont feel comfortable drawing a house plan using feet as a scale for both internal and external dimensions. So my question is, how do i change these scales from to metres in chief architect since a new plan opens with feet dimensional scale
.skp files are as useful as any to use for getting ArchiCAD 3D content into Chief Architect programs. And for the 2d content both programs have some sort of .dwg Translators which could be configured to work pretty well together. ArchiCAD can import a .pdf and explode it into lines, polylines, hatch, text.... and if the .pdf was generated with AutoCAD or ArchiCAD, layers, layer combos, and some other content is also available that way too. I have very little experience with Cheif Architect but what I have seen of it and the Home Designer program, I am not impressed too much. But I do like the user interface the Home Designer has. It seems pretty easy to use.
But the .PLN is not the only Archicad file. We also have .BPN files (backup files), .TPL files (template files), .GSM files (object files), .LCF (library container files), plus a ton of ever more obscure file types, which we can talk about another time. See the full list of file types here. Teaser: Do you know what a .2DL file is? Know of anyone who has created one? In addition to all those file types, there is also the wonderful .PLA file: the Archicad Archive file type.
@zoomer Funny story... I joined a design build firm as their director of landscape architecture back in August. My role was to lead a team and modernize the company's processes from concept to construction. Shortly after receiving the furniture and computer I ordered, I realized that the company would not be a good fit, so I resigned. Shortest gig in my life... the ink on my business cards hadn't even dried ?
This is a timely topic for me. We started working remotely with another architect in California a few months ago. He uses VW that is why we got the work. All is good when his work is all in house. But now we are working on a pretty big project where the client is in a business that is involved in the construction industry. So I am asked to send him Revit and IFC files. It takes a really long time to make the Revit file and when done some walls are missing. I filed a bug on this. For the IFC we don't use stories and I don't really know much about the format, so any input form others is welcome - like step by step how to setup my VW file for a good IFC export. Actually I am not sure the final client would even know what to do with it. We are in the process of asking.
I never have such drama when importing Revit or Sketchup from my architectural clients. I just create a new document to quarantine the architect's work, import the architect's work, and reference this quarantine file into my work. This keeps things pretty orderly and protects my work from any kind of corruption. At worst, I end up having to do a little housekeeping and delete objects I don't need. It usually take longer for VWX to import the Revit file than it does for me to put it to use.
On the topic of Ifc-Export, my experience was that we have a decent export. There is just to much expectation linked to it. People always expect it to turn automatically into a native format, no matter if they use Archicad; Allplan, Revit, etc. That was never the intention so far with either IFC2x3 or IFC4. They are mostly for referencing, hence "Reference View". If your software kind of manages to transform it into some native objects, good, but it's not a given.
Every use case has different demands for the ifc model. The structual engineer needs only the load-bearing walls as IfcWalls, the hvac engineers need mostly IfcSpace and for energy analysis you need to have one IfcWall with the different components as IfcMaterials and IfcSpaces (Eventhough here most BIM-Software is lacking in so far as you need, I think, at least 3rd level space boundaries for proper energy analysis)
Purging the Attribute Manager, unless it is really abused to begin with, is not a great file size reducer. Getting rid of nearly all the Attributes only decreased the template size by less than 500 KB. And as was discussed at length in the comments here, aggressive Attribute purging is a dangerous move if done blindly.
The next test was to clear everything from the embedded library: approximately 40 GDL objects plus countless abandoned jpg files embedded for use with materials, rendering backgrounds and png Objects. I left the stairs that were actually placed in the file.This dropped my overall file size to 44.1 MB, a reduction of 25%.
We've been having issues with files we recieve from an architect we work with. The architect draws their site plans in ArchiCAD, converts them to DWG, then sends the DWG to us to work from in AutoCAD.
When we overlay their file in AutoCAD, everything appears to be jumbled. Sidewalks that are supposed to be 5' are 5.13' (and such), and when we try to line up "common" portions of the the drawing (existing buildings, sidewalks, etc.) things won't always line up the same. Thinking perhaps it's some sort of scaling issue?
you now, I'd think about getting a copy oif Archicad if you deal with these people a lot. I'm tempted to think that they are just sketching,m and noit doing a precise layour of their site plan, and the only way to verify what they are doing would be to look at the orignal file, noit the converted-to-dwg version you're looking at.
Hello everyone! I am a longtime user (@last days) however I am not familiar with importing ArchiCAD(AC) models into SketchUp(SU). I have searched around the forums but I cant seem to find good strategies for exporting files from AC into SU. My hope is that someone on the forums has some tried and true strategies for bringing AC models into SU.
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