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Save 3D Elements as Objects

1.Create the desired 3D elements within the project using ARCHICAD construction tools (slab, wall, mesh, roof etc.). For example, you can create a table whose tabletop is made from a slab and legs are made with the column tool.   2.Select the desired elements either on the Floor Plan ...

Cut Surfaces and Outlines (Element Settings)

Relevant for Wall, Slab, Roof, Shell, Morph, Mesh, Beam, Column. Cut Surfaces Set the attributes displayed for cut surfaces both in Section and on the Floor Plan. •For a basic element: ◦Define the cut line type and pen •For a basic, composite or complex profile ...

Show On Stories

Relevant for Wall, Slab, Roof, Shell, Morph, Mesh, Beam, Column. Use the Show on Stories pop-up in the Floor Plan and Section Panel of Tool Settings to control the display of construction elements by story. The available options differ by element. All Relevant Stories The element ...

Place a Grid System

To lay out a complete orthogonal or curved grid mesh, use the Grid System function. The Grid System command can save you a lots of time by ...

Assign a Cut Fill

•For construction elements (Wall / Slab/ Beam/ Column / Roof / Shell / Morph / Mesh): Cut fills are assigned via the Building Material ...

Save 3D Elements as Objects

1.Create the desired 3D elements within the project using ARCHICAD construction tools (slab, wall, mesh, roof etc.). For example, you can create ...

Export Model to Rhino

An ARCHICAD model exported to Rhino transfers geometrical information only, because Rhino handles only this type of data. In Rhino, ARCHICAD elements are distinct, selectable elements. Relevant element attributes (surface color, texture) and the original ARCHIAD layer structure and grouped ...

Other Formats Opened by ARCHICAD

HPGL File (.plt) For details, see Plot. Windows Enhanced Metafile (.emf) Windows Metafile (.wmf) Point Cloud Data File (.e57) See Working with Point Clouds. Surveyors’ data (.xyz) Import any text file containing xyz data (e.g. surveyor’s data), or similar data, into ...

Export Model to Rhino

An ARCHICAD model exported to Rhino transfers geometrical information only, because Rhino handles only this type of data. In Rhino, ARCHICAD elements are distinct, selectable elements. Relevant element attributes (surface color, texture) and the original ARCHIAD layer structure and grouped ...