Difference between revisions of "Import your model from your Architecture drawing software"

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* Archicad : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D view. Choose "by material" to have all materials linked. Import your file in Blender though the built in 3DS import script.
 
* Archicad : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D view. Choose "by material" to have all materials linked. Import your file in Blender though the built in 3DS import script.
 
* Allplan : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D rendered view. Import your file in Blender with this [[:Image:Import3ds_Allplan.py|modified 3DS import script for Allplan]].
 
* Allplan : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D rendered view. Import your file in Blender with this [[:Image:Import3ds_Allplan.py|modified 3DS import script for Allplan]].
* DXF : Blender doesn't understand 2D dxf very well. But if you change your 2D lines into 3D lines, then it goes well.
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* DXF : You must provide Autocad DXF version 12 files of the project. A file for each floor, for instance. Since the DXF importer has some coordinates problems with large DXF files, the smaller the DXF file, the better. The CAD drawing to be positioned according with CAD program grid. Blocks and polylines must be exploded. All entities in layer 0. Basically only lines, points, circles and arcs will be accepted by the importer.
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* DXF -> SVG : Another way is to [http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78688 convert you DXF sketches into SVG through OpenOffice]

Revision as of 11:39, 29 September 2006

It is always a mess to know how put your work out of an app to another. Let review the best way to import your model to Blender from most used Architecture drawing software :

  • Archicad : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D view. Choose "by material" to have all materials linked. Import your file in Blender though the built in 3DS import script.
  • Allplan : Export your model in 3DS format from the 3D rendered view. Import your file in Blender with this modified 3DS import script for Allplan.
  • DXF : You must provide Autocad DXF version 12 files of the project. A file for each floor, for instance. Since the DXF importer has some coordinates problems with large DXF files, the smaller the DXF file, the better. The CAD drawing to be positioned according with CAD program grid. Blocks and polylines must be exploded. All entities in layer 0. Basically only lines, points, circles and arcs will be accepted by the importer.
  • DXF -> SVG : Another way is to convert you DXF sketches into SVG through OpenOffice