[Enrico Bonilauri]

Hi everyone, I am wondering if you can import custom window frame profiles in Archicad 13-15 from a dxf file. As far as I know, this is possible for courtain walls, but I have no idea how to do it with windows.

Thanks!

Enrico

[NCornia]

Enrico,

You can import DXF files but I am uncertain as to your meaning of "profiles". If you mean like a custom profile then you could use the DXF linework to make a profile with which you then create the window frame using walls or beams and then save as a window.

If you mean to open a 3D dxf then you will have to open the DXF file as an object but it is not a simple step to convert to a window. You could try placing the DXF at zero elevation face up as you would a normal window, then place a slab with ID wall hole below it and then save it as a window but this may or may not work depending on the circumstances.

A picture or two may help.

Best regards,

[Enrico Bonilauri]

Thank you Nicholas.
I am actually looking for a way to import a custom frame from whithin the Archicad window tool. I know I coulg go "around" the problem by creating the window frame using columns/beams with custom profiles, but then AC would not recognize them as a window.

[NCornia]

Ah, now I understand. Essentially you can create a custom component that can be used as a window sash but you still have to convert from .dxf to .gsm.

[Matthew Lohden]

[KeesW]

Wow - how relevant Archicad-talk often is!

I am trying to convert DXF/DWG window profiles from my AWS catalogue into complex profiles for use in a current, and future, projects. I've traced the DXF image with a polyline, copied this into complex profiles and thus created a frame for use in my drawings. Tracing is not completely accurate and it would be nice if we could somehow use the DXF/DWG drawings on the screen and convert them into polylines. Am I dreaming? Is there an easier way?

[rocorona]

[KeesW]

Thanks for your suggestion. I thought of this but have found, in the past, that using the fill tool was only marginally quicker than tracing with a polyline. However I'll use that method next time to see if I am any nore efficient with it.

[Barry Kelly]

[KeesW]

Barry

Using the magic wand doesn't work on PDF's or DXF/DWG drawings, does it?

I'll give it another go.