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The RHINO - GRASSHOPPER - ARCHICAD Connection combines the best design tools for the different project phases.‎ These tools bridge the design development gap between the initial design phase and Building Information Modeling.‎ This unique solution offers tools that go far beyond the bi-directional transfer of geometry, allowing geometric shapes to be translated into fully BIM elements while retaining algorithmic editing capabilities.‎ Solutions Grasshopper - ARCHICAD Live Connection Generate and manipulate BIM elements in ARCHICAD directly from Grasshopper Add-ons Import/Export Rhinoceros The interchange of models in native Rhinoceros file format Rhinoceros - GDL Converter Create native ARCHICAD objects in Rhinoceros Grasshopper - ARCHICAD Live Connection Generate and manipulate BIM elements in ARCHICAD directly from Grasshopper This tool allows direct communication between Rhino/Grasshopper and ARCHICAD in order to create and manipulate a BIM model, in whole or in part, through the visual scripting interface of Grasshopper.‎ Designers whose work is currently based on either Rhino/Grasshopper or ARCHICAD can take advantage of this functionality.‎ the live, associative and bi-directional nature of the connection allows users to build versatile workflows and use this connection in multiple scenarios.‎ In jobs where the design is primarily driven by the use of Rhino-Grasshopper tools, users will be able to apply the GH-AC Connection to convert the design into a fully BIM model and still retain some of the algorithmic editing capabilities.‎ In other cases, Rhino/Grasshopper (or the other Rhino plug-in) can be used to refine an existing BIM design with algorithmic features or a freeform modelling environment at any stage of the design process.‎ In these situations, the layout or reference geometry of parts designed in Grasshopper can be taken directly from ARCHICAD itself.‎ Rhinoceros Import/Export Add-on Exchange models in native Rhinoceros file format Designers can choose to work with a 'reference model workflow' by exporting and importing models between ARCHICAD and Rhinoceros using the native Rhinoceros file format (.‎3dm).‎ Rhino Export enables users to pass the geometry - using various representation methods - of a model produced in ARCHICAD to Rhino.‎ Rhino Import enables users to pass a model created in Rhino to ARCHICAD.‎ The imported model will appear as a GDL object preserving the logic of the construction style of the original Rhino model.‎ Rhinoceros - GDL Converter Create native ARCHICAD objects in Rhinoceros With this set of tools, designers can save a selected part of a Rhino model in a native ARCHICAD object file format (.‎gsm or .‎lcf).‎ Depending on the complexity of the model and its subsequent use in ARCHICAD, users can choose whether to generate a single object (.‎gsm) from Rhino or a library container file (.‎lcf) containing multiple library elements.‎ The 'Import Object SIngle' workflow is suggested for importing small objects or groups of small objects in .‎gsm format into ARCHICAD.‎ The workflow "Import Complex Structure" is suggested for importing - and also updating - large Rhino models, which are as complex as a coherent set of GDL objects, using an ARCHICAD LCF (Library Container File).‎