Background The 3D Warehouse button on the Start tab of the Catalogs group normally opens the external SketchUp Gallery in the internal browser of pCon.planner. It may happen that SKP models can no longer be inserted directly from the 3D Warehouse into pCon.planner. In this case, the following message appears: “Download failed”. Solution SKP models can still be imported into pCon.planner….

Planning data must be processed by various involved parties/service providers in the course of a project. The variety of software solutions available on the market may require converting the data into a different format. pCon.planner offers various export options to achieve the best possible compatibility. However, the amount of geometry of 3D models is much…

Problem Instead of the desired values for height and width, oversized numbers appear in the input fields when drawing walls. The walls are drawn with these incorrect values. Background This is due to the use of the same separator for decimal places and digit groups. Usually, these separators are different. In Germany, the comma is…

With Office 2019 or Office 365 it is possible to insert and use 3D models directly in Microsoft Office: Select the desired objects in the planning. In the Clipboard section of the Start tab, click Copy and select the entry 3D Model Microsoft. Now the element is in the clipboard as a gltf file. In…

A detailed list of all formats that pCon.planner can use can be found here. How to proceed: In the menu File go to Import. In the window that opens, you can see which formats pCon.planner can import. Select the desired file and click on Open.

When navigating in pCon.planner, it happens that you get “stuck” in walls and other objects. Zooming is only possible very slowly until you are out of the object again at some point. In this case, the key combination Shift + Zoom will help. This allows you to move through objects with normal zoom speed.

Additional furnishings and decorative elements add the finishing touches to your plans. Suitable 3D models can be found, for example, from these services: Sketchfab Free registration, partly free models in very good quality and various common file formats https://sketchfab.com/3d-models Trimble Inc® 3D Warehouse free models in SKP format, own pCon.collection especially for users of the…

After you have opened a planning or selected another projection during the planning process, parts of your drawing are no longer visible. There are two possible reasons for this issue.

We recommend creating them next to one another on the zero level. This way, you can maximize clarity and navigate more quickly through adjacent levels. You also have the option to place each story on top of the other. When doing so, please keep the following in mind:

You inserted an object, such as a drawing element or a piece of furniture, into your plan. When you then change to a different view, you notice that the object is not at the desired location.