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Using the Find & Select tool
The Find & Select tool is a powerful feature when it comes to making changes, and identifying inconsistencies, particularly in developed projects. When there are hundreds of elements on screen, and elements are in the wrong places, or just with the…
Jenna Durham
10 January 2023 -
Featured
Tips and Tricks
Labelling Zones with the Label Tool
As of ARCHICAD 25 Update 2, you can now label zones directly with the label tool. All you need to do is select the label tool, apply whichever settings you’d like aesthetically for the label, make sure it’s associative, and than…
Myles Taylor
4 January 2023 -
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Tips and Tricks
Zones with Automatic Labels
As of ARCHICAD 25 Update 2, zones have been now given the ability to be automatically labelled on creation. When going to place a zone, you’ll see a new option in your toolbar: If this option is enabled when you go…
Myles Taylor
3 January 2023
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Tips and Tricks
What is the ‘Reference’ mean in Trace & Reference?
It means you can copy any item/objects (with all the associated metadata / properties) and place it on the current View…
Carrissa Howman
6 February 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
How to Update Zones When Your Space Changes
When you modify your design, automatically created zones do not automatically adjust themselves to the changes, so they may require you…
Carrissa Howman
5 February 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Move from the Arrow Tool to the Last Tool Used
Typing ‘ESC’ in Archicad switches you from an active Tool to the Arrow Tool… But what if you then want to…
Sonya Grabez
2 February 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Manage Archicad Softkey Licenses
Archicad Softkey Licenses are licenses that can be uploaded and downloaded between machines. Softkey Licenses can be managed using: The License…
Sonya Grabez
1 February 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Filter Your Layers
Layers in ArchiCAD can be sorted by name, extension or status by clicking on any of the column headers… but did…
Sonya Grabez
31 January 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Count your Polygons!
If you have a project that you find particularly slow to navigate or work in 3D this may be due to…
Sonya Grabez
30 January 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Save Your Work!
While Archicad does have its own autosave system, it is not foolproof and will only provide a recovery file in the…
Jenna Durham
26 January 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
How Help Tags Help you
Have you ever come across a button that had only an icon, and you couldn’t figure out what it did? As…
Jenna Durham
22 January 2024 -
Tips and Tricks
Show Windows Overview
A quick way to display all the open Tabs in your Archicad file, and pick the selected one when multiple tabs…
Khan
19 January 2024
