Tips and Tricks
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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 -
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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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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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What is the shortcut for…
Have you forgotten a keyboard shortcut? Or would you like to learn a few more to work more efficiently? To find…
Joshua Osborne
3 February 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Direction Dependent Selection…
Do you know about the Direction Dependent Selection method? This comes in to effect when you draw a selection window. It…
Joshua Osborne
2 February 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
ArchiCAD Reference Guide – a gold mine
Graphisoft ArchiCAD Reference Guide offers 3465 pages of clear information on all ArchiCAD functions and tools on a click of a…
Scylla de Magalhaes
30 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Placing Doors and Windows in Slanted Walls
Windows and Doors can be placed in any type of wall, including polygonal, slanted and complex shapes. If your project contains…
Scylla de Magalhaes
29 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Restrict your dimensions
If you find that there are too many options presented to you when using Linear Dimensions, you can switch the Geometry Method…
Joshua Osborne
26 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Navigator gone missing?
If you find you have accidentally closed your Navigator, it can easily be switched back on from almost all ArchiCAD document…
Joshua Osborne
22 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Edit glazing bar surface
If you are using the Window tool, you can change the glazing bar surfaces just below the dimension settings:
Soto
21 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Launch another ArchiCAD session
If you are working in a project and want to check something in another file – don’t go through the hassle…
Joshua Osborne
20 January 2015 -
Tips and Tricks
Where did I put that Marker?
How many times have you gone in to an old project looking for a Section, Elevation or Detail Marker and struggled…
Joshua Osborne
19 January 2015
