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ArchiCAD API / ArchiCAD JSON API

_hque — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:36:02 GMT

Hi everybody,

I have a web app with my own way to structure a building's data and geometry and I want to export it to ArchiCAD.
So creating an ArchiCAD file with all elements (walls, slabs, ...) as ArchiCAD objects and download it.

Is it possible to have this custom export script on a Web API using the ArchiCAD JSON API or is there another way to achieve this?

Best,

Niklas

Re: ArchiCAD API / ArchiCAD JSON API

Joel Buehler — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 20:21:19 GMT

i hope i understand you question right, but from waht i get, you want to use the ArchiCAD JSON API to get information out of Archicad, right?

That does not work with the JSON Interface, since this is a oneway communication.

https://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/JSONInterfaceDocumentation/#Introduction

but no problem! you can just write your own plugin that has that functionality with the Archicad API.

EDIT: i should have first read the documentation 😄

you can get a lot of information trough the API. like this example:

https://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/JSONInterfaceDocumentation/#GetPropertyIds

very cool.

Re: ArchiCAD API / ArchiCAD JSON API

_hque — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:47:12 GMT

Thanks for your answer @Joel Buehler

i hope i understand you question right, but from waht i get, you want to use the ArchiCAD JSON API to get information out of Archicad, right?

hm, not really I want to create more or less an "Export to ArchiCAD" for my custom logic of geometry and building elements. So it would be rather information to ArchiCAD.
All the examples that I found using the ArchiCAD JSON API is getting information from an ArchiCAD file like in your posted example getting properties from a file.

Re: ArchiCAD API / ArchiCAD JSON API

Joel Buehler — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:44:36 GMT

Ah oh, ok now i get you. thats sounds interesting!

Re: ArchiCAD API / ArchiCAD JSON API

kency — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:30:26 GMT

You can write your own Archicad Add-On, invoke API to get the data and will be able to create walls, slabs, morphs etc. https://graphisoft.github.io/archicad-api-devkit/index.html.

This can be a starter https://github.com/GRAPHISOFT/archicad-maze-generator?tab=readme-ov-file