topic Re: Viewing Multiple Windows in Installation & update

Viewing Multiple Windows

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:48:40 GMT

Hi. First time poster.

I have recently commenced a role as a draftsperson using ArchiCAD. I am previously a REVIT user and upon entering this role I was given only basic training using ArchiCAD. Which is fine, I enjoy the challenge.

One feature of Revit I particularly enjoyed was the ability to have multiple windows open simultaneously (3d view, floor plan, section all at the same time for example). This enabled me to instantly see how the changes I was making to a model were affected in a different view, allowing for a speedy understanding of the modelling process.

Is this something that is possible in ArchiCAD? I find it to be a less informative and less productive process when I have to continuously change between screens to see how changes are being affected in a different view.

Any help will be tremendously appreciated.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Barry Kelly — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:05:06 GMT

Each view (plan, 3D, elevations, sections, etc.) are all in their own windows - each with their own minimise and maximise buttons.
By defaullt they are probably maximised so the one you are working in will always sit in front.

So it is possible to resize the windows and position them where you want.
However only the one you are working in is current and the others will not show you any changes until you physically click in them to make them active and then they will update automatically.

You can close any of the windows except the floor plan window and the file will remain open.
Sections and elevations will by default open in one window only but you can right mouse click on a section or elevation view and choose "open in new window".
I think there is a Work Environment setting that will allow for individula sections and elevations by default.

You can also open more than one Archicad program and therefore have more than one job open (each instance of Archicad can only open one file at a time).
Then you can copy and paste between files if needed.

Barry.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:54:57 GMT

Thank you Barry, that was very helpful.

It's a shame that the other windows don't update automatically and that you have to click in the window for the desired view to update, as this is a feature that Revit has that I love. Maybe I could suggest this to ArchiCAD.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Gus — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:16:50 GMT

Go to the "wishes" part of this forum and post this as a "wish." I too believe this would be an amazing addition to the program. I've thought this for many years. One thing I have noticed is that if I have several tabs/views open such as 3D, Section, and plan, one of those often bugs out then crashes. I'm guessing that this overloads the graphics processor or something? If anyone knows how I can keep ArchiCAD from bugging out (psychedelic colors and lines everywhere in one of the windows) when three or more are visible at once. I would love to hear how that can be fixed. I'm running 3 monitors with a pretty beefy graphics card: Quadro K2000m

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:52:34 GMT

Gus wrote:
One thing I have noticed is that if I have several tabs/views open such as 3D, Section, and plan, one of those often bugs out then crashes. I'm guessing that this overloads the graphics processor or something? If anyone knows how I can keep ArchiCAD from bugging out (psychedelic colors and lines everywhere in one of the windows) when three or more are visible at once. I would love to hear how that can be fixed. I'm running 3 monitors with a pretty beefy graphics card: Quadro K2000m

In my experience when you see something like this it is usually a graphics card driver problem. A driver upgrade (or downgrade) could be the solution.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

rgarand — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:35:03 GMT

You would think the auto updating of other windows would be possible now since they are supposedly updating in the background anyway(Version 19). When I was learning 3D Studio Max back in the early 90's this was standard throughout all of the working windows.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

vfrontiers — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:14:32 GMT

Only loosely related but a WINDOW question nonetheless....
In 19, I love the new docking (mac) features... but ONE of my projects chose the LAYOUT window as the BASE window and my 2d PLAN window becomes a FLOATING WINDOW... I cannot see a way to make it part of the DOCK...

The PREFER TO OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW is switched off in the EXTRA OPTIONs portion of the Work Environment settings... I've tried a number of buttons here and there, but no luck...

Wouldn't really be the end of the world, but OFTEN a different program will stick windows in between my plan window and the rest of archicad... so no tools or palettes are available... Have to switch to LAYOUT and back to PLAN to get them to show.

This was a project upgraded from 18... I remember reading there might be issues there, but other projects with a similar upgrade path have worked correctly...

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:01:08 GMT

You must have undocked the window by mistake and once undocked it will remain like that until you select to "Dock All Windows" from the Window Menu.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:04:00 GMT

I sometimes keep the 3D Window undocked so that I can use Mission Control to jump faster to it.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

vfrontiers — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:15:25 GMT

Excellent! I'll try it next time I'm in that file...

Based on your answer here... UNDOCKING the OBJECT EDITOR window should also be a benefit...

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:40:37 GMT

Gus wrote:
Go to the "wishes" part of this forum and post this as a "wish." I too believe this would be an amazing addition to the program. I've thought this for many years. One thing I have noticed is that if I have several tabs/views open such as 3D, Section, and plan, one of those often bugs out then crashes. I'm guessing that this overloads the graphics processor or something? If anyone knows how I can keep ArchiCAD from bugging out (psychedelic colors and lines everywhere in one of the windows) when three or more are visible at once. I would love to hear how that can be fixed. I'm running 3 monitors with a pretty beefy graphics card: Quadro K2000m

Sorry, but has that wish been posted somewhere? Can't find anything to support it. It's essential for me. Getting angry every day about this missing feature.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Barry Kelly — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:25:52 GMT

Looper wrote:
Sorry, but has that wish been posted somewhere? Can't find anything to support it. It's essential for me. Getting angry every day about this missing feature.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=59862&p=295114&hilit=monitor#p295114

This one maybe?

Barry.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Johann_P — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:27:19 GMT

Hi,
I've been using archicad for about 2 weeks and this is my first post here. I'm confident it will not be the last....

I've been working on revit since about 2005 though.

I cant seem to figure out how to view multiple windows.
I'm on Archicad 24 and windows machine.

1) I don't have a minimize button on the individual view tabs, only a close button.
2) When I click the "show windows overview" tab the open windows all temporarily open, but if I click on one, all others close.

Any help will be appreciated.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Jp1138 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:27:34 GMT

Johann.P wrote:
...

1) I don't have a minimize button on the individual view tabs, only a close button.
...

Maybe you are missing the button because it´s somewhat out the the way

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Barry Kelly — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:35:46 GMT

Johann.P wrote:
1) I don't have a minimize button on the individual view tabs, only a close button.

It is not in the TAB bar, but is at the top right of the screen.
The larger buttons at the very top are for the Archicad program window itself.
The slightly smaller ones underneath are for the currently open window.
As shown in the image by Jp1138.

When you minimise/reduce a window, the control will now be at the top right corner of that window.

Barry.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Johann_P — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:03:49 GMT

Thanks. It works.

As a follow up quesionts:

1) Is there an "auto-tile-window" function? It seem that the windows require manual sizing each?

2) There seems to be talk of dragging a window onto a second screen in Mac.
I am on a PC, search the forum and the general interwebs, but cant seem to find a similar function.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 06:43:04 GMT

Unfortunately, there is no auto-tiling function in Archicad. You can unmaximize Tabs as the other guys said and then manually resize them to their desired size.

On Windows, Tabs are constrained to within the Archicad application window. So you would have to resize your Archicad Window to extend two screens. This has been a wish from the community for some time.

A couple of things you may want to know:
- There is only a single Floor Plan Viewpoint and a single 3D Viewpoint, so at any time only one Floor Plan Tab and one 3D Tab can be open.
- The contents of Tabs are redrawn only when you click on them (so they become the active Tab). So you may have the Floor Plan and the 3D next to each other, you make a change in the Floor Plan, but the 3D will update only when you click it. These are some of the "idiosyncrasies" of Archicad.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

vfrontiers — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:24:52 GMT

Would be great if the DEFAULT was NOT MAX windows for library editing...

I do appreciate that if you keep editing in one ArchiCAD session, it will open up "like" windows to match...

But it's not fun having to do it for EVERY window to start
a. Object Main screen / unmaximize
b. 2d script / un maximize
c. 3d scrip / unmaximize
d. etc., etc.

Re: Viewing Multiple Windows

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:18:22 GMT

Duane, you are free to make a wish.
That way we could vote and submit it to Graphisoft for consideration.