topic Re: Name of Open File in Modeling

Name of Open File

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:56:27 GMT

Can someone remind me how to determine the name of the file you have open?

For example, if you open a .PLN and .BPN concurrently, how can you tell which is which?

Re: Name of Open File

Dontknow — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:42:29 GMT

Hmm, good question.
You can't really see which one you've openend, the pln or bpn file.
One could accidently be working on a bpn file.

Re: Name of Open File

sinceV6 — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 23:18:53 GMT

Hi.

While it is true that the file extension should be shown in the title bar, you can select the top level of the project map/view map/layout book (select the file name at the very top) and look at the path down in the properties. If I remember correctly, it'll give you what you need.

Best regards.

Re: Name of Open File

Barry Kelly — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 01:51:02 GMT

I can't say how it works on MACs but on Windows I always go into the File/Folder options and turn off the option to "Hide extensions for known file types".
This way I can always see the file extension whether I am in Archicad or not.

Barry.

Re: Name of Open File

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:15:53 GMT

You can also go to the File > Open menu and the most recent file name (at least on Mac OS X) will show the file extension there.

Agree that these workarounds in 18 and earlier are awkward. In 19, the file name with extension is shown in the title bar.

Re: Name of Open File

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:48:59 GMT

sinceV6 wrote:
While it is true that the file extension should be shown in the title bar, you can select the top level of the project map/view map/layout book (select the file name at the very top) and look at the path down in the properties. If I remember correctly, it'll give you what you need.

That's it! Never thought of looking in "properties". Many thanks.

Karl - I'm so looking forward to getting release 19, if only so I don't have to keep moving toolbars to get at window controls!

Re: Name of Open File

Link — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:50:49 GMT

On a Mac in ArchiCAD 19 you can command click on the project name in the Title Bar to see the path and file name. You can even access those folders from there.

Cheers,
Link.