topic Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides in Documentation

Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Planit — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:21:27 GMT

Does anyone know how to create new Graphic Override Rules in AC Start 2020?
The location for this in other versions is Document - Graphic Overrides - Graphic Override Rules but AC SE 2020 doesn't appear to have this last command.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:27:59 GMT

Planit wrote:
Does anyone know how to create new Graphic Override Rules in AC Start 2020?
The location for this in other versions is Document - Graphic Overrides - Graphic Override Rules but AC SE 2020 doesn't appear to have this last command.

It is probably just that command has not been added to your Work Environment menu structure.
If you are using a custom WE then you will have to add that command to the menu.
Otherwise switch to a standard WE and it should be there.

Barry.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 07 May 2020 20:41:57 GMT

According to this:
https://simbim.es/en/graphisoft/44-archicad-se.html

under the Specifications tab, Graphics overrides are not part of START Edition.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Jacques Toerien — Wed, 13 May 2020 11:28:18 GMT

The SOLO edition has graphics overrides, what is the difference between Start and Solo? Why so many 'lite' versions?

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Planit — Sat, 16 May 2020 00:32:56 GMT

Thanks for your help guys.
AC SE 2020 does have preset Graphic Override Combinations but appears not have a command to be able to edit the rules of these or create new ones. I have contacted the software supplier and they confirmed that this is a limitation of AC SE 2020 but have indicated that there would be some sort of work around to do this.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Sun, 17 May 2020 04:27:19 GMT

Planit wrote:
AC SE 2020 does have preset Graphic Override Combinations but appears not have a command to be able to edit the rules of these or create new ones.

So have you looked in the Work Environment settings to see if that command is there?
It may just be missing from the profile.

Barry.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Planit — Mon, 18 May 2020 05:04:00 GMT

I have had a look but couldn't see any commands for editing Graphic Override rules

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Mon, 18 May 2020 05:22:39 GMT

To add it to a menu in the Work Environment do this ...

Otherwise to just create a rule, open the GO Combinations dialogue and press 'Edit Rules'.

Of course this is all in the FULL commercial version.
Seems odd that you have GOs but no means to edit them.

Barry.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 18 May 2020 17:38:15 GMT

Barry wrote:
Seems odd that you have GOs but no means to edit them.

I think that is all part of why START is half the price of the full/pro version...

It is frustrating that most of us know nothing about START or Solo and so cannot provide very specific help when these questions come up. It would be nice if we could switch our Pro versions into START or Solo "mode", (and EDU for that matter), similar to running in Demo mode, so that we could better help people with different editions.

(An example of this is QuickBooks Accountant...which is the most full featured version of Intuit's small business desktop accounting program. It can be switched to restart in a mode that matches any one of the many lower level versions of the product.)

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Planit — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 23:58:13 GMT

Thanks Barry & Karl
I can only get to this point when adding menu to the work environment and the GO commands are greyed out.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 01:36:18 GMT

You are showing "All menus in alphabetical order"
Try using "All commands in alphabetical order".

You also need to choose a menu on the right hand side that you want to place the command in - otherwise the commands remain grey and un-placeable.

Barry.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Planit — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:07:49 GMT

I dont think the Edit Rules command is there.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:21:59 GMT

Planit wrote:
I dont think the Edit Rules command is there.

It seems that it is not there.
As Karl said, it looks like it is a limitation of the Start Edition.

Barry.

Re: Archicad Start 2020 - Graphic Overrides

Barry Kelly — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:29:54 GMT

Looking at the feature list in the specifications for Start Edition, there are no Graphic Overrides as Karl mentioned.

https://simbim.es/en/graphisoft/44-archicad-se.html

Barry.