topic Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again in Documentation

I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

4hotshoes — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:47:34 GMT

We run into needing this all of the time. Someone leaves the caps lock on, which is traditional for architectural lettering. But it should also go the other way. Please give us a way to edit text case with multiple options. Otherwise, we have to manually type everything again to comply with company standards. A simple red button could be installed to do this.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:32:23 GMT

There's an Add-On that does this: https://graphisoft.com/sg/ssa/downloads

there is a version for AC25, but waiting on the Mac versions for AC26.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Barry Kelly — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:21:02 GMT

@Aaron Bourgoin wrote:

There's an Add-On that does this: https://graphisoft.com/sg/ssa/downloads

there is a version for AC25, but waiting on the Mac versions for AC26.

I really do wish that all of these add-ons for different language versions were available on the main Graphisoft website.

And of course available for all operating systems and Archicad versions.

Barry.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

scottjm — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:15:35 GMT

Wow! I never knew these addons existed! Some of these are awesome!!!

Are there some others lurking in the depths of the gs website?

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Barry Kelly — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 02:14:39 GMT

@scottjm wrote:

Are there some others lurking in the depths of the gs website?

That was the Singapore Graphisoft website.

It seems if we have an SSA/Forward agreement, we can access the site with our GSID login.

It would be a matter of finding other country Graphisoft websites and seeing what they have and if we have access.

Of course non-English language countries may pose a problem.

That is why I think that if these are Graphisoft add-ons and they are not specific to a particular country, then they should be available on the main Graphisoft website.

It has taken a while, but we now have all of the language versions for the program itself on the main website.

Now we just need all of the add-ons as well.

Barry.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

4hotshoes — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:47:43 GMT

Why would such an add-on not be in the standard features for Archicad? Why do we have to search for and load something so basic and simple? It is still my standing wish for a simple task, not an add-on, please! This feature would save many hours or work. (add-on or included)

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:37:50 GMT

@Aaron Bourgoin wrote:

There's an Add-On that does this: https://graphisoft.com/sg/ssa/downloads

there is a version for AC25, but waiting on the Mac versions for AC26.

I wish that the page you linked to indicated the author of each add-on ... or maybe they are all Graphisoft? With contact info, any other developer could offer to build the Mac version (much less the 26 and 27 versions) and just get it done already. I'd volunteer and imagine others would too...

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Aaron Bourgoin — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:48:14 GMT

there was a long lag with the AC25 ones as well. Maybe James Babcock would know something about the provenance of these add-ons. Hwe was in Singapore when they were made originally.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

scottjm — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:24:40 GMT

Source code, so we could recompile or tweak ourselves would be even more amazing! 🤩🤩 but I know that's likely wishful thinking.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Miles Smith — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:47:03 GMT

Barry, this is a very good point. Various regions have had access to varying add ons for quite some time, with little possibility to share. Graphisoft has established a team to address this.

We are currently evaluating this pool of capabilities and the viability of translating the most appropriate ones for a broader reach. Of course, this translation is not only concerning language but also default settings, units of measurement, and other localization efforts. We hope to start broadening the availability of selected add ons soon,

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:19:31 GMT

Miles,

This is a huge step in the right direction. Thanks!

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

scottjm — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:21:57 GMT

This is awesome to hear! Thanks for the update Miles.

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

Pedro Melo — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:59:47 GMT

I share your interest in enhancing text formatting capabilities within Archicad. To address this, I’ve proposed a wishlist item titled "Text Tool Capitalization Options (All Caps, Small Caps, etc.)", aiming to provide more versatile text formatting directly within the software.

Your support would be valuable:
👉 Text Tool Capitalization Wishlist

Re: I wish there was a way to convert text to either ALL CAPS or to Upper-Lower case and back again

DMA_NYC — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:08:19 GMT

I run into this all the time. Old School, I prefer text on the drawings to be all caps. (I believe it's more legible on half-size prints.) Besides inadvertently having CAPS OFF. I import text from other sources. If it's more than a few words, I run it thru Adobe InDesign which I also use for standard blocks of text (abbreviations) placing as PDFs.. If that's not in your tool kit, I think Apple Pages, or MS Word can change case.

Still it's probably simple code built into the OS, GraphiSoft could make it easily available. Quite a few low-level conveniences neglected.

Multi-cultural Add-ons? Phew!

AC28 US