Archicad API – Create Master Layouts and place 2D/AutoText vs. Drawings

[Le Tan Kien]

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• Environment: Archicad version V28, Windows

• Goal: From a C++ add-on I want to (1) create a Master Layout, (2) place 2D content (GDL title block, Text/AutoText, lines) on the Master, and (3) create Layouts that use this Master. Drawings (viewports) should be placed on the Layouts, not the Master.

• Questions:

  1. API entry points to create a Master Layout and set its page size/name?

  2. How to open the Master’s drawing database and create 2D elements / place a GDL object / insert AutoText there?

  3. How to create a Layout and assign the Master Layout by ID?

  4. Confirm: Drawings (View references) cannot/should not be placed on Master Layouts—only on Layouts, correct?

  5. Any minimal code snippet or docs pointers for the above steps?

• Attachments: screenshot of my Masters panel and target layout result.