Archicad C++ API

New Developer Hub Migration Completed

[UPDATE] Hi all, thank you for your patience. We are happy to announce that the migration of the Developer Hub has been completed. The Developer Forum is officially retired. To get a quick overview of the new Developer Hub, kindly check out this arti...

Using the Development Kit with Visual Studio 2022

Hi everyone, In the last couple of weeks we got several questions regarding Visual Studio 2022 and the API DevKit. If you try to use VS 2022 to build your AddOns, you have to keep in mind a few things. First, Archicad 25 and Archicad 26 is built with...

User data Problem

hi,I have create two addons.The first based on Panel_test to set my user data and the second to read this user data for exporting data to external program.The problem is that the data is not reading by second addons.I have used as help Notification_M...

Info about Development enviroment

Hi all. I'm going to start developing an Archicad add-on. I have readded in this forum that developing with MSVisual Studio 2005 I could have some problems. I ask you if this is true. Thanks, Flavio

Identifying elements in ArchiCAD exported IFC file

Hi,I have an add-on that forces ArchiCAD to export to an IFC file each time a new element is added to the project. The add-on then notifies another application called the IFC Viewer, which loads/reloads the IFC file and displays the contents in 3D. W...

Help: Merge PLN file using API

Hi,I am trying to write an API which will merge in an external PLN or MOD file. After going through the "API Development Kit" documentation and examples, I couldn't find any clue on how to do this. Any clue will be appreciated.ThanksHoa

How can I access an IFC model?!

Hi!I hope I'm asking this question in the right place!I'd like to create an application (standalone, if possible) that:1 - Accesses an IFC model directly in order to retrieve information about certain construction components, in particular plumbing a...

Getting material of a polygon, Component3D[solved]

HiI have some problems getting the material of polygons right, here is how I do it(short version without any error handling): ... attrib.header.typeID = API_MaterialID; for(j = 1; j <= nPolygons; j++) { component.header.typeID = API_PgonID; component...

Upgrading an Add-on to AC10

I did not see anything in the API docs, so I'm asking here:What do I need to do to "update" an add-on from AC9 to AC10?I already switched the Support folders. I'm using CodeWarrior and saw that I need to use their Perl script to compile now... is the...

XCode

HiOn macOS X 10.4. I have just installed XCode with a view to playing about with AddOns to AC10. Can I choose any of the language options within Xcode or have I got to work in C/C++? New to a Mac.CheersAdri

Developing on XP for macOS X???

is this possible? Any suggestions as to platform specifics or best compiler options appreciated.Adri

This add-on cannot be validated.Please contact the distrib..

Hi!I get this message "This add-on cannot be validated. Please contact the distributor." when I try to add the Dll_test example from APIDevKit_10_22.exe into Archicad 10. The exaple compiles just fine with VS2003 and I use a student version of Archic...

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