cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Developer forum

Forum Posts

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...

How to determine a curved wall radius?

Hello,I have an API_element object, which could be a curved wall. I would like to get the radius of this curved wall. I did not find any attribute in API_Element nor in API_​WallType which would provide the radius.Is this information stored in any AP...

Anonymous by Not applicable
  • 443 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

How to change trace on/off?

How to change trace & reference on/off?I want to change trace information like 'Below Current Story', 'Above Current Story' and others.I think I can do trace on/off using spy++ in visual studio.But I can't change information.

Anonymous by Not applicable
  • 701 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes

Set Property to Attribute

We are currently developping an addons for Archicad. However, we have still issues despite the documentation and examples.Our issues:1- Property Group: We cannot create new Property Group even if it's working with the addon example Property_TestAPI_P...

Anonymous by Not applicable
  • 623 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Label is not placing in the centre

Hello,I'm making a label which is essentially an 'X' shape. I want the centre of the 'X' to be where I place the label however for some reason that I can't work out, it isn't placing. I have the centre of the X positioned at 0, 0 but it still isn't d...

JGoode by Advocate
  • 845 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Autotext in 3D text

Hi!I thought I could write in object 3D text but it doesn´t seem to work. It had been great to show date in for example IFC-files.

eldhead by Newcomer
  • 2151 Views
  • 13 replies
  • 0 likes

APIERR_GENERAL Error in ACAPI_Element_Create

Hi.I have some problem when I try to creating curtain wall.There is a curtain wall already created in archicad. (not using api)I get the curtain wall and try to create it in other layer, but ACAPI_Element_Create return APIERR_GENERAL.After get the cu...

Anonymous by Not applicable
  • 407 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Resolved! Parameter Dynamic Array Question.

Hi everyone,I need to create a dynamic array for angle parameters to assign to Graphical Editing Hotspot.As attachment image, I created an array for number of the rebars I need but when I moved hotspot, all of them is moved because I do not know how ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
  • 982 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Zone Stamp rotation

Hi,Is it possible to find the parameters shown in the screenshot, in GDL?I want to know which option is chosen out of the two options on the left and then also know what angle it is set to in the right box. Is this possible?Thanks

JGoode by Advocate
  • 699 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes