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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...

Resolved! Editable Hotspot on negative Y axis

Hello, I have an editable hotspot2 to control the depth of my object, the problem I have is that the hotspot is "growing" to the back of the object and not to the front. I tried different combinations for the hotspot2 coordinates without success.2D V...

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BASIC interpreter similar to GDL

Since GDL is essentially a dialect of BASIC, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a stand-alone interpreter with a similar set of features and behavior. I write code using VSCode, and testing some of the more complex logical constructs or data s...

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Resolved! Moving editable hotspots angled working plane

Hello,I have a simple rectangle with couple of editable hotspots in 2D, the problem I have is when I drag them in floor plan there is a weird angle working plane. Although the hotspot works as it should be, it doesn't look right when moving it. What ...

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Python: Access Archicad custom properties?

Anything new on this? I want to export an excel with selected properties to check against requirements. Last time I checked (> 1 year ago) I was told only built in properties were accessible. I want my properties set under Options > Properties... suc...

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Resolved! Limit editable hotspot movement to arbitrary values

Hello, I would like to have a editable hotspot to move only by given values but obviously I get a numeric error when I check the script. Is there a way to "limit" the hotspot's movement to the given values only?Practical example On the parameters tab...

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Editable hotspots and performance

Hello, Let's say I have created a closet in GDL and I have a hotspot for height, one for width, one for depth and additional hotspots for each shelf.Will be any hit in performance 2D and/or 3D if I add like 50 of those closet units in a drawing? Juan

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Resolved! GDL - Called Object Hotspots

Hi all, I have two objects which have all of the same parameters, the only difference is that the second contains only a CALL for the first and returns all relevant parameters. No errors. Yet even though this should make the second act identical to t...

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Resolved! Multiple IF statements

Hello, I'm trying to set multiple IF statements depending on a values list set on the Paramaters. If I set only to statements everything works as expected, but when I add more than two statements I get an error. Here is the code:!!!!!======== MODULE ...

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