Lost in a sea of information? Archicad's Keynotes feature is here to help you organize and centralize your annotations, ensuring clarity and consistency across your project documentation.
Here’s how you can use Keynotes to simplify your workflow and create professional-grade documents:
What are Keynotes?
Keynotes are coded annotations linked to a legend, which centralizes all your notes in one place. This system ensures that your drawings remain clean, legible, and consistent while reducing manual errors in documentation.
Why Use Keynotes?
Clarity: Reduces text clutter on drawings while maintaining readability.
Consistency: Ensures uniform annotations across all project documents.
Efficiency: Saves time by automating updates and simplifying annotation processes.
How to use Keynotes?
Access the Palette
Navigate to Document > Keynotes.
Open the Keynotes palette and click the plus icon to create a new Keynote.
Create and Organize Keynotes
Add details like Key, Title, Description, and Reference.
Use drag-and-drop functionality to organize Keynotes into folders for better structure.
Place Keynotes on Elements
Double-click a Keynote and select an element to place it.
To label multiple elements simultaneously, select them and click Place on Selection.
Customize Labels
Click on a label and select Insert Keynote to view all project Keynotes.
Customize the label by choosing which information (e.g., title or reference) to display.
Generate Legends
After adding labels, click the Place Legend button to insert legends into layouts.
In the Legend Settings, display Keynotes from the current layout or the entire project, and customize visibility, structure, and columns.
Automatic Updates
Any changes made to Keynotes in the project automatically update in the legend, ensuring consistency throughout your documentation.
