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Dear Community Members,
Every month, we take a closer look at the questions and challenges you’ve faced — and we respond by creating and updating articles that help you find solutions faster and work more efficiently.
Here’s a roundup of the most common issues we helped resolve this month, along with the most useful resources we recommend reading.
What you asked and what we answered
This month we focused on helping you with:
- Helping students and educators receive and activate their license codes
Here are two articles that will help you with these:
- Valid Educational license shows up as expired — This article explains why a valid Archicad Educational license may appear as expired and shows how updating Archicad to the latest version resolves the issue, including version and serial number compatibility details.
- Educational license for Archicad 27 and older versions — This article clarifies which Educational license serial numbers can be used with Archicad 27 and earlier versions, outlines version compatibility limits, and explains when to contact Educational Licensing Support for assistance.
If you are a student or educator and have trouble activating your license code, these articles will help.
Community know-how: tips from Community members and our experts
Our community members regularly share practical insights and solutions. This month’s highlights include:
- Tip of the Month: Automated Detail Notes with Archicad Keynotes — This article describes how to use Archicad Keynotes to create centrally managed, automated detail notes that stay consistent across sections, details, and keynote legends.
This article is based on your peer’s experiences. If you are looking to improve your daily workflow and enjoy learning from fellow professionals, the Tip of the Month series is for you.
In addition to member-contributed tips, our most experienced experts often publish know-how articles that offer deeper guidance and best practices on the most challenging aspects of BIM workflows. This month’s focus is on:
- What is the role of a BIM Coordinator? —
This article outlines the responsibilities of a BIM Coordinator: project-level model coordination, quality assurance, standards compliance, and day-to-day BIM support within an Archicad-based workflow. To learn about the BIM Coordinator role, responsibilities, and tasks, and get certified, sign up to the BIM Coordinator Program by May 8, 2026.
Our Knowledge Base also offers compact workflow descriptions that help learning and becoming efficient and productive using our products:
- How to format schedules in Archicad? — This article explains how to improve the readability and structure of interactive schedules using built‑in formatting options such as text styles, merging rules, headlines, and cell layout controls.
- Import architectural models or 2D drawings into Graphisoft's MEP Designer — This article provides an overview of different methods for importing architectural models and 2D drawings into MEP Designer, including hotlinks and other reference-based workflows to support multidisciplinary coordination.
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Help us help you
Your feedback helps us improve. If an article helped you, click the Like button on the Community or the Yes button on the Support Site. If it didn’t quite meet your needs, click No, leave a comment, and share what you think was missing.
We’ll continue to build and refine our content based on your feedback and most frequent questions. Your input shapes future articles — so, keep exploring, commenting and sharing what matters most to you.
Thank you for being part of a collaborative, solution-driven community.
Global Knowledge Management Team
