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Dear Community Members,
Every month, we look at the questions and challenges you brought to us, and we create or update articles that help you find answers faster and work more efficiently.
Here is our August selection: the most useful resources we recommend reading this month.
What you asked and what we answered
Account security was a recurring topic this month, so we put together a complete overview of how to keep your access and licenses safe:
- How to protect your Graphisoft ID account? Recommended security practices for your account, devices,... — Your Graphisoft ID gives you access to Graphisoft products, services, licenses, and company resources. This article walks you through the practices that keep it protected: a strong and unique password, multi-factor authentication, and controlled access to your devices and connected services, so you avoid unauthorized access and interruptions in your work.
Community know-how: tips from Community members and our experts
- macOS 27 Golden Gate — If you are considering the new macOS beta, read this first. The article lists the current compatibility status of Archicad 30, Archicad 29 and earlier, BIMcloud, and BIMx Desktop. It also gives you the full checklist to follow if you want to upgrade.
- Filter sub-elements from schedules using expressions — When you schedule Curtain Walls, Railings, or Stairs, their sub-elements are listed next to the parent elements and clutter your documentation. This article shows you how to create an expression-based Property that flags sub-elements, and how to use it as a schedule criterion so only your primary elements are listed.
This article is part of the Tip of the Month series. It 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.
- Carve niches, shafts & facades: Opening Tool's hidden power in Archicad — One tool covers three tasks you may currently solve in three different ways. You get step-by-step workflows for carving a wall niche with a limited opening depth in Section, punching a clean multi-story shaft with the Home Story setting, and shaping arched windows and cornices with an infinite-depth polygon opening in Elevation.
- Clean, trustworthy and easy to read - MEP documentation tips — If your MEP documentation feels cluttered or unreliable, this article shows you which tools in MEP Designer to use: the MEP System Browser to review systems and calculation results, segment lengths for reliable quantities, Model View Options and symbolic 2D representations for purpose-specific views, and labels, dimensions, Graphic Overrides, and On-Screen Slope feedback to make your drawings readable and verifiable.
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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
