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FREE plug-in: Toggle lineweights and more with one key!

Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
A number of people have asked for a way to quickly toggle line weights between true weight and hairline, to toggle roof pivot lines or section depths on or off, and more.

I'm releasing a FREE add-on for 9.0 that let's you assign a shortcut key to some of the most commonly adjusted display options. With the add-on loaded, for example, I map the "H" key (H=hairline) so that pressing it once switches to hairline display, and pressing again switches back to true weight. It seems trivial, but it really speeds work.
RandyC, wrote:
********* I love it *************

works perfectly , only tried line weights but it saves
soooo much time

Thank you karl !!!!!!
You can download the Windows version of this QuickDisplay add-on for ArchiCAD 9.0 from:
http://www.archispectives.com/tools

A Mac version will hopefully be available by mid-December.

Enjoy.

Karl

PS I'm posting this to "Working in ArchiCAD" rather than "Ads" since this is a free thing to speed up working in ArchiCAD. Consider it more of a tip/trick. 😉
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Thanks guys.
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Thanks Karl,

It works great.

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Anonymous
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Karl wrote:
Thanks guys.
Karl eventhough the mac version is not there yet I had to use this opurtunaty to Thank You for your very valuable contributions to the ArchiTalk or should I call it KarlTalk
Thanks,
Joseph
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Thanks, Joseph. This is getting embarassing... It's just nice to be part of such a supportive community here...

Karl
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AC 28 USA and earlier   •   macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
Djordje
Virtuoso
Karl wrote:
Thanks, Joseph. This is getting embarassing... It's just nice to be part of such a supportive community here...
There is a red glow in the west ... should have gone by now? 😉

Great job!
Djordje



ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
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Anonymous
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Hey, guess what!
The more I use the line toggle,the more I wonder how I could possibly manage without it!
Wow...
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
The Mac version is ready!

You can view updated documentation (screenshots of creating a floating toolbar) as well as download the free Mac or Windows version of the QuickDisplay plug-in at:

http://www.archispectives.com/tools


Karl
One of the forum moderators
AC 28 USA and earlier   •   macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
__archiben
Booster
karl

you are a star! thanks for that!

~/archiben

btw - how's the mac treating you?
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Rick Thompson
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Karl... thanks for the Mac version, you're a man with a true world view. Can you add a toggle for "project finished"?
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TomWaltz
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Karl,

I love that "torn paper" look for your screen shots!
Tom Waltz

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