Name of Open File

[Anonymous]

Can someone remind me how to determine the name of the file you have open?

For example, if you open a .PLN and .BPN concurrently, how can you tell which is which?

[Dontknow]

Hmm, good question.
You can't really see which one you've openend, the pln or bpn file.
One could accidently be working on a bpn file.

[sinceV6]

Hi.

While it is true that the file extension should be shown in the title bar, you can select the top level of the project map/view map/layout book (select the file name at the very top) and look at the path down in the properties. If I remember correctly, it'll give you what you need.

Best regards.

[Barry Kelly]

I can't say how it works on MACs but on Windows I always go into the File/Folder options and turn off the option to "Hide extensions for known file types".
This way I can always see the file extension whether I am in Archicad or not.

Barry.

[Karl Ottenstein]

You can also go to the File > Open menu and the most recent file name (at least on Mac OS X) will show the file extension there.

Agree that these workarounds in 18 and earlier are awkward. In 19, the file name with extension is shown in the title bar.

[Anonymous]

sinceV6 wrote:
While it is true that the file extension should be shown in the title bar, you can select the top level of the project map/view map/layout book (select the file name at the very top) and look at the path down in the properties. If I remember correctly, it'll give you what you need.

That's it! Never thought of looking in "properties". Many thanks.

Karl - I'm so looking forward to getting release 19, if only so I don't have to keep moving toolbars to get at window controls!

[Link]

On a Mac in ArchiCAD 19 you can command click on the project name in the Title Bar to see the path and file name. You can even access those folders from there.

Cheers,
Link.