Project Management articles

New Building Material Property Set for Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Calculations

Table of Content Building Life Cycle Assessment calculations require validated inputUpdated Building Material property sets and valuesEnvironmental building material property descriptionsWhat are Environmental Product Declarations and Life Cycle Asse...

Improved Attribute Management with Hierarchically Structured Attributes

Table of Content Managing attributes is getting increasingly complexHierarchy and structuring in attribute managementKey attributesThe Attributes PaletteSpend less time and effort on project management and more on design Managing attributes is gettin...

Search in the Navigator

Scroll to find a specific Navigator item Nowadays, a project can have hundreds of sections, elevations, details, 3D views, and layouts – all listed in the Navigator. With the increasing complexity and size of projects, it is becoming time-consuming t...

Syncing Zone Cover Fills and Floor Finishes in Archicad 19

Working with the Zones requires a few manual adjustments which can be missed easily, such as setting the Floor Finish text to represent the same as the Cover Fill set for the floor plan representation. This process can be automatized with a very simp...

Data Safety, File Recovery and Troubleshooting

Archicad usually got you covered by sophisticated solutions in case of a crash, apparent data loss or file damage, but sometimes manual recovery or troubleshooting might be needed. The following post collects the backup and recovery options and the l...

Enhancing Collision Detection with Graphic Overrides for AC 23

The MEP Modeler gives good results when it comes to Collision Detection, but sometimes it is not that easy to identify the actual collisions despite the highlight options, especially if the project is larger. Let’s see an example and a quick enhancem...

Quick Tip for Publishing Hotlinks in Large Projects

Just recently came across this issue that unit modules were meant to be linked into a block file, but due to the large amount of small variations within the units, the designers wanted to have a base module to link into the unit file as well, such as...

Archicad as a Coordination Tool

Every now and then the question arises: how to use Archicad as a coordination tool. There are multiple workflows in which you can differentiate and compare the models of different disciplines. Let’s take a look at the following model where architectu...

Migrating Classifications

There are a lot of cases – even if it is not entirely intentional when you migrate projects. This happens when content made in an earlier version of Archicad is opened in a newer version. These scenarios can include: simple copy-paste from your old p...

Polygon Reduction in Archicad

If your model is feeling laggy or sluggish, especially in 3D, it may be due to a high number of polygons in the model and on-screen. For example, when navigating in 3D, there is a drop of frames (image stutters).This article can help you to identify,...