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Project data & BIM

Best practices for attributes, schedules, templates, favorites, hotlinks, and more

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An office template is a predefined, “empty” file that contains all the necessary information for starting a new project, based on the applicable national and company CAD/BIM standards. An office template will dictate that all new projects work to an agreed consistent standar...

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Starting with Archicad 28, the Built-in Generic Template is a direct copy of the International (INT) Template, available in all regions. This means that unless you use a localized Online Template, your new projects will use the global INT version, which may differ from the t...

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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 enhancement of the representation...

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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 projects hotlinking conten...

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Although a project's performance is the most important, sometimes the large size of a file can be a problem. This article helps you learn what data is stored in a file and how to achieve a balanced BIM project that does not occupy more storage space than necessary. There are...

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This article is written by Eric Bobrow, Principal of Bobrow Consulting Group.Office standards set the graphic appearance and organization of documents produced by a firm. They also play a significant role in promoting consistency, efficiency and usability of the project file...

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