I recently noticed an inconsistency in Archicad schedules and calculations regarding Building Component Thickness values.
Currently, even when multiple building components have exactly the same thickness value, Archicad does not allow them to be merged/grouped properly in schedules or calculations. This feels unintuitive, since identical values should logically be combinable the same way as other numeric properties.
It would be very helpful if:
- Building Component Thickness values with identical numeric values could be merged/grouped automatically.
- Thickness parameters could behave more consistently with other measurable properties in schedules.
Additionally, there is a small but frustrating unit-handling issue:
when perimeter values are displayed in meters, thickness values are still forced into the same unit context. As a result, users sometimes need to display perimeter values in millimeters just to keep thickness values readable and technically correct.
It would greatly improve usability if Archicad allowed:
- independent unit formatting for different parameter types within schedules/calculations;
- for example:
- perimeter → meters (m)
- thickness → millimeters (mm)
This would make schedules significantly cleaner and more natural to read, especially in professional documentation workflows.
Thank you!
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