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Hi everyone again,

I've posted a tread but community suggests me to repost it with a referal at only one wish.

So here i am again, I’ve seen a lot of wishes here—some are totally useful, others maybe less so— I’m wondering : aren’t you tired of modeling plinths with beams or finishes with other walls, just because Graphisoft left wall accessories behind? And if you try to take off surfaces or measure lengths from accessories, it’s absolutely impossible to get the right informations. We supposed to work bim right? Wouldn’t it be great to have a finish tool, like the railing tool, but maybe with advanced features—directly linked to walls and their openings?

A tool like that could be more greatful then other new features that are now implemented.

Lets make Archicad great again!

Victor,

I am aware of the various methods for reducing polygon counts and the third-party software that helps with importing objects.

What I am looking for is far simpler; I would like a shortcut that identifies nodes on a polygon, for any tool, that share the same vector and gives me the options to eliminate them. 

For instance:

• Nodes on the edge of a roof polygon that are on the same vector.
• The edge of a slab
• Nodes on a mesh that share the same z value and are on the same vector between two other nodes that share the same z value.

How good would it be to be able to edit or limit the area of a 3D cutting plane in the 3D window?

We can already have multiple planes and stack them and rotate them to a custom angle.

But by being able to limit them in area, will allow us to just cut the elements we want at specific heights for example, rather that cut the entire 3D model at just one height.

The original idea comes form a post by @cianculleton here ... https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/General-discussions/SUGGESTION-making-cut-planes-staggerable/m-p...

Barry.

In 3D we can already request the viewing angle so that billboards can be rotated into the right view towards the user.

We need the same thing for sections and elevations.

What do we need that for:

• billboards that work everywhere
• hiding/showing details depending on the view direction (e.g. think of doorframes which look horrible in sections > 1:50 where the door is not perpendicular to the viewing direction)
• etc.

Hey,

in theory edit mode of complex tools like stairs and curtain walls is extremely powerful. In practice, however, this potential is not fully exploited.

So Make Edit Mode available for many more (all) tools and drastically expand its functionality

For Example:

Profiles:

"Editing a Profile in a separat Window without the possibility of a trace...Realising that the Modifiers are not so great as they should be.....NOOOO"

- Just open the placed Profile in edit Mode and change it directly in the View you are in!!

- convert anything you have drawn into a complex profile just with a click

- add formula based modifiers

- create advanced dependencies to other elements

Walls:

"Annoyed by the last Century solution of Building material priority based modelling, forcing you to create the 7th Insulation Material just for proper connection?"

- Change the connections of  wall skins graphically in edit mode

- change the wall to a sloped wall if you desire

- Create Wall segments without splitting it to peaces ....yeah in edit mode

- Alter every skin to your liking in guess what...edit mode

- add formula based modifiers

Morphs

"Tired of the lack of sophisicated modelling capabilites of the polymodelling old morph?"

- Use Parametric Modelling capabilities inside the edit mode

- Create Voids Forms Sweeps etc with history.

- Convert your Morphs to Nurbs

- add formula based modifiers

Doors and Windows

"Doors and Windows....common. Make a better Door and Window Tool finally. I AM GETTING OLD NOW!!!!"

- Edit Doors and Windows graphically like the curtain wall tool

could go there forever and it works with every tool, but I leave the rest to imagination.....

Provide the option to not auto join beams in plan - beams are typically used to model curbs – should they have different heights we need to show a line in plan where the height changes. Current workarounds require either a 2D line or separating the beam ends by a fraction of an inch to mimic this line.

Also problematic when using the Beam tool to model foundations and footings - when footings have different dimensions and elevations and auto-join, there can be very strange results in 3D.

You can switch the reference lines of Walls and Slabs without changing their overall position, but you can’t do that for Beams and Columns.

(not to mention that roofs have their reflines always on the wrong – the lower – side which of course should be the opposite )

A vote for more consistency

As part of the awesome features of Archicad is the way to extract or show native 2D / 3D previews for each elements on Schedules. 
Since Archicad 27, MEP elements aren't capable to show this previews. Instead you get a blank cell. This is sad.
Why loosing an awesome feature with a "hopefully. near future" awesome MEP Modeler?

This is important due to:

1. Gives to the viewer, designer, reviser and client the capability to know wich element is beign extracted
2. Gives the designer to take notes over the preview 2D / 3D cells (as you can do on Door or Window schedules)
3. Communication is important, so graphical communication is a distinctive of Archicad. Please mantain that.

It would be useful if element surfaces were linked to design options. This would be especially helpful for apartment block designs, as the Hotlinked units are the same across the various floors, expect the exterior cladding typically changes.

Currently you have to create whole new walls and assign these to different options. This becomes cumbersome when changing windows and doors, and is confusing for less experienced users.

Currently, when creating door schedules in Archicad, the door leaf dimensions are correctly reported for single-leaf doors. However, for double-leaf doors, the schedule only displays the total width of both leaves combined, without distinguishing between the individual leaf widths.

This approach can lead to misunderstandings, especially in the context of technical documentation or coordination with manufacturers and contractors. For instance, in asymmetric double doors, it is essential to communicate clearly the dimensions of each leaf (e.g. 900x2315mm + 400mmx2315mm), rather than a single combined width (e.g. 1300x2315mm).

Proposed improvement:

Introduce an option or parameter in door tool that allows users to display and differentiate the width of each individual leaf in a double door configuration. With just a number, Leaf 01 and Leaf 02.

This would significantly improve clarity in project documentation and better reflect the actual door details.

Archicad currently allows creation of multiple Design Options within Option Sets, but each option variant exists independently—requiring full duplication even when options share common parts.

It would be very beneficial to introduce support for hierarchical sub‑variants within Design Options. For example:

• Parent Option: “One or Two Apartments” – controls a partition wall.
• Child Options: Different internal layouts for each of the two apartments (e.g., kitchen or bathroom arrangements).

Currently, these must be handled as separate, disjointed options. With hierarchical sub‑variants, shared elements could stay in the parent option, and only the varying parts would be defined in child options. This would make managing complex, multi‑level alternatives much simpler and less error‑prone.

Why this is useful:

• Avoids duplicating entire designs for minor variations.
• Keeps shared geometry in one place, ensuring consistency.
• Reduces time and mistakes when working with complex, nested alternatives.
• Maintains project organization and clarity in scenarios with multiple phases or nested design choices.

The way the 3D geometry and ends of a wall behave at the moment give the user insufficient control over the outcome.

• It would be a great improvement if the wall ends could be adjusted - in 2D to match for example a non-orthogonal slab edge or in 3D to be able to adjust the heights of the wall ends individually
• additionally the possibility to add control points along the upper edge loop - similar to a certain degree to how you add control points to a mesh object - would further enhance the user friendliness of this tool

For now all above mentioned points can be achieved via the wall end tool - if it is not a complex profile or composite wall or by using SEOs

I think we need a big update in the MEP library. No new objects since ..... I can't even remember

They can be pretty basic, but I miss a lot of 

- Valves (f.ex. 3 way valve, etc) with a schematic 2D diagram as an option

- Ventilation and Aircon equipment and units. (f.ex. VRV outdoor unit, ceiling units, 4 way ceiling unit,...)

Same applies for lights... a little update would be fantastic. 

I wish there was a function to copy and paste a selection of Elements (either in plan or in 3D) to another layer.

Say you would copy Elements either in 2D or 3D and then in the Edit menu, you would have a new option for "Paste Special", where you could choose where (to which layer or to a new layer) you want to paste your Elements from your clipboard.

Each Element has an information about its Home Story and Layer so making a copy of the same Element on the same Home Story just on a different Layer can't be that hard to implement. With some layer management, this could even be used as a workaround for the missing function of copying Elements in 3D, which is supposedly not so easy to implement in Archicad.

If you want to remove a window with a renovation filter, it will also remove the sill and lintel. It's recommended to be able to configure the removal process for each component (window frame, sill, lintel, etc.). Currently, it's cumbersome to get a correct display. 

We need the ability to locally define a custom cut plane.

Graphisoft needs to provide a solution for story settings for multiple buildings with different floor levels, or buildings with multiple floor elevations on one story. This could potentially utilize a polygonal Marquee to define the area of custom cut plane, or something similar.

• The current workflow for multiple buildings at different elevations requires MODs.

• The current workflow for multiple floor elevations on a story in the same building requires view-based custom cut planes, which do not always work with cutting through fenestration – setting some walls to symbolic cut is time consuming and doesn’t necessarily fix the issue in all instances and can provide unwanted graphical issues.

• Optional (even less efficient) workflows require PMK creation for portions of the building which are then placed in plan views, or alternatively saving separate views and stitching them together on the layout.

Support for high-end VR headsets from within ArchiCAD's 3D window would be a valuable asset during design.  VR headsets have matured over the past years, including the HTC Vive Pro 2, Meta Quest Pro, Apple Vision Pro, and many others.

Physically based rendering offered with ArchiCAD 28 can present an opportunity to make VR support available in the 3D window.  At first glance that rendering engine appears similar to Twinmotion's, which uses Unreal Engine, and which supports VR headsets.

If the rendering technologies of ArchiCAD and BIMx were to merge, VR headset support can extend to BIMx as well.

The performance of section and elevation views is extremely bad (slow), especially with shadows turned on and ('many') objects used.

It should match the performance of the floorplan display or the 3D window.

Especially the very slow update of these views on layouts kills all submission deadlines.

Different Transparencies in 3D views and sections/elevations based on building materials (or surfaces). Not just on / off.

Especially in non-shaded modes.

The option for transparency override of defined elements.