Wishlist

They are incredible finicky to use and need a total ui redesign. The way in which they are used are incredibly slow and do not match up with other softwares.

If you make adjustments and accidentally press the escape button, the classification manager closes without saving and all your work is gone. It would be good to get a notification that asks if you want to save changes.

To have a Pen 0 for lines to get invisible lines as there is 0 and -1 that can be applied to fills.

The same functionality of 3D cutting planes, but for GAs, elevation etc. - or even be able to use the same cutting planes set up in 3D, in 2D. 

You could then use it to define the visible area of the view and have the them auto-update on the layouts to avoid changing each drawing size. 

It would be helpful to be able to define the "printable area" - or placement/reference window - as an additional option to be stored potentially in the view map together with the other view related settings. This way the drag and drop of a saved view on a layout (ex. worksheet area) would automatically come in the right format

For now the saved view (of a worksheet with the zoomed area option) is placed on the layout with the window size linked to the scale making numerical adjustments of the frame impossible. Being able to set the window size numerically would also speed up layouting.

Changing any number in the size and Appearance affects all others

Another somewhat similar wish here:

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Wishlist/Graphical-adjust-Master-Layout-grids-and-have-it-act-as...

In Archicad schedules, users can see calculated values (e.g., volume), but there is no direct way to visually understand which geometric parts of the model contribute to these values. This makes verification and model validation slower, especially in complex projects.

Proposal

Enable interactive linking between schedule values and model geometry.

When a user clicks a value in a schedule (e.g., “perimeter”), Archicad should highlight the corresponding edge directly in the model.

On clicking a schedule cell value:

• Relevant model elements are selected and zoomed
• Geometry contributing to the value is visually overrided in specific color in the model viewport:
  • faces
  • edges

It would be extremely helpful to introduce the concept of Reference Levels in Archicad — similar to Revit’s Levels — which are non-structural, non-story markers used to define key vertical positions in a model (e.g. ceiling heights, parapets, window datum lines, etc.).

These levels would not function as actual stories, and would not be exported as separate floors in IFC, but would provide a consistent and visible reference for modeling and coordination.

Proposed Implementation:

• Add a new category of levels in the Story Settings dialog, called Reference Levels

• Reference Levels would:

  • Appear in Section/Elevation views with custom markers

  • Be usable as snapping and alignment guides

  • Be selectable in element settings (e.g. set top of wall or beam to “Ceiling RL +2.7m”)

  • Not generate story markers or impact IFC story structure

  • Have their own layer or visibility control

Optional extras:

• Reference Levels could be grouped (e.g., Ceiling Levels, Façade Datums)

• Could be color-coded or styled differently from real stories

Why This Is Important:

• Improved Coordination: Ceiling levels, bulkhead lines, parapet heights, etc., can be defined and referenced clearly, without cluttering the Story structure or requiring dummy stories.

• Cleaner IFC Export: No need for fake stories that confuse consultants or clash with structural models.

• More Accurate Modeling: Allows modeling elements like walls, ceilings, and beams in relation to a defined height, not just the nearest story or manual height input.

• Industry-Standard Workflow: This aligns with how many multidisciplinary teams work — especially when integrating with Revit-based consultants.

Example Use Case:

In a commercial building:

• Ground Floor is at 0.00

• Ceiling RL at +3.200

• Bulkhead RL at +2.600

These are critical modeling guides, but don't warrant actual stories. Currently, workarounds like 2D lines or fake stories are used, which are not robust or parametric.

The wish is for a view's orientation to be accessible in the view settings, project index and in GDL for drawing titles.

Being visible in the view settings would allow multiple views to be edited simultaneously.  A lot of our standard plan views are set up in the template.  When a project comes along that needs the views rotated, we have to go one by one, redefining the views.  Imagine having to redefine layer combinations this way.

Being visible in the project index would allow all views to list their orientation, allowing a quick QA check.  The "Ignore zoom and rotation when opening this view" setting always finds a way of turning itself on.  This leads to staff thinking a view has been rotated, when it's using the last view's rotation and ignoring the current view's rotation.

Lastly, being visible in GDL would allow a 100% fool-proof north point.   This is an existing wish by Mark Davis and an old desire of mine that keeps coming back.  Ideally the north point on a layout should be generated by the drawing title as this has access to all of the relevant information. 

its long past due, if dimensions are going to be pinned to a partial structure display, there needs to be a control, either in partial structure display, or preferably in dimension settings, to control which partial structure display the placed dimensions are pinned to.
virtually every one I train on AC runs into this... too many hours spent redoing dimensions to count.

At present, a demolished window or door leaves no trace in the proposed view, but in reality it needs to be infilled with new construction (which may differ from the make up of the original wall).

Using a renovation filter to 'show' the removed windows would mean showing everything else too, and perhaps in an undesirable representation.

At present we insert a 'New' empty opening in place of the Demolished element, in order to have a hole that can be filled with a new wall.  This works ok, but seems like a workaround rather than a reflection of reality, more steps than should be necessary, requires workarounds in schedules so the 'new' openings don't show, and is non-associative to the dimensions and position of the original window, should they need to be amended.

Please could there be a setting to allow demolished opening objects to remain 'visible' but replaced with the Empty Opening? 

As discussed in this post  we would like password protected object to be used in library packs. It is silly to have to even ask for it.

It would be great to angle section and elevation markers so that you can flatten out an elevation, for example a faceted corner with the two returns. Currently we have to place separate markers and then splice the separate views together on the layout.

Problem: When placing elements, it is not uncommon to place an object that doesn't appear, only to realize that it has been placed to a different story.

Solution: Tools default to placing objects to current story. This can be changed using a drop down, but they always default to the current story.

I don't know about others, but it's very (very) rare that I will want to be viewing one story and placing an element on a different one. Anyone else?

When I place a normal label with a note (wrapped text) and later go back to edit the note it nearly always changes the box to one long line. We have a specific office standard width for notes and it would be nice if they stayed the same width that they were resized to the first time.

No image - because of course it won't happen when I want it to!

However; that does NOT mean I'd want a change to a locked width that is changed by going into settings as often I'm in different scale drawings and it would be annoying to have to reset it every time. It's much quicker to do it graphically with a hot spot.

every project seems to be a trouble shooting adventure, where these are some of the "best possible results" for wall junctions. short of a complex profile column at every other wall juction, we just have to settle for 'good enough'.
Wishlist item: make it easy and automated to clean up wall junctions in plan!

Hi Graphisoft, can we please return to the original Roadmap ?

For those wanting to see what was originally proposed, please watch this presentation near the end of the video.

https://www.digital.skewed.com.au/blog/graphisoft-releases-public-archicad-roadmap

Thank you for your consideration.

Every time I draw a technical section, I have to add a lintel manually either in 2D or as a beam with a structural profile. Surely a lintel (to both leaves of a cavity wall) should be part of the window and door tool? It is surely more essential than some of the optional extras such as shutters etc?

In the UK most lintels are either:

- Pre-cast concrete with reinforcement

- Galvanised steel profiles with insulation (e.g. Catnic)

- Steel universal beams (paired together where supporting cavity walls)

- Timber beams in historic properties.

Problem: the two current options for profiled curtain wall frames create unnecessary workarounds/steps. "Profiled Frame" is great, but it requires a Frame and a Cap (not all frames have a cap). "Profiled Butt-Glazed Frame" is obviously good for true butt-glazing conditions, but it is also the workaround when a frame with a single profile is desired (no cap), however the limitation presents itself when a Simplified 3D Detail Level is used:

It appears that the "Profiled Butt-Glazed Frame" only considers geometry on the interior side of the glazing when a simplified detail level is active. Good in theory, until this frame type is needed as a workaround. So now what I'll have to do is split my custom profile in two, using one half of it as the "cap", even though in reality it's a single extrusion.

Scenario / Use Case: basic storefront systems (at least in the US) have both 1- and 2-piece frames (not butt-glazed), such as the head and jamb as seen below in the manufacturer details:

As it stands, we can't create a single profile to accomplish these conditions, without the simplified view looking incorrect (we use both levels of 3D Detail, depending on the view scale).

Wish: that a third type of profiled-frame be added to the curtain wall tool, which would allow 1-piece frames that appear correct in both "Detailed" and "Simplified" 3D Detail levels.

File browser dialogues should use the windows default dialogue, allowing searching, copying and pasting of file paths, access to pinned folder etc. having to navigate our vast project library each time is annoying and time consuming. 

 Current arrangement:

Proposed: