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Repeating elements

Anonymous
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Hi all,

I am quite new to ArchiCAD using it for the first time for a student project. So far the one thing I can't work out is how to work on a repeated part of a drawing. Let's say I have a typical apartment layout that is repeated in several parts of the project - do I have to edit every instance of that apartment each time the layout changes? In AutoCAD you could make a block, in SketchUp you could make a component. Is there an ArchiCAD equivalent? I have turned some 2D Drawings into objects but then it becomes totally uneditable - surely there must be a way to deal with this...

Regards,

James
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Dontknow
Enthusiast
Select you layout of your apartment pick it up (move it) at a particular point (node), press Ctrl+Alt in Windows and Ctrl+Cmd on a Mac (++ will appear) and you can copy it as often if you like.

To make the selection easier after the first time you can make a group of it.
Architectural construction designer, draftsman, modeller
ArchiCAD 25.
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Yes, they are called Modules.

• Select items that you need to repeat and do File -> External Content -> Save Selection as Module.

• To edit them you will need to open them on a separate AC session and you can only update the modules in floor plan.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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Anonymous
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Thanks eduardo, thats just what Im looking for. Is it possible to have the main drawing and the module open at the same time?
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Yes. If I remember correctly you can select the module and check for "Open in Separate AC" option or just go to File -> Open and check the "Launch in Separate AC".
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
another Moderator

Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Yes. If I remember correctly you can select the module and check for "Open in Separate AC" option or just go to File -> Open and check the "Launch in Separate AC".
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
another Moderator