Archicad has a way to calculate materials. Its called property scripts. For example i create a wall. The property scripts says that the wall has bricks insulation stucco, paint, and gives the quantities per unit. I can even add a manual cost field an...
This may have been discussed before, but here goes: In our Work Environment, please let us access our toolbars, so that we can make a keyboard shortcut to access them. Same with menus - let us make a toolbar that will turn on a menu. Etc, etc. Cheers...
I would like the ability to independantly adjust the origin & alignment of materials on each face of an entity - currently only "dominant" face of entities can be adjusted, which affects all other faces wether you like it or not. This is hopeless eg ...
I would like to see lightworks materials & extra features export intact through to Artlantis.
Can we please have beams able to be extended & filleted/mitred around corners in the same way that walls and lines can be? Beams that are angled or cranked in plan are very common. Also, can we allow angled beam ends either in plan or in elevation or...
Why can't I rotate my work environment to make it easier to work on non-orthagonal buildings? The rotated grid thing in Archicad is just plain useless. No one should be subjected to working on a building at 23.5 degrees rotation even if the grids are...
Using ID, and any of the line properties as auto labels. ie length of segment, colour, style etc. This would not only help in identifying the line type in conversions but it would be helpful to use lines as identifiers for sewers, water mains etc. If...
It would be nice to have a “specific” Residential area in this forum to address issues more relevant to homebuilders or design/build companies who use ArchiCAD. While the many issues Residential users face are similar to those that arise from the “Ar...
Every once in a while the elevation dimensions (in S/E) need to dimension 2 objects that are very close together. Using the standard dimensions, you very likely will get the two dimensions running into each other. So what I wish for is for the elevat...
It appears that zones cannot be grouped. They should be able to be included in a group.
