One of the easiest ways to save time and increase productivity in ARCHICAD is to make use of the context sensitive right-click menu options.
One example that can be significantly quicker than previous version workflow is to select a composite wall / slab / roof then right-click the mouse and choose Edit Selected Composite... as shown below:
How many times have you set up and drawn a bunch of Lines then switched to the Arc / Circle Tool only to find it draws with completely different properties?
If you have old projects from many versions ago (pre version 10) they will not open in more recent ARCHICAD versions.
This has to be one of the simplest and easiest commands in ARCHICAD - but one that is often overlooked… yet it is one of my personal favorites!
Keyboard shortcuts are a simple way to save a few seconds with tasks your run every day in ARCHICAD.
Do you know how to select elements in ARCHICAD with the Direction Dependent Selection method? This has been available for a number of versions and is a really useful option – but in the default installation, it is not activated, so you may not even be aware of it.
As Easter is almost here, it is a good time to go on an ARCHICAD Easter Egg hunt… but not the chocolate variety!
You will often hear ‘is your ARCHICAD up to date’ mentioned in support circles – but what does it mean?
It is important to keep track of the version and build of ARCHICAD you are running - you will need this information when you log a support ticket and need to tr
