I built a swept path add-on for Archicad 29 (beta, free) — does the vehicle fit or not?
Architect from Romania here. I kept needing vehicle swept path checks (fire engine access, roundabouts, parking, ramps) and didn't want to leave Archicad for it, so I built an add-on.
Two tools: draw a polyline → select → pick a vehicle → you get the swept envelope, the driven path, and a report (feasible / not feasible, minimum radius vs required, area). Or just drive the vehicle through the plan with the mouse — what you see is what gets drawn. Vehicles: car, van, rigid truck, city bus, semi-trailer with a live articulated trailer. Everything is normal Archicad elements, one Undo removes it.
Beta caveats: Windows only, Archicad 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 (26 and 28 verified live, 27 built from the same code but not yet tested on a real install), preset vehicle dimensions (custom ones next), forward only. It refuses honestly when a corner doesn't fit and tells you how many metres are missing.
I'd genuinely like blunt feedback on whether this is worth more of my time. Download + docs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bYL0_C88jD6-DZrYK0E9DG2pMv3DyuqZ?usp=sharing — the zip has one folder per Archicad version (Archicad_26 … Archicad_29); copy the ArchiTurn.apx from yours into Archicad XX\Add-Ons and restart.
Happy to answer anything about the engine in the comments.
