r/ArchiCAD

Hello,
I’m preparing a long video for YouTube to talk about why archicad could be the best app ever but it’s crappy because lazy dev shit on power users. Please post the things annoying you the most and upvoted ones will be featured. You can even take a screen video recording and send it to me if you want to participate. I’m tired of begging for updates on forums, now is shaming time 🤣 (I don’t think it will have any impact but I need it for my mental health)… who knows maybe they will move … thanks !

Happy to pay $100 for converting 2 files

Long story short, I use Archicad 26 and recently ordered an Archicad model from Twindo and they delivered is Archicad 28.

I asked them to save it back to 26 and, bizarrely, they are refusing to do it. I sent them Graphisoft's instructions saying the process is to save the 28 file back to 27, open it in 27, and then save it back to 26. But they have no idea what I'm talking about.

This whole experience with Twindo has been a nightmare. I paid them roughly $1,000 for two projects, and getting a usable Archicad file should not be this difficult. I used them for years for scans and then drew it on my own and will never pay them​ another dime.

---- Update: Someone was able to help

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.

https://preview.redd.it/b8gfb88jmpjh1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=89b68ebecd795aae5679d68216526ec7296c14a9

slab attached to floor 1 (with 0 elevation). wall attached floor 0. red dotted line is the floor line.

moved just a little down. it belongs to floor 0 now.

Hello,

I can use ArchiCAD at a basic level. i need courses/videos recommendations that teaches a professional usage from producing perfect workshop 2D drawings from 3D (like section), quantity surveying tables and seamless workflow.

Hi, do you know about any tools, plugins or anything that will help with working on point clouds in archicad? Native way of dealing with them is terrible. I'm not expecting much - possibility to change point size or cloud density, maybe something to cut up cloud temporarily.

It would be very nice if it would be under €500. I've seen some tools like PointCab, but their cost is absolutely out of my reach.

Or maybe you know some tips and tricks with point clouds? What is your workflow with them, 'couse I'm trying to find my way with it and for now... It wasn't the easiest thing to do.