List of Improvements in Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18 Updates Issues solved in Archicad 18 Update 9013 and BIMcloud 18 Update 9017This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18.
List of Improvements in Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18 Updates
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18.
- 208215 BIM Server/BIMcloud: Some .BIMproject backup files couldn’t be restored to the server.
- 210919 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: In rare cases Complex Profiles got erased from the project.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18.
- 203966 BIM Server: Sorting by Time was not working on Project Backups panel.
- 197116 BIMcloud: A revoked permission could have granted view access to almost all projects.
- 203286 BIMcloud: A Tab character was accepted as part of a name in the Manager’s new user form.
- 201646 BIMcloud: LDAP preview did not report errors in query entry correctly.
- 201647 BIMcloud: LDAP query could be syntactically correct with a non-empty return set, but still not display anything due to an undisclosed error.
- 204536 BIMcloud: LDAP was not able to support query strings longer than 1024 characters. With this fix it will support strings up to 3070 characters.
- 203285 BIMcloud: Leading whitespace was not trimmed from name entry.
- 197090 BIMcloud: The BIMcloud Manager did not display role names always consistently throughout the interface.
- 203415 BIMx/CRASH: BIMx could crash during start-up on Mac OSX 10.10 and 10.11 if the CodeMeter driver was version 6.10a.
- 201051 BIMx/DOCUMENT: Archicad changed the Autotext on Layouts when BIMx Hyper-model documentation was exported.
- 196961 FIEBDC Goodie: Smaller corrections were made with the FIEBDC exchange.
- 196462 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Object’s texts created block attributes named after a random library part parameter.
- 195907 FILE/SAVE: When publishing DWG, all pictures from 3D views became the same on different layouts.
- 198756 MEP: Routing could cause unconnected ducts, if the created duct-system contained at least 3 ducts and the penultimate length was less than the default.
- 195967 MODEL: Beams did not intersect, if their floor plan projections were not exactly parallel.
- 202645 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: reservation followed by immediate release was not treated correctly.
- 204986 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: under certain circumstances modified attributes could not be sent to the Server and an error could happen.
- 201144 TEAMWORK/FREEZE: Archicad Teamwork project could open very slowly if Energy Evaluation data was added/modified in the project.
- 194809 TEAMWORK/HOTLINK: Hotlink Manager dialog sent too many (20-30) requests to the BIMcloud Manager. The more hotlinks were created, the more messages were sent.
- 202993 TEAMWORK/HOTLINK: It was possible for Label elements to become locked when they were part of a non-existing Hotlinked Module.
- 203447 TEAMWORK: A corrupt Curtain Wall element, that otherwise went unnoticed, prevented a project from functioning at all in a teamwork environment.
- 199179 USER INTERFACE: Dialogs from another instance of Archicad stayed visible in OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- 202968 USER INTERFACE: Mounted file server on OS X 10.11 could cause the authentication dialog to pop up from time to time.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud 18.
- 191699 DOCUMENT/EDIT: The ‘Show Grid Elements’ option in the Settings Dialog of Interior Elevations was not stored after closing the dialog.
- 196036 DOCUMENT: Sometimes Interactive Schedules seemed empty when opened on OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- 198253 EDIT: “Merge walls” function did not work.
- 200890 EDIT: External drawings and hotlinks – which were stored on a mounted drive – were missing from the project and could not be relinked or updated if at least one user modified the project on OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- 198073 EDIT: It wasn’t possible to select the Curtain Wall in the Section/Elevation view if the Floor Plan Display was set to Projected.
- 196927 EDIT: Switching from Marquee in 3D view to floorplan was slow if labels were in selection.
- 196919 EDIT: Switching from Marquee in 3D view to floorplan was slow in case grid elements were in selection.
- 198268 EDIT: The offset of Text frame appeared incorrectly after mirroring it.
- 192460 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Cut-Building Material Fills or Fills with transparent Background on a Worksheet, placed on a Layout were not exported.
- 196436 FILE/DWG/EXPORT/FREEZE: Archicad froze during DWG export if certain East-Asian Fonts were installed improperly.
- 200762 FILE/IFC: the zone number attribute mapped as IFC name attribute could show invalid value in schedules.
- 198475 FREEZE: A special symbol Fill could cause performance problems.
- 197394 FREEZE: Archicad could freeze when the elements were placed far from the origin and the Snap Guides were turned on.
- 198399 FREEZE: Archicad could freeze if a Fly-through was created with too many frames.
- 198737 FREEZE: In a special project the Copy/Paste was slower in Archicad 19 than in Archicad 16.
- 196223 GDL: Saving Door panels from the floor plan resulted in a wrong saved geometry.
- 199057 GDL: The SYMB_MIRRORED gdl command did not work in case of Curtain Wall panels.
- 198162 HOTLINK: In some cases when the Hotlink has been removed from the project some of the Dimensions of the Hotlink were not deleted.
- 198293 INSTALLER: The update installer was able to run again on an already updated Archicad.
- 201123 MODEL/FREEZE: Archicad could freeze if double byte characters were typed into the Story Settings.
- 192060 MODEL: Rotation of columns was wrong when certain files were exported to IFC (they were incorrectly rotated with -180 degrees).
- 194528 MODEL: When a mesh was split Archicad did not insert new points along the new ridges.
- 199250 TEAMWORK: Fly-Through could not be saved in Teamwork projects.
- 196747 TEAMWORK: In rare cases, the ‘Communicating with server’ dialog got stuck during the project opening process.
- 188214 TEAMWORK: Receive stability was improved in cases that involved section data.
- 196215 TEAMWORK: Sun Study could not be saved in Teamwork projects.
- 193858 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: In case of specific SMTP settings, the Manager could not send email to the users.
- 201786 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Send email function didn’t work because system could not connect to SMTP.
- 196715 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: In some cases, the Data folder path could not be modified with the Manager Configurator.
- 198156 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Under certain circumstances, the Projects folder path could not be modified with the Configurator and an error message came up.
- 202491 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Modified garbage collection arguments lost at update installation.
- 198521 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Projects could not be shared if the computer name contained special characters.
- 196797 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: the server could crash on OS X when it reached the limit of the available Thread Local Storage Slots.
- 199688 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: the server stopped serving requests on OS X when the combined number of open files/network connections reached 1024.
- 197089 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Under certain circumstances if attributes were modified, an error could happen during Send & Receive.
- 195904 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Support Package could not be created by BIMcloud Team Client.
- 196811 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: The ‘Relink Home Story’ function was missing from BIMcloud Team Client.
- 198717 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Scroll bar for search results in BIMcloud Manager was missing.
- 198606 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Search field in Manager Browser interface incorrectly handled click events during Japanese character entry.
- 202152 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud/LDAP Connection: Long queries failed with Error code 7.
- 201116 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud/LDAP Connection: If preview set large, scrolling returned empty screen.
- 199565 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Under certain circumstances Archicad could crash during Send & Receive.
- 199964 TEAMWORK/DOCUMENT: Custom position Dimension texts could reset to default position in TeamWork project when the containing section was opened.
- 198097 USER INTERFACE: Build number in “License Info” and on “about Archicad” splash screen could be different.
- 193385 USER INTERFACE: In certain cases, Dialog Boxes were displayed in the wrong order on OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- 198734 USER INTERFACE: The Printer Dialogue Settings displayed Resolution options that could not be used.
- 197622 USER INTERFACE: When you hovered over an element, the info tag didn’t appear on OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud.
MAC OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) related fixes
- 193182 USER INTERFACE: Items from drop-down menus could not be selected on MAC OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
Other fixes
- 194889 BIMx: In some cases Layout didn’t match 3D model in BIMx mobile. This could happen when the View that was placed onto the Layout used both Rotate Orientation and Fit in window.
- 193876 DOCUMENT: Cell Line was missing in Interactive Schedule.
- 185034 DOCUMENT: Layout data modifications of a Project Index/Sheet Index were not saved into the PLN file.
- 190837 DOCUMENT: The Ceiling Lamp 18 (Type 12) was displayed rotated when rendered with the Cinerender Engine.
- 192820 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Archicad crashed with a certain file when right-clicking on a schedule and choosing the “Place on Layout” option in the Navigator/View Map.
- 194829 EDIT: Adding skins to certain Composite structures could cause Archicad to crash.
- 192683 EDIT: Hiding Mark-Up entries using the Mark-Up palette or Model View Options didn’t take effect on Trace and Reference, Sections, Elevations and Layouts.
- 191894 EDIT: A slanted wall with a centered reference gave incorrect feedback while drawing when its slant angle was set to 90 degrees making the slanted wall effectively a normal wall.
- 190457 EDIT: The Rotation angle of an Object was incorrect when the Relative to Orientation option was set and the Orientation was rotated.
- 192630 EDIT: When Renovation Override was applied to a Morph, it was displayed with incorrect lineweight in Elevations.
- 193054 EDIT/SPEED: Changing the ID of multiple Doors/Windows took a very long time on Floor Plan.
- 182606 FILE/3DS/EXPORT: In some cases the hidden elements in the 3D window were exported to 3ds.
- 189712 FILE/Cinema4D/IMPORT: In some cases the opening of a Cinema 4D file, using the add-on was slow.
- 193525 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: If a fill with a transparent background and a renovation Override was exported using the “Export Fill Background as Additional Solid Hatches” option, it would lose its transparent background when opened in AutoCad.
- 194388 FILE/DWG/IMPORT/CRASH: Importing certain DWG files caused Archicad to crash.
- 193561 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: Non-horizontal IFC Beams were imported with wrong geometry.
- 194171 GDL: The value of the global GLOB_LAYER of objects was not displayed correctly in the Object Selection Settings dialog if this global was used in the parameter script of the object.
- 195529 HOLINK/SPEED: Opening particular hotlinked sections in CHE language version was slow.
- 194302 MODEL: Changing Floor Plan Display options of openings (in Model View Options) affected the 3D model.
- 194877 SHELL EXTENSION: Windows Explorer could sometimes crash when working with .pln files.
- 194286 SPEED: Navigation on Floor Plan was very slow when both the Trace&Reference and the Renovation palette were turned on.
- 196049 SPEED: There was slowness after navigation because of 2-3 seconds of useless converting.
- 177146 TEAMWORK: A dialog was needed to warn teamwork users to leave projects before the project was renamed.
- 194640 TEAMWORK: In rare cases Archicad could crash in Teamwork at Send & Recieve if a Level Dimension was placed on a Roof.
- 189670 TEAMWORK: In some cases PLN backups were not requested at Send & Receive, therefore these weren’t created and uploaded to the server computer.
- 177860 TEAMWORK: Notification email was not sent when users were added to groups or when their accounts were created manually or via LDAP connection.
- 194685 TEAMWORK: Roof crops were deleted in a teamwork project that was hotlinked into another project.
- 194815 TEAMWORK: under certain cases communication could fail through a forward proxy if BIM Server was busy.
- 195186 TEAMWORK: under certain cases communication with the BIM Server could fail when a Pen table attribute become inconsistent between Archicad and the BIM Server.
- 191819 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Archicad could crash when one user edited the name of an IFC Zone while another was sending changes.
- 195268 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Under certain usage conditions the BIMcloud Manager web interface had performance problems
- 193835 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Could not create a subfolder under a folder with the “Duplicate” function if the same subfolder name existed under another folder.
- 192046 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: floating CAL licenses could get stuck with a user who was not joined to any project.
- 192324 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: It was not possible to export the BIMcloud project list to an excel file.
- 192372 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: The export of BIMcloud users did not include default roles.
- 181187 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Under certain usage conditions the BIMcloud Server stopped working.
- 197537 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: Access Control was unavailable when the user database contained more than 100 users.
- 197636 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: If the user database contained more than 100 users, most of the users were hidden from the Server Administrator role when simplified view was active.
- 197721 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: An already joined project could become inaccessible if its containing folder was renamed.
- 198008 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: In certain cases, users could not join to a project after the project’s folder was renamed in the Manager.
- 183226 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: The default idle time to logout from BIMcloud/BIMserver web page was 15 minutes. This default has been changed to 30 minutes.
- 174432 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/BIMcloud: while a user was created his management role did not appear to be saved first.
- 195531 TEAMWORK/BIM Server/CRASH: In rare cases BIM Server could crash if an error occurred with database handling.
- 193610 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: In rare cases BIM Server could crash if an error occurred with database handling.
- 192011 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: In rare cases when a project was imported to a BIM Server the option for Backup scheduling was grayed out on the Manager interface.
- 192616 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Library from the BIM Server couldn’t be downloaded on a slow network to Mac clients if it contained a large number of small files.
- 191094 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: mail server could not be configured without username and password.
- 194918 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: PLN backup files remained on the BIM Server computer after they were deleted from the BIM Server Manager.
- 194655 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: project list could not be scrolled in BIM Server Manager on iPad.
- 193854 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: TXT files showing the name in each Project/Library folder are now distinguished with a “_ProjectName”/”_LibraryName” prefix.
- 191259 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud/BIM Server/Windows 10: BIMcloud/BIM Server Manager’s web interface did not open with Windows 10 Microsoft Edge browser.
- 195816 TEMPLATE: In the Russian Archicad 19 Template all linear dimensions appeared in frame by default. Same settings were set for Automatic Dimensions of Grids in S/E views, for Angle Dimensions and for Radial Dimensions.
- 195952 TEMPLATE: In the Russian Archicad 19 Template the default font in the template was not available in the operating system.
- 193183 USER INTERFACE/Windows 10: On Windows 10 the Open and Save dialogs could not be resized after they had been maximized.
- 195063 USER INTERFACE/Windows 10: When one started Archicad 19 on Windows 10 Operating System, shadows under windows effect was switched off.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18.
- 183878 CRASH: Archicad could crash when a hotlink containing highly detailed complex profiles was rotated.
- 186085 CRASH: Archicad could crash when the warning details of a published DWF file was brought up.
- 146490 CRASH: Archicad couldn’t be run on Mac with the Allegro font type.
- 154244 CRASH: Degenerated Polygon caused crash when switching PBC mode.
- 184222 CRASH: Log Home Solutions crashed when generating wall elevations.
- 186413 CRASH: Some files made Archicad crash if they were saved with an Interactive Schedule window open.
- 186419 CRASH/DOCUMENT: Archicad could freeze while modifying an element with a renovation status on the section/elevation that differed from the floor plan provided the option ‘Show Renovation filter only’ was in use.
- 190067 CRASH/EDIT: Under certain SEO operations Archicad crashed.
- 188063 CRASH/HOTLINK/TEAMWORK: Under certain circumstances Teamwork projects could crash when Hotlink Modules were updated.
- 187491 DOCUMENT: The floor plan representation of a door disappeared in a composite wall when it was intersecting with a profile wall.
- 188883 DOCUMENT: Text was missing from a Publish/Saved PDF if the box containing the text in Archicad was not entirely on the layout even though the text within the text-box was entirely on the layout.
- 184205 DOCUMENT: Door, Window markers with Core Only structure display remained visible if the wall with the door or window didn’t have a core layer.
- 186746 DOCUMENT: Boolean data types were not exported to .XLS format when an Interactive Schedule was saved.
- 188412 DOCUMENT: If a custom profile column was placed under the Floor Plan Cut Plane, it wouldn’t display on the Layout.
- 187728 DOCUMENT: In certain Renovation Filter combinations Renovation override was displayed incorrectly.
- 186594 DOCUMENT: Saving a PDF with Grayscale or Black/White could in particular cases result in erroneous PDF files.
- 186905 DOCUMENT: In Schedules, Zone Areas were sometimes erroneously rounded.
- 185796 DOCUMENT: Interior Elevations were placed on Layout rotated as if they were linked to orientation setting.
- 186517 DOCUMENT: Layouts and their source views did not match sometimes.
- 182557 DOCUMENT: Not the entire rendered picture was displayed in Archicad when the rendering had a large size and resolution.
- 190866 DOCUMENT: The ‘adjust polygon outline’ command on the pet palette of drawings in the Layout book only accepted changes bigger than 3mm.
- 175890 DOCUMENT: The display order of custom labels/markers could be different in the View map and in the Layout book.
- 173836 DOCUMENT: The renovation status of labels switched to undefined on a worksheet saved from 3D Document.
- 175275 DOCUMENT: The subtitles of Sun Studies (and Construction Simulations) are added to the frames instead of saving them as a separate file.
- 184363 DOCUMENT: When a 3D Document was placed on a Layout the 3D vector fills were always displayed independent from the Model View Option Settings.
- 187203 DOCUMENT: When Placing a Drawing, the last used pen settings were enabled, and this couldn’t be changed after it was placed. As a result, it displayed correctly in Archicad, but when published, the pen settings were enabled (eg. the drawing turned grey).
- 190176 DOCUMENT: When you mapped the IFC name of the beam to display the name of the complex profile, in the Beam selection settings, it displayed “Missing” instead of the profile name.
- 172543 DOCUMENT: When you renamed a layout in the publisher set or duplicated it the naming rule lost the connection between the 2 names, and modifying one didn’t affect the other.
- 184343 DOCUMENT: Zone areas were sometimes calculated wrong.
- 187284 EDIT/GDL: Parameter’s value displayed incorrectly in a text field containing a VALUES command.
- 182538 EDIT: Applying a favorite to a placed zone, the area came up as zero. When the favorite was re-saved, it seemed to inherently remember the area from which the favorite was created.
- 184353 EDIT: Attribute file didn’t work when the KeyNotes palette (CadimageTools) was opened.
- 177654 EDIT: Changes weren’t stored in Favorites Preferences if Parameter Exclusion was set to Group by Parameter.
- 191897 EDIT: Changing a roof’s pitch while a roof accessory was attached to it, the layer of the accessory got turned off. Other roof accessory improvements.
- 183159 EDIT: Custom Origin of 3D Textures on Slabs reverted back to the default value when the Offset Edge Pet Palette command was in use.
- 186667 EDIT: Editing database files with GDL Data I/O Add-on could result in Archicad freezing and crashing.
- 177210 EDIT: Explode into Current View option was grayed out on Sections/Elevations for GDL Elements.
- 183830 EDIT: Gravity to Roof didn’t work properly if PSD was set to Core Only or Without finishes.
- 182668 EDIT: It was impossible to snap to hotspots of items on trace reference if Model View Options of the active and the traced views provided different hotspots.
- 186529 EDIT: Manual input of value Z in tracker for editable hotspot was impossible in 3D window.
- 153461 EDIT: Modifying the Extension value in a Grid system resulted in misplaced Grid Lines.
- 184559 EDIT: Radial Dimensions couldn’t be edited at the centerpoint with the Stretch Radial Dimension Pet Palette command.
- 161780 EDIT: Renovation Status of an attached XREF couldn’t be changed.
- 183238 EDIT: Slab thickness value was wrong in tracker under certain circumstances.
- 186665 EDIT: Some Symbol types of certain GDL objects could temporarily disappear when Line/Pen parameters were changed.
- 169314 EDIT: The drawing height was incorrect when placing a DWG file with drawing tool.
- 186705 EDIT: The GLOB_ELEVATION parameter didn’t work in label object for curtain wall.
- 185638 EDIT: The penset that was selected when opening the 3D window was not applied again if you switched to another penset while in the 3D Window.
- 177316 EDIT: When editing stairs on a Section/Elevation changes couldn’t be applied to Selected stairs.
- 187454 EDIT: When you trace referenced doors with “To Be Demolished” Renovation Status, you couldn’t snap to the hotspots of the door.
- 182901 ENERGY EVALUATION: Energy Simulation Engine failed error came up, because of inconsistent thermal block data structure.
- 187896 FILE/3DS/IMPORT: Some 3DS files could not be imported because they exceeded the supported size in geometry.
- 186721 FILE/C4D/IMPORT: When 3D elements with smooth edges were imported from Cinema 4D the contour lines of those elements became invisible on Section/Elevation in Archicad.
- 172143 FILE/DWF/IMPORT: Certain DWG files could freeze Archicad on open.
- 172547 FILE/DWG: DWG Translators located on a file server were duplicated on every Save of the Translator Settings.
- 178147 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Certain language specific character encodings were not exported from Archicad to dwg.
- 186319 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: DWG template created in Archicad could result missing dimensions in the exported DWG file.
- 172956 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Items on the “new construction” renovation filter exported as transparent outlines to DWG.
- 186321 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: A Drawing could lose its Paper Space position when exported using a template in DWG.
- 166428 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: When importing an Archicad file to AutoCAD, the dimension marker with an original black fill did not change from black to white upon import.
- 165327 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: When project containing national characters was exported to DWG texts became incorrectly fragmented.
- 186420 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: A DWG file with rotated 3D elements couldn’t be imported correctly, the rotation of the elements changed in Archicad.
- 184505 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Detaching XRef was not possible when the file contained more than 32767 attributes.
- 172243 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Upon importing a DWG to Archicad, certain hatches made the import fail and gave an error Code.
- 185656 FILE/EXPORT: Incorrect result in Excel when exporting numbers from IES, greater than 1000, with digit grouping.
- 185742 FILE/GSM/SAVE: Certain planes disappeared, and materials changed of a multi-plane roof after saved as an object.
- 186871 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: In some cases saving IFC from a model which contained zones was not possible with certain Derived Model Data settings (Space Containment, IFC base quantities, IFC space boundaries).
- 165801 FILE/IFC: Reopening IFC file exported with the the “Convert 2D Symbols of Doors and Windows” parameter switched on, openings were replaced by black dots.
- 183303 FILE/SAVE: At opening a particular file the scale has been always set to 1:100 even if the file was saved with other scale settings.
- 186407 FILE/SAVE: Saving a particular AC18 file to AC 17 did not work.
- 183781 FILE/XYZ/IMPORT: .xyz mesh surveyor data file was imported with redundant 3d elements at the perimeter of the 3dmesh.
- 191047 FREEZE/DOCUMENT: Updating interactive schedules in the Layout book could cause infinite updating loop under certain circumstances.
- 182921 FREEZE/MODEL: Using of thin log wall could cause freeze in Archicad.
- 186432 GDL: GDL parameter array for editable 3D hotspots did not work.
- 188519 HOTLINK: Hotlink project to itself slightly corrupted the hotlink structure.
- 179021 HOTLINK: Migrated files containing elements with Classification References IFC properties could not be hotlinked into other project files.
- 186028 HOTLINK: MOD file could become corrupt if it contained a Hotlink with Nested Module that was placed multiple times into the Host project.
- 187007 HOTLINK/TEAMWORK: Hotlinked elements could become dislocated if they were linked into a Teamwork project.
- 188389 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT/HOTLINK: A hotlink embedded library part caused a duplicate within the embedded library of the host if the host already had the library part in its embedded library when the hotlink was broken.
- 187194 MODEL: Mesh ridges did not get updated if the mesh nodes were moved with marquee in floor plan.
- 184236 MODEL: The separating line was missing at junctions of different materials.
- 187717 MODEL: When imported an Archicad17 project into Archicad 18, the connection of walls went wrong.
- 187010 MODEL: Windows could become dislocated in the containing walls if the model was merged into a new file with the “preserve geometry” option.
- 189926 SHELL EXTENSION: Print process of iTWO application was interrupted by Graphisoft Shell Extension under certain circumstances.
- 189315 SPEED: A label using IFC data created via requested zone information processed very slowly, giving the appearance that Archicad was freezing.
- 188055 SPEED: Archicad did not release memory (RAM) after updating drawings in the layout book and it could cause performance issues.
- 184960 TEAMWORK: Interior Elevations labels under certain circumstance caused send&receive errors.
- 184572 TEAMWORK: Under certain circumstances the TravelPack could not be imported.
- 186207 TEAMWORK: View map folder changes were allowed that caused receive errors.
- 189463 TEAMWORK: A faulty hotlink embedded library structure could be created via copy/paste.
- 189912 TEAMWORK: Archicad could end up in offline state on networks with high latency.
- 192196 TEAMWORK: Archicad could generate high number of requests for BIMcloud Server causing performance overhead.
- 190935 TEAMWORK: Archicad could lock into an offline state.
- 178128 TEAMWORK: Attribute handling in teamwork has been optimized. Additional data security checks have been put in place.
- 188411 TEAMWORK: Embedded library folder depth grew unnecessarily deep with hotlink breaking or inclusion of a published mod file with embedded library being brought in as a hotlink.
- 183857 TEAMWORK: If My Views were used in a Teamwork project some views could disappear after saving the project as a PLN file and re-sharing it to the BIM Server.
- 188582 TEAMWORK: If Send & Receive was unsuccessful because of a network error, the warning could come up multiple times.
- 190313 TEAMWORK: In certain cases sending failed in a Teamwork project when a Pen Set has been created without reserving the Pen Set Attributes.
- 184096 TEAMWORK: In particular case joining to a project failed, the process stopped at phase 4.
- 183865 TEAMWORK: My Views could appear for a different user in Teamwork than the one who created them.
- 184348 TEAMWORK: Open/Join Teamwork Dialogue Column Widths could not be remembered, it always had to be adjusted manually.
- 186568 TEAMWORK: Open/Join Teamwork Project dialogue could show detached Status even though the user was online.
- 191813 TEAMWORK: Project could not be opened and Archicad crashed during joining due to larger embedded library than 2 GB.
- 186391 TEAMWORK: Sharing a project could result change in Model Views.
- 184932 TEAMWORK: Sharing particular project caused crash.
- 188253 TEAMWORK: Sharing project could have failed due to too long embedded library item path.
- 185881 TEAMWORK: Teamwork Log In dialogue could appear during project open/join if the project contained a BIM Server Library shared with a different address.
- 189612 TEAMWORK: You couldn’t copy layouts from one teamwork project to another, if there were more than 200 Drawings in them.
- 187621 TEAMWORK: Using the Override Revision ID of all included Layouts checkbox could result in Send & Receive error if more than one user used the Change Manager in a Teamwork project.
- 186620 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Under certain circumstances the server could deadlock while shutting down.
- 188409 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Command Line Backup Tool didn’t delete the temporary files after creating a backup.
- 191700 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: In particular cases the BIM Server configuration failed on Mac OS X after the installation of the server.
- 184345 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: User could not delete a project with custom access with proper rights given by Master Admin.
- 184755 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Wrong icon for “Request password change” has been replaced.
- 187702 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Certain operations in the Manager (e.g. deleting multiple elements) were slow due to the inefficient backup schedule synchronisation.
- 191962 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Communication between idle Archicad clients and the BIM Server Manager could slow down Teamwork related functions.
- 187796 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Deleting projects on the BIM Server Manager could fail if the project had a large number of joined users.
- 181180 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Importing users from previous BIM Servers failed in certain cases.
- 178519 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Japanese characters were displayed incorrectly in filenames of exported users and roles.
- 183846 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Manager could not display lists with more than 500 entities.
- 172868 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Manager gave error 3 message when uploading a photo to a user in certain cases.
- 186148 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Manager list that are based on numbers used lexical sorting instead of numerical.
- 186278 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Project archive files (.BIMProject) larger than 4 GB could not be imported.
- 166983 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: Space in project name resulted cropped file name when exporting project using Firefox.
- 185434 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: User activities could not be exported.
- 185807 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: User activities could not be sorted on the manager interface.
- 177334 TEAMWORK/BIM Server: User could not be deleted after setting custom access right to a project. (simplified management role)
- 163081 TEAMWORK/BIMx: In BIMx, at the joint of vertical walls and ceilings or floors, a “bleeding of light” line was visible.
- 183225 TEAMWORK/BIMx: Pressing Stop on the Publishing process of a BIMx Hyper-model could result in the BIMx license disappearing until Archicad was restarted.
- 188875 TEAMWORK/BIMx: Saving a BIMx file with custom textures could cause Archicad to crash.
- 183592 TEAMWORK/BIMx: The appearance of a surface in BIMx has differed from the appearance in Archicad when custom pictures were used for the texture.
- 189296 USER INTERFACE: “Placed to” pop-up list could appear flashing in the Hotlink Manager if the list couldn’t fit on the screen.
- 180763 USER INTERFACE: Following the placement of guidelines with the Alt+L shortcut, the guideline menu deactivated, greyed out.
- 190957 USER INTERFACE: In 3D view the feedback drawing was slow.
- 189475 USER INTERFACE: It was impossible to work with two screens arranged in certain ways with Archicad SE 2015 on Yosemite.
- 187229 USER INTERFACE: On the Photorendering Settings dialogue the link to the Maxon’s website was broken.
- 184325 USER INTERFACE: The name of the BIM Server and the name of the user weren’t shown in the title bar of the main Archicad window on Mac.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud.
- 183857 – 183864 TEAMWORK: If My Views were used in a Teamwork project some views could disappear after saving the project as a PLN file and re-sharing it to the BIM Server.
- 183865 TEAMWORK: My Views could appear for a different user in Teamwork than the one who created them.
- 187800 TEAMWORK: Force leaving users out from projects using the web interface caused users to be be temporarily missing from the Teamwork palette and their reservations invisible by others.
- 187796 TEAMWORK: Deleting project from the server caused users to be be temporarily missing from the Teamwork palette and their reservations invisible by others, TW messages to be lost and deleted project still present as a greyed out item.
- 187897 DOCUMENT: In HUN language version of Archicad the default font of the Text, Label, Dimension, Level dimension tools became missing and the font could be temporarily shown missing during Text Editing.
- 179213 EDIT: Graphical editing of hotspots in CW didn’t work in 3D.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud.
- 182751 ATTRIBUTES: after creating, saving and applying a new pen set Archicad left the colors of elements unchanged.
- 180135 CRASH: Archicad could crash if a skylight was placed into a Roof that had only Missing Building Materials.
- 182826 CRASH: Degenerated polygon handling could crash Archicad.
- 177780 CRASH: Degenerated polylines caused crash.
- 183171 CRASH: In some cases Archicad could crash when a Curtain Wall Grid was edited with the Rotate Grid Pet Palette command.
- 185328 CRASH: opening certain schedules made Archicad crash
- 178482 CRASH/EDIT: Unify command could cause Archicad to crash when the selection contained a zero length polyline.
- 186228 DOCUMENT: A parameter value list was missing in a customized zone stamp because of Japanese characters.
- 180024 DOCUMENT: An opening with Renovation Status set To Be Demolished, and a superimposed opening with Status New were not displayed correctly if both elements were visible, an unfilled part was shown in the wall.
- 179031 DOCUMENT: If a PDF was placed as a Drawing and using the File/Print command the layout was printed, the placed PDF appeared mirrored.
- 177072 DOCUMENT: In interactive door schedules the width of the columns changed if a new door was created with “pick up parameters tool”.
- 180382 DOCUMENT: In particular projects certain labels appeared upside down.
- 179137 DOCUMENT: In rare situations the Auto-stagger Grid Markers option didn’t work as expected on Sections and Elevations.
- 177069 DOCUMENT: In schedules “view from opening side” representation became mirrored after the schedule was placed on layout.
- 182027 DOCUMENT: Interior Dimensioning didn’t work if the Reference Line of a Composite wall was set to ‘Inside’.
- 181644 DOCUMENT: It was not possible to dimension trapezoid and polygonal walls in section
- 179660 DOCUMENT: Manual zones (construction method) weren’t updated automatically in the schedules until the “Zone Settings” window was opened and closed with “OK”.
- 178316 DOCUMENT: publish could not overwrite PDFs on certain Mac shares
- 183297 DOCUMENT: Scaling of a particular GDL TEXTBLOCK had changed after using views with different scales.
- 182415 DOCUMENT: The Line Type of the elements set to To be Demolished were displayed even if those elements were hidden on the plan.
- 178868 DOCUMENT: Grid System didn’t appear in Section/Elevation/Interior Elevation if it was placed by snapping onto an automatic horizontal guide line. It wasn’t considered as perpendicular.
- 172796 DOCUMENT: When an Interactive Schedule was exported to Excel, in the Excel document m² was displayed as m•2
- 180571 DOCUMENT: Zone was not showing the correct wall area with trimmed walls unless a window is placed into the wall.
- 179755 EDIT: Double byte characters weren’t visible at Text creation/editing, only after the text was placed.
- 177430 EDIT: Hotspots could not be added to the crossing point of two non-intersecting walls or lines.
- 178109 EDIT: In some cases it was not possible to snap to a traced door/window hotspot on Floor Plans.
- 182721 EDIT: When changing parameter values in the Object Settings Dialogue it was not possible to use the TAB key to move from one parameter to another if you have changed the value of the parameter.
- 182922 EDIT: When you copied and placed items from one worksheet to another, it sometimes got placed imprecisely, when modeling far from origin.
- 183144 EDIT: When you drew a wall in 3D, joining another wall, its vertical position went wrong.
- 182424 FILE/EXPORT: Surfaces adjusted in Archicad 18 did not keep settings after export to Maxwell Render.
- 183460 FILE/DWF/IMPORT: Published DWF could not be opened because of invalid layer (Layer 0 )
- 175613 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Modified blocks in an imported dwg project could be lost if the Round Trip Option was used for dwg export.
- 159308 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: 3D geometry of Doors/Windows could appear outside of the wall in the exported IFC file.
- 179064 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Archicad couldn’t export a special custom Curtain Wall panel’s geometry correctly to IFC.
- 179203 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Floor Plan display of Doors and Windows could be incorrect in exported IFC files when the ‘Convert 2D symbols of Doors and Windows’ Translator setting was turned on.
- 181915 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: GUID of Project, Site and Building was the same in all projects created from the same template file. This caused problems when the projects were exported to IFC and merged into the same file.
- 181409 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: If the Partial Structure display was set to “Core Only” roof and slab extrusion calculation went wrong during IFC export
- 169090 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: Library container files (.lcf) created during IFC import had no compression
- 181979 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: Archicad crashed after opening a particular IFC file.
- 182530 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: Geometry of downward cut column capital wasn’t imported correctly from IFC files.
- 180874 GS ID: Authorization with GS ID did not work with proxy servers
- 181001 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: HUN: There were missing textures of surfaces with Hungarian spec characters (Ő,Ű) in the Library Loading Report.
- 181821 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/BIMx: Cursor disappeared on the Save dialog window on MAC OS 10.10 Yosemite
- 181757 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/CRASH: Archicad could crash on startup on MAC OS 10.10 Yosemite
- 180899 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/CRASH: Usernames on Teamwork palette could go missing in case of particular language versions of Archicad.
- 182843 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/HOTLINK: Due to changes in the alias algorithm on OSX 10.10, when hotlinks were placed to Archicad from mounted external volumes, these hotlinks turned missing and were not relinkable.
- 178289 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/USER INTERFACE: Frequent crashes occurred on MAC OS 10.10 when shortcuts were used with OS X Yosemite Beta members.
- 182393 MAC OS 10.10 YOSEMITE/USER INTERFACE: Palettes could disappear/turn transparent after switching to another Archicad Window with Apple’s “Application windows” function on OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
- 184002 MODEL: Limited Story showing settings in the Filter and Cut Elements in 3D dialog could be accidentally changed by copying and pasting an element on the Floor Plan.
- 181158 SPEED/EDIT: In some cases the copy-paste process was slow if the height of the openings were displayed in the dimensions.
- 185426 TEAMWORK: New option to set a certain time of the day for LDAP synchronization.
- 181257 TEAMWORK: In Interactive Schedules custom text fields were not synchronized with other users.
- 178184 TEAMWORK: In rare cases BIM Server wasn’t able to send a test e-mail.
- 181550 TEAMWORK: In Teamwork project the elevation’s grid settings changed to “Selected” grids from “All” after sending & receiving.
- 179397 TEAMWORK: Requests or messages were not received or sent for certain users.
- 185758 TEAMWORK: Reserve All locked the root of the Embedded Library, so elements in the Embedded Library could not be released.
- 182798 TEAMWORK: The embedded library got also copied when only an attribute was needed during copy/paste.
- 179769 TEAMWORK: With particular files layout appeared rotated.
- 179539 TEAMWORK: Projects could not be renamed on BIM Server portal.
- 186220 TEAMWORK/DATA LOSS: Content of project could disappear under extremely rare circumstances
- 182817 TEAMWORK/LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Library couldn’t be uploaded to BIMcloud/Bim Server if any folders in the path or the filename itself ended with a space or dot character.
- 177863 USER INTERFACE: In the properties window of particular Archicad 17 and 18 files, the “Info & Preview” tab was missing on Windows.
- 162851 USER INTERFACE: On Mac OS X systems Palettes and Windows could appear incorrectly with default Templates if the external screen was the main display.
- 181009 BIMX Desktop Viewer: Screenshot made with F5 key in BIMx Desktop Viewer could result in an image having incorrect colors for surfaces.
- 179313 BIMcloud: The BIMcloud Manager and Server couldn’t be started after the installation due to a missing dll file.
- 185428 BIMcloud Manager: BIMcloud manager portalserver guards against multiple queries of bad passwords. This could result in the LDAP server locking the given user out of their account.
- 170246 BIMcloud Proxy: Introducing support for caching library data.
This Update contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 18 and BIMcloud.
- 176380 BIMx: Camera view now changes to horizontal with right mouse button click in BIMx Desktop Application.
- 175472 BIMx: Failed to upload a BIMx Hyper Model if the username contained special characters
- 176893 BIMx: Sun Azimuth value in Archicad and BIMx Desktop Application didn’t match. This value has been changed in BIMx to match with the Archicad settings
- 177253 BIMx: Transparent surfaces having a texture lost their transparency after exporting to BIMx
- 180356 BIMx/CRASH: BIMx doesnt crash any more at startup with OSX 10.10
- 178542 DOCUMENT: Changed Lines weren’t visible on Layout using the Revision Management
- 160319 DOCUMENT: Detail boundaries always had a renovation status of “Existing”
- 173720 DOCUMENT: If Cover Fill of a Mesh is the Vectorial Hatching of the Surface then in 3D Documents the fill could get erroneously rotated
- 176435 DOCUMENT: If there were no Issues released yet then the IssueID and IssuedBy autotexts displayed the ChangeID value
- 178560 DOCUMENT: Incorrect date and time data was used in C4D Renderer Plugin when a Fly-Trough was created
- 178077 DOCUMENT: Renovation now overrides wrapped layers of columns
- 178092 DOCUMENT: Switching between Floor Finish or Ceiling Finish parameters in Interactive Schedule wasn’t possible
- 176425 DOCUMENT: Text highlight boxes were positioned wrong for Opening Dimensions when the option: “Display the Height of openings as well” was turned on.”
- 177419 DOCUMENT: There was no transparency in Sketch Render option
- 175906 DOCUMENT: With particular Teamwork projects dimension on sections could go wrong only fixed after a Rebuild
- 174200 DOCUMENT/CRASH: If an image with pixel data stored on less than 4 byte was used as surface for rendering in Cinema4D Archicad crashed
- 176486 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Inconsistent Master Layout data could crash Archicad
- 177789 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Sketch Rendering could crash in some cases when the view was opened from the Organizer Palette
- 159909 EDIT: Align Texture function didn’t work if wall was moved horizontally
- 177358 EDIT: Building Material names were limited to 64 characters.
- 177891 EDIT: Creating a Roof without eaves overhang was not possible with the Roof Maker
- 177401 EDIT: Custom Door/Window: If the boundary box of the original elements was bigger than the geometry itself, the Floor Plan display of the openings became smaller then the opening
- 171022 EDIT: Drawing update speed has been improved
- 178228 EDIT: Hotspots are no longer missing from the Layout Grid
- 177128 EDIT: In “Core Only” display mode the contour line at the intersection of two walls was too thin in the Floor Plan
- 177576 EDIT: In rare cases Fill direction in composite structures was incorrect
- 150773 EDIT: Interior Elevation Marker did not rotate with Rotated Orientation
- 178272 EDIT: Intersection of a Basic and a Composite Wall was wrong, the Finish went trough the Basic Wall
- 176829 EDIT: Profile created as a circle shape didn’t have entirely matching diameter values in horizontal and vertical directions
- 177475 EDIT: Selecting a Favorite with a double click disabled the Tracker on Mac
- 175879 EDIT: Stair Body was incorrect with certain parameter if the Top tread below the floor level option was chosen
- 177637 EDIT: The Drag Multiple Copy command activated with its shortcut ended after the first copy
- 176995 EDIT: The library part editor crashed placing 2d symbols when the active renovation filter was overridden
- 177690 EDIT: When using ‘Adjust Elements to Slabs’ function the parameter script for the window-marker of the edited wall wasn’t run by Archicad
- 176444 EDIT: With the Work Environment / Screen Options / Show Ghost Bounding set to On moving elements was very slow
- 178928 EDIT/DOCUMENT: In a particular cases deleting a Story from a Project Map might delete data from the master layout
- 177774 EDIT/SPEED: Feedback of the wall might be delayed if it was placed with chained method
- 177395 EDIT/SPEED: Layer operations became faster
- 178259 EDIT/SPEED: Placing an object that writes to a text file took a lot longer than in previous versions
- 175950 EDIT/SPEED: Story height modification could take a long time
- 175189 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Block content of Archicad file shifted position upon dwg export
- 156352 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Changes made in the DWG Export setting “Use custom tag to indicate renovation status” weren’t taken into account, only after exporting a dwg file
- 176924 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: In some cases content on the Master Layout was missing at saving or publishing a DWG file
- 176724 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Rich Text line break attributes were lost during dwg export
- 177468 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: In some cases importing AutoCAD Blocks as Library Parts gave incorrect result
- 178089 FILE/EXPORT: Exporting schedule with polygon areas between several hundred thousands and 10 million square feet resulted in truncated area values
- 159851 FILE/MIGRATION: During migration from Archicad16 to Archicad18 the surface color of the elements might have been changed when the renovation was set different
- 167851 FILE/OPEN/CRASH: Archicad could crash at file opening if the project had two Fills with the same name.
- 178656 FILE/OPEN/CRASH: Archicad could crash at the file opening process with large projects if there was insufficient amount of RAM
- 176184 FILE/OPEN: Invalid elements could reappear even though they were previously said corrected
- 172183 FILE/SAVE: In certain cases openings differed between published PMK and its source view.
- 168986 FREEZE: Copying zone parameters to Find & Select could result a not responding program
- 177127 FREEZE: Hotlink manager might responded with a delay when .mod files were linked
- 178145 FREEZE: In 3D Document ‘Align Dimension line’ function used for an edge made Archicad freeze
- 176388 FREEZE: Incorrect element boundary could freeze Archicad
- 166992 IFC: In the opening’s settings the IFC property showed the opening’s Unit size instead of Wall Hole size
- 176941 IFC: Detect IFC Model Changes does not handle the CV2.0-type files correctly.
- 177783 IFC: Structural Function filter does not work for CW.
- 176581 IFC/EXPORT: Custom opening didn’t cut its wall correctly after IFC export
- 173726 IFC/EXPORT: type export was missing for IfcCurtainWallType
- 175351 IFC/EXPORT: Deleted Curtain Wall Panels are listed as elements that could not be exported due to missing geometry.
- 176507 IFC/IMPORT: importing a scheme with IFC Property as criteria resulted incorrect property set name if it contained space
- 177137 IFC/IMPORT: Library elements were lost with IFC import by the IFC Add-on.
- 167031 IFC/IMPORT: IFC elements having circlular hollow profile type was converted incorrectly in GDL.
- 159918 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Library Objects with invalid characters were not listed or reported as the reason for library refresh library failures
- 178075 MODEL: Small curved walls (~5cm) had different 2d and 3d display.
- 177501 MODEL: Switching off transparency in GDL was not possible in 3D (section, elevation) in the JPN version
- 178919 TEAMWORK: BIM server couldn’t bypass the Proxy Server even if the Proxy Server Exceptions list was used
- 179141 TEAMWORK: In certain cases teamwork users could not see others in project
- 179395 TEAMWORK: Navigator’s My Views set is now automatically deleted from the project when it is saved as a .pln thus avoiding inconsistent data to be saved into the file
- 176477 TEAMWORK: Last active and project size were incorrect
- 177065 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Archicad could crash in some cases when a project was shared in Teamwork and a new view was created. The crash occurred only if My Sets were used in the Publisher.
- 174111 TEAMWORK/EDIT: Fill attributes could be modified without reservation
- 176565 TEAMWORK/EDIT: It was possible to rename an item in a publisher set without reserving the set
- 175927 TEAMWORK/HOTLINK: Module publishing set’s properties allowed for teamwork incompatibility
- 176361 USER INTERFACE: Opening Surface and Photorealistic Settings palettes could take up to 10 seconds
- 144452 USER INTERFACE: The last visited view was not highlighted in the View Map upon reopening the project
- 178468 USER INTERFACE: Storing status of the “Element Information” palette in Work Environment was not possible
- 175729 USER INTERFACE/SPEED: Redraw speed of object tree view in Library Manager was very slow on Mac with many elements.