List of Improvements in Archicad 25 Updates

  • DEF-10196 DOCUMENT: Dimensions associated to Doors/Windows used Model View Options of an open View on Layout.
  • DEF-10269 TEAMWORK/BIMCLOUD: Server path was limited to 126 characters.
  • DEF-11012 USER INTERFACE: The line types could not be changed in the drop-down menu with the cursor.
  • DEF-11090 PERFORMANCE: Forward tool bug fixing for Japanese market.
  • DEF-11093 EDIT: The first number input was highlighted and deleted by the second number input in the Tracker on macOS 13 Ventura.
  • DEF-11315 ECO DESIGNER: Climate Data by Strusoft Climate Server was provided from a disconnected IP-address.
  • DEF-11951 CRASH: Archicad crashed when opening or changing Page Setup settings, now this can be fixed by Open & Repair.
  • DEF-1963 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: DWG file was exported without Cut Fills.
  • DEF-6974 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Dimensions were missing after exporting Layouts with Save as – DWG.
  • DEF-7603 CRASH: Archicad crashed after deleting an assigned element while using the Grasshopper-Archicad connection.
  • DEF-8557 ADD-ON: The Grasshopper-Archicad add-on didn’t allow custom port change, thus preventing multiple Archicad instances to be linked with Grasshopper.
  • DEF-9450 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Archicad couldn’t import Arc Dimensions and refered to a false memory error while trying to open.
  • DEF-9514 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Archicad was not able to import Arc Length Dimensions from DWG file.
  • DEF-9818 EDIT: Dimensions’ Witness Lines were enlarged.
  • DEF-9873 DOCUMENT: Dimensions associated to Wall Cores were missing after changing the View.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-11012 MODEL: Line types could not be changed with the cursor.
  • DEF-11093 MODEL: The first number in the tracker got overwritten by the second typed character when moving an element.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-9678 FILE/3DM/IMPORT: 3dm files could not be hotlinked if the default template file name was changed.
  • DEF-7210 DOCUMENT: Dimensions were not updated on the layout.
  • DEF-5682 CRASH: Archicad crashed when exporting PDF files.
  • DEF-8945 DOCUMENT: Drawing a line resulted in slow Archicad performance.
  • DEF-8396 GDL: A new custom object had a fill mapped to its Building Material name.
  • DEF-8186 CRASH: Archicad crashed when user clicked on opened tabs or hovered the cursor over the tabs’ ‘x’ button.
  • DEF-8091 DOCUMENT: Feedback was missing from associative dimensions.
  • DEF-7789 DOCUMENT: Associating one leg of a dimension to a hotspot of the story level marker resulted in the dimension not appearing in a layout.
  • DEF-7785 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: A library part that originated from a DWG and placed on a master layout changed size when exported.
  • DEF-7645 FILE/SAVE: Redshift did not work in high resolution.
  • DEF-7621 DOCUMENT: Elevation marker in relation to sea level did not update on Floorplan after changing the sea level in Location settings.
  • DEF-6761 DOCUMENT: With macOS Big Sur dimensions and text sometimes were cut during zooming on a secondary monitor.
  • DEF-6419 USER INTERFACE: On Windows 11 active tool bar buttons were difficult to distinguish from deactivated buttons.
  • DEF-6021 DOCUMENT: Tracing section/elevation did not consider Sea Level values.
  • DEF-4520 DOCUMENT: The label pointer and its frame sometimes became disconnected on views of a different scale than the original scale it was first placed with.
  • DEF-10269 TEAMWORK: BIMcloud URL + Path + Filename character length longer than 124 characters prevented the preparation of more than one project at a time for migration.
  • DEF-9111 TEAMWORK/DOCUMENT: A dimension placed in a section by one user and received by another user with a layout that referenced the section open sometimes had the dimension incorrectly placed.
  • DEF-7850 TEAMWORK/HOTLINK: Unlike normal hotlinks Teamwork hotlinks did not respect location settings.
  • DEF-7070 FILE/OPEN/GDL: Archicad crashed with library parts that had a circular call graph.
  • DEF-7049 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Archicad crashed when sometimes the Teamwork local cache was out of sync.
  • DEF-6841 FILE/DWG/CRASH: With macOS strings longer than 2048 characters in a DWG crash Archicad on import.
  • DEF-6784 TEAMWORK: Send&Receive failure sometimes occurred because of embedded library modifications that happened either directly or indirectly.
  • DEF-4810 DOCUMENT: Walls that deviated to a very small extent from the vertical direction sometimes led to dimensioning errors.
  • DEF-9288 CRASH: Archicad crashed when user clicked on the button “show elements” for reviewed items or when they accepted the pop-up “receive changes” window.
  • DEF-7552 DOCUMENT: Some radial dimensions were positioned outside of the curved walls.
  • DEF-1233 TEAMWORK: Solo projects sometimes stored data that prevented them from being shareable.
  • DEF-8775 TEAMWORK/CRASH: View settings sometimes became corrupt and caused Archicad to crash when the view was opened.
  • DEF-9179 FILE/SAF/EXPORT: Node names were lost from the “StructuralPointConnection” tab of a SAF file when a project that was located far from the origin was exported.
  • DEF-8617 MODEL: Survey point coordinates were changed after migration from Archicad 24 to Archicad 25.
  • DEF-7943 CRASH: Sometimes after classification items had been deleted that were referenced by a rule, Archicad crashed on opening the dialog Options -> Project Preferences -> Calculation Rules.
  • DEF-6623 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Roof openings were exported to IFC regardless of their renovation status.
  • DEF-6391 DOCUMENT: Except for walls and slabs, static dimension points could not be placed on surfaces or edges in a 3D Document.
  • DEF-4345 Custom dimension text reverted back to the original value after a view change that is required when publishing to XLXS format.
  • DEF-4213 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Archicad crashed during the import process while exploding block references in some DWG files.
  • DEF-7928 DOCUMENT: Some dimensions were deleted after migrating old projects.
  • DEF-7764 MODEL: Elements were not updated when changing the Model View Options filter using the Quick Options bar.
  • DEF-7604 CRASH: Using Grasshopper – Archicad Live Connection to add a composite wall with a migrated door to Grasshopper crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-7591 EDIT: Rhino 7/Grasshopper did not receive data from Archicad, even though the connection appeared to be running.
  • DEF-7082 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Winder stairs sometimes caused Archicad to crash during migration or sharing an older project.
  • DEF-7026 HOTLINK: A railing moved from its original position after “Apply offset/rotation of most recently broken hotlinked module” to the selection that contained the railing.
  • DEF-6944 EDIT: If the source file had more than 32767 complex profiles, copying a wall from it into a new file brought over unnecessary profiles.
  • DEF-5748 FILE/EXPORT: When publishing a layout, autotexts in a custom drawing title would duplicate if the layout had more than one drawing.
  • DEF-5657 CRASH: Tracing openings on floor plans sometimes crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-5363 DOCUMENT: Layouts could not display dimension markers using Arrow style on a dimension line with very small gap.
  • DEF-7592 USER INTERFACE: 3D Window Size isn’t editable in View Settings
  • DEF-5192 TEAMWORK: Dimensions are not updated in Teamwork when a layout is open.
  • DEF-4010 TEAMWORK: A newly created MVO sometimes appeared missing to other teamwork users.
  • DEF-9235 DOCUMENT: Dimensions from GDL objects were lost from sections during Archicad 24 to Archicad 25 conversion.
  • DEF-7804 CRASH: A drawing update with a view containing a custom irregular polygon sometimes crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-6645 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: A skylight’s renovation status was not considered in the exported IFC file.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-5748 FILE/EXPORT: When publishing a layout, autotexts in a custom drawing title would duplicate if the layout had more than one drawing.
  • DEF-8186 CRASH: Archicad crashed on macOS 12.3 if user closed a tab using the “X” icon, or hovered the mouse over this icon.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-1167 FILE/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed due to a missing graphic override combination in the view map settings for details and worksheets.
  • DEF-1318 MODEL: The cut fill surface on sections were overrided even when analytical model visibility was turned off.
  • DEF-1785 MODEL: A column which was slanted by 89,75° was rendered and considered vertical on section.
  • DEF-1990 DOCUMENT: If the partial structural display was set to Core Only, the automatic dimension in the schedule would be missing for doors and windows.
  • DEF-2430 USER INTERFACE: The Python palette could not be used without an internet connection.
  • DEF-2836 MODEL/VIEW/SCHEDULES: The MVO option changes from the view settings wasn’t affecting the 2D plan preview or the 3D axonometry fields in schedules.
  • DEF-2858 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Corner window with reveal resulted in glitchy model, that lacked some mitering, when exported as IFC.
  • DEF-2988 MODEL: Elements in locked, invisible layers could be deleted via Reset Renovation Status function.
  • DEF-3025 MODEL: On layouts, when the label contained autotexts, its pointer failed to connect to the middle of the first row or last row.
  • DEF-3216 SECTION/VIEW/LAYOUT: The view and the layout render was not the same for a staggered segmented section that had its option Break Segments unticked.
  • DEF-3399 CRASH: Archicad crashed when the parameter transfer eye dropper was used on columns with complex profiles in sections/elevations.
  • DEF-3833 MODEL: The drawings on layout used the MVO setting from the latest open view.
  • DEF-3934 CRASH: A change marker’s bounding box was visible from closed transmittals which resulted in a crash.
  • DEF-3964 EDIT: The “Delete markers” option did not delete the markers placed on a hidden layer.
  • DEF-4074 USER INTERFACE: On macOS Big Sur, panning was reversed and zooming caused screen artifacts.
  • DEF-4117 CRASH: A stair with a winder crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-4383 BIMcloud/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed while browsing a library location on BIMcloud on a slow network.
  • DEF-4657 CRASH: Archicad crashed sometimes while dimensioning a revolved shell that used a full circle as a basis.
  • DEF-4669 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: 1mm thin walls sometimes failed to export to IFC.
  • DEF-4741 CRASH: The Navigator Preview palette was the source of a crash.
  • DEF-4767 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: When using “Update with IFC-Model”, the update process could not identify doors or windows as child objects of a wall, so they were not updated.
  • DEF-4811 CRASH: A damaged PLN could cause Window’s File Explorer to crash.
  • DEF-4881 DOCUMENT: 3D views did not automatically update in layouts.
  • DEF-4933 MODEL: Archicad could not create a U-shaped stair with two flights touching in the middle.
  • DEF-4953 CRASH: Archicad crashed when opening a schedule (Flächenberechnung) managed by an add-on.
  • DEF-4955 BIMcloud/DRAWING MANAGER: the drawing manager could take more than 9 minutes to open due to icon collection.
  • DEF-5126 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: When exporting in IFC format, the grid elements of a mesh classified as “ifcGeographicElement” were missing, but if classified as “ifcSite” then they were exported correctly.
  • DEF-5336 TEAMWORK/CRASH: A project with a dimensioned stair often crashed Archicad during the share process.
  • DEF-5482 CRASH: Archicad crashed on exit with macOS Monterey (version 12).
  • DEF-5516 USER INTERFACE: On macOS Monterey (version 12), the open and save dialogs were not resizable.
  • DEF-5532 MODEL: Interior Elevation viewpoints and views were deleted if a detail was created on section when the Issues Manager was in use.
  • DEF-5582 CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed while updating a layout, with a placed view open.
  • DEF-5671 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Virtual trace with a layout sometimes resulted in a crash.
  • DEF-5704 BIMcloud: Join was sometimes not possible with corrupt library data.
  • DEF-5707 CRASH: A 0 radius arc or circle crashed Archicad. These elements are often the result of exploding an object.
  • DEF-5816 FILE/OPEN/CRASH: Starting two Archicads simultaneously sometimes resulted in a crash.
  • DEF-5861 CRASH/FREEZE: Viewing section/elevations containing morphs with more than 10000 hotspots sometimes froze Archicad, leaving the user no other option than to force quit.
  • DEF-5895 USER INTERFACE/CRASH: Use of element information palette sometimes resulted in a crash.
  • DEF-5914 USER INTERFACE: When customizing menus and toolbars in the Work Environment, the new Survey Point commands were not listed when sorted by “All commands in alphabetical order” or “All new commands in alphabetical order”.
  • DEF-5935 FILE/OPEN: An invalid stair prevented a project from being read.
  • DEF-6001 CRASH/FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Doors with 0m width and windows with 0m height caused Archicad to crash during IFC export.
  • DEF-6049 FILE/SAVE: Unused view settings caused large file size increase.
  • DEF-6116 MODEL: A custom boundary stair ending with tread could cause incorrect zoom on floorplan after using “Fit in Window”.
  • DEF-6162 DOCUMENT/CRASH: The 3D document crashed when some symbol fills were in use.
  • DEF-6231 CRASH: Archicad crashed at start up on some installations due to a incorrectly configured cache folder.
  • DEF-6233 DOCUMENT: With US project preferences of feet & fractional inches angular dimensions could not be set to decimal degrees.
  • DEF-6258 CRASH: Missing Override Combinations caused crash.
  • DEF-6576 DOCUMENT: Dimensions associated with wall corners sometimes went missing.
  • DEF-7210 DOCUMENT: Dimensions were placed at the wrong position on drawings in the layouts due to drawing update.
  • DEF-7552 DOCUMENT: Pointer in Radial dimension was randomly positioned outside of the curve.
  • DEF-3579 HOTLINK: It was not possible to change the master layer of a hotlink instance via API.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-1825 CRASH: A roof of 0 degree inclination and a floor plan cut plane inside the roof was the source of a crash.
  • DEF-2029 MODEL: Railing list values, for instance Top Elevation, Bottom Elevation were incorrectly calculated.
  • DEF-2581 MODEL: The top and bottom of a railing offset differently in plan view, if the end extension of a railing handrail or toprail was changed.
  • DEF-2718 MODEL: The interior elevation was misaligned underneath the floor plan when it was traced and referenced.
  • DEF-5935 FILE/OPEN: An invalid stair prevented a project from being read.
  • DEF-3580 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: An imported IFC file that contained an extrusion clipped with another extrusion created an inconsistent wall.
  • DEF-4741 CRASH: the navigator preview palette was the source of a crash.
  • DEF-2989 UPDATE: The active tab page of the updates page was not always the Archicad update.
  • DEF-3850 FILE/SAVE: Version 24 projects saved backed from Version 25 could not be opened and in certain circumstances caused version 24 to crash while opening them.
  • DEF-4955 BIMcloud/DRAWING MANAGER: the drawing manager could take more than 9 minutes to open due to icon collection.
  • DEF-5336 TEAMWORK/CRASH: A project with a dimensioned stair often crashed Archicad during the share process.
  • DEF-2836 MODEL/VIEW/SCHEDULES: The MVO option changes from the view settings wasn’t affecting the 2D plan preview or the 3D axonometry fields in schedules.
  • DEF-3216 SECTION/VIEW/LAYOUT: The view and the layout render was not the same for a staggered segmented section that had its option Break Segments unticked.
  • DEF-3986 DIMENSION/PROJECT MAP/3D VIEW: Dimensions changed when switching from the Project Map to 3D and then back to the Project Map.
  • DEF-4688 EXPORT/IFC/IMPORT: Doors/windows became missing when importing an IFC file after it had been previously been exported with the “Show Model filter dialog” option checked.
  • DEF-5682 CRASH/EXPORT/PDF: Archicad crashed upon exporting elevations/sections to PDF due to a missing texture attribute.
  • DEF-931 DOCUMENTATION/SCHEDULES: Annotations were lost in schedules.
  • DEF-965 FREEZE: A library element with a label froze while editing due to the feedback which calculated and drew the 3D wireframe of the element it was annotating.
  • DEF-3973 FILE/SAF/IMPORT: SAF Model Compare detected changes, where there shouldn’t have been any.
  • DEF-4325 PARAM-O: The global node was unusable.
  • DEF-5707 CRASH: A 0 radius arc or circle crashed Archicad. These elements are often the result of exploding an object.
  • DEF-3384 EDIT: A cropped zone when mirrored became distorted.
  • DEF-3494 EDIT: The renovation filter settings changed when a schedule view was placed on a layout.
  • DEF-3934 CRASH: A change marker’s bounding box was visible from closed transmittals which resulted in a crash.
  • DEF-4190 EDIT: Dimensions added to a change did not show in the revision manager.
  • DEF-4280 EDIT: After a railing post was deleted, the menu for the railing object became disabled.
  • DEF-4509 EDIT: Dimensions often disappeared when part of the dimension was associated to a line on a hidden layer.
  • DEF-1318 MODEL: the cut fill surface on sections were overrided even when analytical model visibility was turned off.
  • DEF-1704 FILE/XLSX/EXPORT: Special characters in apartment ID prevented Archicad from exporting a Flächenberechnung to Excel.
  • DEF-1774 USER INTERFACE: When hovering the mouse cursor over a drawing in a layout, the selection highlight showed lines outside of the drawing frame.
  • DEF-2104 USER INTERFACE: End User License Agreement wrongly showed up at every Archicad start up on macOS.
  • DEF-2111 MODEL: Stairs with an invalid parameter value were deleted from the project upon opening.
  • DEF-2290 FILE/XLSX/EXPORT: A report saved from an incorrect property values table could not be imported back into the schedule.
  • DEF-2296 MODEL: If the vertical range of a section was limited to 0, the elements did not disappear.
  • DEF-2413 CRASH: Due to a corrupted XML, Archicad crashed when opening the SAF Translators.
  • DEF-2917 USER INTERFACE: Multiple copies of the active view appeared on screen when zooming with a temporarily displaced Reference active.
  • DEF-2988 MODEL: Elements in locked, invisible layers could be deleted via Reset Renovation Status function.
  • DEF-2994 USER INTERFACE/FREEZE: Archicad was slow to display the pet palette for drawings.
  • DEF-3397 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Openings were exported to IFC regardless of their renovation status and visibility.
  • DEF-3521 MODEL: A custom corner of a window placed opposite of the wall’s reference line caused the window to flicker.
  • DEF-4399 CRASH: Archicad crashed when dimensioning beams in elevations and sections that were created by the Grasshopper-Archicad connection.
  • DEF-4699 CRASH: Bluebeam addon caused the Archicad Start Edition to crash.
  • DEF-4933 MODEL: Archicad could not create a U-shaped stair with two flights touching in the middle.
  • DEF-4963 USER INTERFACE: Titles were missing in the basic renderer palette.
  • DEF-5003 CRASH: Copy/Paste of a fill and a dimension that measures to another element crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-5532 MODEL: Interior Elevation viewpoints and views were deleted if a detail was created on section when the Issues Manager was in use.
  • DEF-5748 FILE/EXPORT: When publishing a layout, autotexts in a custom drawing title would duplicate if the layout had more than one drawing.
  • DEF-5908 Release note not needed.
  • DEF-1284 MODEL: Railing update actions were optimized.
  • DEF-1440 TEAMWORK: PLN snapshots stayed in a pending status when a previous snapshot file had an invalid name.
  • DEF-1663 TEAMWORK: Modifying one element from a large group sometimes slowed down Teamwork processes.
  • DEF-2259 MODEL/CRASH: Archicad crashed when a project had a stair with invalid geometry.
  • DEF-1196 MODEL/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed when elements were placed that referenced previously deleted attributes.
  • DEF-3602 MODEL/CRASH: Archicad crashed when editing slabs while the MVO was set to eliminate the edges.
  • DEF-4074 USER INTERFACE: On macOS Big Sur, panning was reversed and zooming caused screen artifacts.
  • DEF-4507 DOCUMENT: The elevation marker did not snap to slabs except at their corners or their hotspots.
  • DEF-5822 DOCUMENT: Properties that require a long calculation process were not shown in the zone stamp or label.
  • DEF-1514 MODEL: The surface of holes in a slab was not subtracted from the slab’s area.
  • DEF-1586 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Missing Xref references prevented the export of views as DWG.
  • DEF-1785 MODEL: A column which was slanted by 89,75° was rendered and considered vertical on section.
  • DEF-191 MODEL: A zone stamp was automatically put on the Archicad layer.
  • DEF-2048 MODEL: Load bearing beams and columns were not checked for physical model quality.
  • DEF-2133 FILE/EXCEL/EXPORT: Schedules were not opened in Excel when the main header contained a “*” symbol.
  • DEF-2647 PERFORMANCE: The recalculation of dimension positions connected to openings caused a delay when switching between floor plans.
  • DEF-2652 MODEL: Labels created with Save Selection as Label command did not display autotext values.
  • DEF-2671 MODEL/CRASH: Corrupted rendering scenes caused crashes while opening 3D View.
  • DEF-3094 Declined.
  • DEF-3332 MODEL: Switching between stories in version 25 was slower than it was with previous versions.
  • DEF-3428 MODEL/CRASH: Archicad crashed when slabs’ lines were hidden or eliminated by MVO setting.
  • DEF-3690 MODEL: Some label autotext that referenced properties lost their content after breaking a hotlink they were referencing.
  • DEF-3817 MODEL: Drawing an arc while holding the shift button down caused an incorrect display of the arc.
  • DEF-406 FILE/MODULE/EXPORT: Properties of elements in exported hotlinks lost their unused classifications.
  • DEF-4082 CRASH: A deleted (missing) layer combination on a traced view caused Archicad to crash.
  • DEF-4301 CRASH: Archicad GER version crashed when a project was loaded under model compare.
  • DEF-4784 GDL/MODEL: Dimensions were deleted on Doors/Windows/Objects when the GDL hotspots were hidden.
  • DEF-4985 USER INTERFACE: The right side of the element settings/classifications and properties list was cut off on macOS 11.3.
  • DEF-5183 BIMx: The process of publishing a Hyper-model to the BIMx transfer site from any AC25 build, did not send an automatic email about the successful upload.
  • DEF-6049 MODEL: Unused view settings in AC 25 caused a significant file size increase.
  • DEF-3620 MODEL: A change in dimension size caused sections to rebuild.
  • DEF-3933 TEAMWORK: Background processing made handling of hotlinks slower within Teamwork projects.
  • DEF-4307 TEAMWORK: Dimensions of 2D elements were not displayed properly for receiving users.
  • DEF-4592 TEAMWORK/BIMcloud: Publication to BIMcloud failed due to an Archicad expired http session.
  • DEF-4117 CRASH: A stair with a winder crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-4897 Release Note not needed.
  • DEF-5051 Release Note not needed.
  • DEF-2928 MODEL/PERFORMANCE: Complex profile handling had unnecessary operations that adversely affected memory use and performance.
  • DEF-4051 MODEL: A snap guide did not appear on the surface of a cropped drawing.
  • DEF-503 MODEL: The ghost bounding box was presented wrong in a rotated orientation.
  • DEF-667 CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed under low physical memory availability.

This package contains the fixes and improvements of the previous Updates as well.

  • DEF-5240 CRASH: Archicad 25 interaction with Rhino-Grasshopper crashed on MacOS.
  • DEF-5176 USER INTERFACE: The scrollbar was missing in listboxes on MasOS Big Sur.
  • DEF-5003 CRASH: Copy/Paste of a fill and a dimension that measures to another element crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-4963 USER INTERFACE: Titles were missing in the Basic Renderer palette.
  • DEF-4959 FILE/HOTLINK/SAVE/CRASH: Saving back to AC 24 a hotlink with a dimension crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-3850 FiLE/SAVE/CRASH: Saving back to AC 24 a dimensioned door/window using the “projected with overhead” setting crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-6049 FILE/SAVE: Unused view settings caused large file size increase.