List of Improvements in Archicad 24 Updates

This Update is a hotfix for a macOS issue discovered with Update 5000

  • DEF-4160 USER INTERFACE: The checkboxes were not fully responsive to whole icon area on mouse click for macOS.

The Update 5000 contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 24

  • DEF-1133 CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed when deleting a wall.
  • DEF-1154 FILE/IFC/IMPORT/CRASH: Archicad crashed while importing an IFC that contained openings that were almost horizontal.
  • DEF-1162 PERFORMANCE: The MVO setting “slab eliminate” was not optimized for robust Layer Combination changes.
  • DEF-1220 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Multisegmented Beams didn’t explode into Building Element Parts upon IFC export when this option was turned on.
  • DEF-1242 CRASH: Archicad crashed when walls with an offset reference line were split.
  • DEF-1315 EDIT: The size of text changed after it had been selected, copied, and then zoomed on.
  • DEF-1347 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Archicad was not optimized for large numbers of COBie-related Properties and Classifications.
  • DEF-1364 TEAMWORK/EDIT: It was possible to paste new Library Parts into a Teamwork project without having permission to do it.
  • DEF-1515 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: IFC elements with invalid faces weren’t imported to Archicad.
  • DEF-1534 HOTLINK: Embedded hotlink libraries always remained in the Library Manager of the host even after being removed from the hotlink, if skip nested was activated.
  • DEF-1586 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Missing Xref references prevented the export of views as DWG.
  • DEF-1614 MODEL: Fill Cut Surfaces with: Uniform surface was displayed incorrectly in Sections and Elevations.
  • DEF-1623 MODEL: Trace and Reference drawing disappeared when zooming in, only reappearing when zooming out.
  • DEF-1651 MODEL: Classification search showed Classification system instead of the desired entry if the window was too small.
  • DEF-1657 EDIT: The adjust command didn’t always shorten the shorter part of a polyline.
  • DEF-1696 EDIT: The view settings did not save the change in Absolute Display Limit.
  • DEF-1779 IFC/FILE/EXPORT: The Contact Category COBie property wasn’t mapped to the corresponding Archicad info field correctly.
  • DEF-1925 FILE/OPEN: Empty Cookies folder might be created on the root of the opened project’s drive.
  • DEF-1936 MODEL: Layers changed to another combination when using the magic wand while Trace & Reference was turned on.
  • DEF-1948 PERFORMANCE: The Master layout was significantly slower in v23 than v21.
  • DEF-1958 DOCUMENT: The nominal height and width for windows in labels didn’t change after it was modified in the calculations and rules within the Project Preferences.
  • DEF-1977 CRASH: Archicad crashed because of a missing renovation filter which was active in a view.
  • DEF-1983 FILE/3DM/CRASH: Archicad, instead of skipping faulty geometry in Rhino files, crashed during import.
  • DEF-2001 FILE/OPEN/DOCUMENT: On macOS mount points with long names sometimes resulted in missing drawings or hotlinks.
  • DEF-2022 FILE/XREF: A warning dialog appeared when trying to attach a second Xref browsed from mounted network locations.
  • DEF-2028 FREEZE: The Magic Wand was not optimized for extremely object dense views involving polylines.
  • DEF-2034 FREEZE: Archicad took a long time to open a layout if it had many attributes for fills and lines.
  • DEF-2075 DOCUMENT: Show Headline in Project Indexes showed wrong data for Graphic Override Combinations.
  • DEF-2085 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: The imported model could be locked on the Archicad layer.
  • DEF-2089 MODEL: Railing default settings caused different floor plan display in some localized templates.
  • DEF-2096 FILE/OPEN: Archicad 23 projects that contained walls with an invalid starting point couldn’t be opened with Archicad 24.
  • DEF-2105 CRASH: A double click on a layout in the navigator sometimes crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-2113 PERFORMANCE: The markup tool used with curtain walls slowed down the navigation in the project.
  • DEF-2218 EDIT: Archicad – Python connection did not work with Python 3.9.0.
  • DEF-2305 FREEZE: Archicad became unresponsive during export of projects with several thousand attributes.
  • DEF-2321 MODEL/CRASH: Model compare failed on migrated files.
  • DEF-2324 PERFORMANCE: New features in Archicad 24 layouts were not optimized for zooming or panning.
  • DEF-2334 FILE/OPEN/CRASH: Archicad crashed due to duplicated views in cloned folders.
  • DEF-2357 FILE/OPEN: Column and beam related dimensions could disappear from floor plan on open.
  • DEF-2366 PERFORMANCE: Opening a door list in Archicad 24 took significantly longer than opening the same list in Archicad 21.
  • DEF-2405 CRASH: Archicad crashed when using Open & Repair on a file from a newer version.
  • DEF-2452 FILE/IFC/CRASH: Archicad did not skip faulty IFC property data, but instead crashed.
  • DEF-258 PERFORMANCE: In 3D Archicad was less optimized for repetitive geometries than with earlier versions.
  • DEF-2664 DOCUMENT: Text and autotext in master layouts were missing from the layouts and drawings after publishing.
  • DEF-2725 FILE/OPEN/SAVE/PERFORMANCE: On macOS the length of the recent file list prevented a quick open or save.
  • DEF-2771 TEAMWORK/CRASH: Archicad crashed when the file was shared in Archicad 24 build 3008 and opened in build 4000.
  • DEF-3016 USER INTERFACE: Items from drop-down list could not be selected in macOS Big Sur.
  • DEF-337 BIMX: Web viewer displayed error 500 because of an unsupported character from a pen set originating from Archicad.
  • DEF-438 CRASH: Modification of hatches in vector images was not handled robustly.
  • DEF-647 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: Archicad failed to assign correct pens when importing DWG files with too many colors.
  • DEF-666 HOTLINK/EDIT: Locking hotlink modules did not work.
  • DEF-962 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: Grid elements sometimes did not display correctly when exported to DWG as Blocks.
  • DEF-3521 MODEL: Windows with Custom Corner flickered when placing on the opposite side of the wall’s reference line.

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

The Update 4018 contains a fix for the following issue:

  • DEF-3085 MODEL: Section, Elevation viewpoints and views were deleted if a detail was created on section when Issues Manager is in use.

The Update 4007 contains various enhancements and fixes since the original release of Archicad 24

  • DEF-1194 BIMX/CRASH: BIMx Uploader sometimes crashed when deleting the pending uploads.
  • DEF-1419 CRASH: On Mac Archicad sometimes crashed when switching between the applications.
  • ARCH-12817 DOCUMENT: Extra accuracy numbers were displayed incorrectly in the schedules if the decimals were set to zero.
  • DEF-363 DOCUMENT: The list selected in schedule did not lead users to all elements in the model after they clicked the “Show in 3D” button.
  • DEF-1397 DOCUMENT: The settings of the last viewed source of a drawing temporarily overwrote the currently in focus drawing of the layout.
  • ARCH-12819 DOCUMENT: Zones’ Reduced Area data was not stored as an area type property.
  • DEF-676 DOCUMENT/CRASH: A dimension recalculation initiated because a view’s renovation filter changed, sometimes triggered a crash in Archicad.
  • DEF-243 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed as a result of creating a new layer combination when the Organizer was open.
  • DEF-302 DOCUMENT/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed when an external drawing was selected.
  • DEF-624 DOCUMENT/CRASH: If the volume unit was set to “cubic feet” or “gallon” in Calculation Units & Rules, Archicad crashed when placing a schedule in layout.
  • DEF-1147 DOCUMENT/FREEZE: Schedules with zone-related information were calculated slowly.
  • DEF-501 FILE/ DWG/EXPORT: Archicad Swiss version Default Translator 01 exported dwg with drawing units set to meters instead of milimeters.
  • DEF-1291 FILE/BCF/IMPORT: A BCF import was negatively impacted by a survey point which lead to an incongruence between the preview and 3d window.
  • DEF-1167 FILE/CRASH Archicad sometimes crashed due to a missing graphic override combination in the view map settings for details and worksheets.
  • DEF-1724 FILE/CRASH: Archicad crashed randomly on macOS with AMD videodriver due to active Geometry Shader.
  • DEF-1137 FILE/CRASH: Archicad crashed while opening a file that had been migrated from earlier versions.
  • DEF-1201 FILE/CRASH: Missing information in view settings sometimes crashed Archicad.
  • DEF-1131 FILE/DWG/EXPORT: The stair layer changed after the user exported the project as dwg.
  • DEF-524 FILE/DWG/EXPORT/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed while saving a layout as DWG.
  • AECO-189 FILE/DWG/IMPORT: The viewports of an imported DWG were sometimes misplaced on a layout.
  • AECO-171 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Errors in an IFC that was exported from Archicad caused problems when importing to a 3rd party application.
  • DEF-377 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Stories created by Update with IFC model operation in Archicad resulted in missing stories in the exported IFC model.
  • DEF-431 FILE/IFC/EXPORT: Windows with a Splayed Reveal type were exported to IFC with the wrong geometry.
  • DEF-184 FILE/IFC/EXPORT/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed during IFC export on Mac due to a long path in the Publisher Set.
  • DEF-1314 FILE/IFC/EXPORT/CRASH: Beams could have holes outside their body which led to a crash of Archicad during IFC export.
  • DEF-1009 FILE/IFC/FREEZE/EXPORT: Archicad has been optimized to better handle complex elements during an IFC export.
  • DEF-254 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: A syntax error sometimes caused crash while opening IFC files.
  • DEF-726 FILE/IFC/IMPORT: Archicad was not capable of importing IFCCSGSOLID entity upon IFC import.
  • ARCH-11945 FILE/IMPORT/EXPORT: Complex profile stretch modifiers were missing in interactive schedules after exporting then importing them back to Archicad.
  • DEF-82 FILE/MOD/PUBLISH: A module file was missing content if it was published using “the Range” settings in the save options.
  • DEF-225 FILE/OBJ/EXPORT: Some elements got wrong type name when exported as a Wavefront (OBJ) model.
  • DEF-8 FILE/OPEN: Archicad could not browse for content located on a server via an alias on the desktop.
  • DEF-2357 FILE/OPEN: Column and beam related dimensions could disappear from floor plan during opening PLN.
  • DEF-1612 FILE/OPEN/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed when a project from an earlier version was opened.
  • DEF-242 FILE/OPEN/FREEZE: Precision calculation errors made file opening freeze in certain geometry circumstances.
  • DEF-303 FILE/PDF/EXPORT: Archicad failed to publish the whole publisher set to PDF.
  • DEF-423 FILE/PDF/EXPORT: Saving as PDF with trace&reference on resulted in a document showing only the traced view.
  • DEF-140 FILE/PDF/IMPORT: Comments were not imported with PDF in the new Issue Organizer.
  • DEF-451 FILE/SAF/IMPORT Some slanted columns exported from RISA and imported using SAF had the wrong rotation in Archicad.
  • DEF-989 FILE/SAVE/CRASH: Meshes with site geometry classification sometimes crashed Archicad on export to IFC.
  • DEF-63 FREEZE: A large number of renovation filters in a project sometimes slowed down switching between views of that project.
  • DEF-933 FREEZE: Properties generated from the 3D model sometimes resulted in slow schedule creation.
  • DEF-369 FREEZE: Random performance issues were caused by a long recent documents list.
  • DEF-888 GDL: Labels were getting information from “model base properties” even though they were not related to the model.
  • DEF-396 GDL/CRASH: Corrupted GDL parameters sometimes caused crashes while opening a 3D view.
  • AKEY-495 MODEL: 3D projection settings jumped back to the previous state when layout tab got closed.
  • DEF-52 MODEL: Curtain wall height and rotation parameters were not transfered with pickup/inject parameter transfer tools.
  • DEF-1383 MODEL: Orientation rotation could not be changed after the view had been saved.
  • DEF-1582 MODEL: Pan and zoom in 3D window were slow due to an unaccessible Archicad registry key.
  • DEF-1196 MODEL/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed when elements were placed after deleting attributes.
  • DEF-1547 MODEL/DOCUMENT Archicad identified columns/beams created by Grasshopper Connection as invalid and deleted them.
  • DEF-906 MODEL/EDIT: “Fit in Window” zoom randomly turned on some layers when Trace & Reference was active.
  • DEF-535 OPEN/CRASH: Archicad crashed on Windows when UTF-8 wordwide language support was turned on.
  • DEF-652 TEAMWORK: Archicad used all the memory after sharing a certain amount of files.
  • DEF-440 TEAMWORK: It was possible to delete schedules from the Project Map without reserving them first.
  • DEF-1156 TEAMWORK: Modification of shared objects could result in an error message during send.
  • DEF-1663 TEAMWORK: Modifying only one element of a group containing many elements resulted in a slow send & receive.
  • DEF-110 TEAMWORK: Performance of Change Tracking in Teamwork has been improved.
  • DEF-113 TEAMWORK/IFC: It was possible to assign a new IFC translator to a publisher set in Teamwork without reservation.
  • DEF-279 USER INTERFACE: An outdated Archicad logo appeared in some parts of the user interface.
  • DEF-1407 USER INTERFACE: Archicad-Python Connection Page link in the Python Palette was incorrectly redirected.

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

  • DEF-1547 MODEL/DOCUMENT: Archicad identified columns/beams created by Grasshopper Connection as invalid and deleted them.
  • DEF-1291 FILE/BCF/IMPORT: A BCF import was negatively impacted by a survey point which lead to an incongruence between the preview and 3d window.
  • DEF-1167 FILE/CRASH: Archicad sometimes crashed due to a missing graphic override combination in the view map settings for details and worksheets.
  • DEF-676 DOCUMENT/CRASH: A dimension recalculation initiated because a view’s renovation filter changed, sometimes triggered a crash in Archicad.
  • DEF-451 FILE/SAF/IMPORT: Some slanted columns exported from RISA and imported using SAF had the wrong rotation in Archicad.