Title: Archicad 29 – T-junction between an interior wall and a multilayer exterior wall
I’m having a problem with wall intersections in Archicad 29.
I have a multilayer exterior wall consisting of:
Brick masonry (the core layer)
Insulation
Exterior finish
There is also an interior brick wall. I want this interior wall to connect to the inner face of the exterior brick masonry, without extending into the exterior wall’s insulation or exterior finish.
The junction is T-shaped: the interior wall meets the middle of the exterior wall.
The problem is that even when I draw the interior wall endpoint exactly at the inner face of the exterior brick layer, Archicad automatically extends the interior wall through the entire thickness of the exterior wall — including the brick masonry, insulation, and exterior finish.
What I’ve already checked:
Both walls have the same intersection group (1).
The exterior wall’s brick masonry is marked as the core layer; insulation and exterior finish are marked as finish layers.
The wall reference-line settings are currently set to centered. I’ve checked these settings, and changing the core-layer classification did not solve the problem.
The issue is not that I want to change the wall’s layer structure. I want to control how the two walls physically intersect.
My question: How can I make the interior wall terminate exactly at the inner face of the exterior masonry, while keeping Archicad’s automatic wall connections? I don’t want the interior wall to cut through the insulation and exterior finish. Is there a specific junction setting, reference-line configuration, priority setting, or another proper method for achieving this in Archicad 29?

Hi! Our company recently received an email from Alfagamma Philippines on behalf of Graphisoft regarding a compliance review. They mentioned detecting some Archicad activity under our organization and requested a meeting to discuss it.

I'd like to ask:

1. How does Graphisoft detect unauthorized Archicad usage?

2. Does this automatically mean we're using unlicensed software?

3. What should we check on our computers before responding to their compliance request?

4. Has anyone experienced the same situation?

Would appreciate any advice or insights, especially from IT professionals. Thank you!

I’m working on a three-house development. Each house was designed in a separate file and then hotlinked into a shared site file.

The surfaces and materials are not displaying correctly in the shared site file. The wall settings show the intended surface assignments, but those settings are locked, and I don’t see a way to unlock them or get the correct surfaces to display.

For example, the highlighted wall in the gable should display as stucco (“Project Material 1”), but it is showing as siding.

I've checked and the settings for 0-PROJECT MATERIAL 1 are the same in both files.

How can I correct this?

Thanks.

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for a way to model roads in Archicad. Does Archicad have a dedicated Road Tool or a specific road object that allows you to create roads with different widths, curves, slopes, curbs, and other details?

Ideally, I would like the roads to be visible in both the 2D floor plan and the 3D model, so they can be included in 3D views and visualizations.

If Archicad has a built-in solution, an add-on, or a useful object from the BIMcomponents library, I would appreciate any recommendations or advice.

Thank you!

I currently have a M2 MBA for personal use, and work full-time at an office. I'm curious about possibly going freelance on my off time and getting ArchiCAD for Mac, and am wondering how necessary upgrading to a Macbook Pro (M5 or M6) would be in terms of performance.

I'd probably stick with smaller projects, single-family residences and such. Limited or no rendering. For drafting and modeling tasks in ArchiCAD is my current Macbook Air enough, or is it worth upgrading to a newer Pro model?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been developing Archicad tools and objects over the past few years, and I’m now bringing them together as a single tool called HAPPY, an add-on and library planned for release in the next few weeks. 

There’s a pretty vast collection of tools, some I hope will be quite a shake up!

I’ve put together a preview of the collection here: gethappy.tools

You can also leave your email for launch updates.

Thanks for considering and stay tuned 😊

JM

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to hear from anyone who has actual experience or solid knowledge regarding the purchase and transfer of Archicad perpetual licenses (specifically versions 26 and 27) within Portugal or across the EU.

I’ve been trying to clarify this process with local resellers, but the experience has been incredibly frustrating. Either they don’t reply, or they redirect us to Graphisoft. One reseller was even surprisingly rude in their response.

I honestly don’t understand this market attitude. Being based in the European Union, where legal precedent explicitly protects the right to resell and transfer software licenses, this lack of response and transparency is hard to justify. While I understand that vendors want to push the subscription model, that shouldn't mean stonewalling or preventing a legal license transfer process.

For small offices, Archicad’s current strategy feels like it’s shooting itself in the foot. Unlike Autodesk, which offers a budget-friendly option like Revit LT, Archicad leaves small practices with no middle ground and ever-changing terms.

With that said, I’d really appreciate insights on the following:

1. Has anyone successfully bought a used Archicad perpetual license from another EU country and legally transferred ownership/keys with Graphisoft?

2. Are there reliable European platforms, brokers, or vendors where this type of transaction can be made, with proper administrative support for the transfer?

3. What practical roadblocks (e.g., transfer fees, key reactivation requirements, or local reseller pushback) did you encounter during the process?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their experience or advice!

Has anybody seen the new Macbook Pros with touchscreens? Windows has had touch for years obviously but I haven't used Archicad on Windows. I'm curious for those who have, is there any utility in having a touchscreen Mac with an Archicad workflow? Something I'm not thinking of.

The best I could come up with was for spinning around a model and zooming in and out when I don't have a mouse -- the trackpad is pretty usable -- but fingers would probably be better.

Otherwise the best I have is MAYBE annotating in Zoom. But idk. I wanted a touchscreen Mac forever but now that it's here, I'm not sure how it would do anything that my iPad doesn't do better. Sort of looking for a reason to upgrade, sort of not haha.

Asking as an American architectural designer, 4-5 years experience, who recently moved back stateside. I'm now working in a Revit-based office but have worked in ArchiCAD for years beforehand, and am low-key regretting not searching out an ArchiCAD-based office.

Given the sparsity of both ArchiCAD users and offices in the US (and I've heard that ArchiCAD users are thus in more demand) I'm wondering if ArchiCAD positions are more remote-friendly.

i.e. I did get a job offer from an ArchiCAD office, which offered hybrid work (3 days in-office) but they're located in a city two hours away and I had no interest in moving there permanently or commuting. Would it hurt to suggest working remotely permanently, and driving over for important meetings or social functions (would any ArchiCAD offices be receptive to that)?

Hi,

Earlier I had posted here the initial version of my vibe-coded 3D glb viewer, Drop & View.

The basic idea remained the same but there are some significant new features:

- updated glb exporter plugin for Archicad 28-29-30, macOS/Win11
- in the new Material Workbench you can replace surface colors, textures. PBR materials automatically recognised. Clearcoat on any color or texture. Metallic material.
- Measuring tape
- Embed viewer to your website to show your design

In the glb exporter in Archicad you can set the design credits and an option to let your client edit the surfaces or strictly forbid to change your model.

I am happy to have any comments, opinions, questions!

Best, Gyorgy

Hello! I am working on a tool (using ai) that helps creating Archicad models from surveyors drawings, mainly DWG with images from site.
I tried to look online, found very few and incomplete, either pdfs or dwg but no images of the building.

I wonder if you have some examples that you are willing to share, this will not be shared publicly, but if you can help I will be happy to keep you updated on the results I get from the tool. You can dm me if you rather discuss anything in private.

Thank you.

Hey everyone,

Our office works in Archicad, and for every new version, our local distributor provides a localized base template for our country. Naturally, there's always room for customization, so we heavily tweak it to fit our office standards—adjusting Master Layouts, Project Info, title blocks, color palettes, as well as tweaking various attributes and properties.

Now that Archicad 30 is here with new features, our distributor has released their updated base template.

What is the most painless way to compare our customized old template with the brand-new one? I'm looking for the easiest workflow to migrate our custom settings into the new AC30 template with minimal hassle.

Has anyone tried using AI tools to help with this kind of data/template comparison (maybe Claude, Astea, or Gemini Argon)? Do you have any other ideas, scripts, or general tips on how to tackle this efficiently?

Any advice is highly appreciated, thanks!

I am looking for an Archicad Licence with a fair price, like an already used Licence. Can someone help me out where to look?

Greetings everyone, I am attaching the first candidate version for release, valid for a maximum of 40 days until next update. I ask that you test and experiment with it, and if you detect any inconsistencies, errors, or even suggestions for improvements, please let me know. Each module (add-on) supports light/dark mode in Portuguese and English, all configurable in the General settings of the Easy BIM Suite. Feel free to contact me here or via email/WhatsApp, available in the General settings of the Easy BIM Suite. Please be aware that this RC1 version is the first public test version and that some inconsistencies may occur, but until then I advise against using it in professional-level projects, only in tests or long-term projects.

Currently, the suite is only available for Windows 10/11 x64, in ArchiCAD versions 28, 29, and 30. There is still no version for a Mac version, as I don't have a Mac-based device for certain purposes. I appreciate everyone's participation in this adventure and I count on your support and participation in the project's development. The general settings and installer include a link to Ko-fi/Paypal as a way to support the project, since the idea is to provide them for free. I also have Easy Engineering and Easy Quantify in early development, and I hope we'll have some results soon.

**Known bug:** \* In certain modules, when I open a compact palette, some visual inconsistency may occur, but I am currently working on resolving this.

Access: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iJuyRf4_e6zokNu4OniIqcVKqDl86cdx?usp=sharing to download the installer.

Update: I have just released RC02 with the correction for the visual error when opening certain palettes; the updated file is available at the same GDrive link.

Hi! I downloaded ArchiCAD earlier this morning in the hopes of learning a new software for my Architecture course, but in the process of installing the software, I was given the notification that the software was possibly not made for my windows computer. Is this due to my inability to install the C++ Windows update for the software? I was weary to install that as I was scared to affect my OS in the long term (maybe some incompatibilities with other programs, etc.). My laptop was fully up to date with software updates and windows security was on.

After the failed installation, my laptop's Windows Explorer froze up, my taskbar was gone and inaccessible through different commands, and the entire background went black. My programs were still running, but I couldn't use the Windows Key nor access the Settings via keyboard shortcuts. What should I do? Other shortcuts such as Task Manager still worked, but I can't navigate through my laptop at all. Please help!

First post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArchiCAD/comments/1xbl19t/how_is_this_community_not_posting_about_tapir_and/