27 | Goodies Archicad

Have a wall that needs to look like a "Demo" element? Use the dropper on an existing demo element to copy its graphic override rules, then "paint" it onto the new wall. This visual, click-based workflow is revolutionary for existing users who hate digging through nested dialog boxes. 4. The "Attribute Manager" Filter Bar If you have used ArchiCAD for more than a year, your Attribute Manager (Fill patterns, Surfaces, Line types, Composites) is probably a mess.

After installing ArchiCAD 27, go to Options > Work Environment > Toolbars and enable the legacy "Goodies" palette if you migrated an old workspace—but honestly, the native v27 workflow has absorbed the best of them. goodies archicad 27

You can now offset slanted columns and beams by absolute or relative vectors from the reference axis. No more doing trigonometry to figure out where the top of a slanted column sits relative to a rotated beam. It just works, and it works perfectly with the improved structural analysis workflow. 3. Graphic Override "Dropper" Tool Graphic Overrides got more powerful, but the goodie is the new interaction model: the Paint Bucket and Dropper analogy. Have a wall that needs to look like a "Demo" element