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With Open Object, open only the selected sub-element of complex elements
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In railing editing mode, a warning that multiple library parts are selected for opening, while only the post is selected
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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A rectilinear shape for the surface settings preview. Spheres don’t come up much in practice.
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In the settings dialog, a sphere with wood siding
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Redo the split interaction in the 3D window so it isn’t absurd
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Illustration of absurd split interaction
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Graphic Overrides: Line category (Cut, Uncut, Overhead) in criteria
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Showing where Line Category belongs in the Override Style tab of graphic overrides
January 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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When pasting geometry from a hidden or non-existent Design Option, offer a choice of how to handle it.
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Dialog box mockup showing buttons to place geometry in Main Model, the Current Option, or a Created Option
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Drawings should automatically update when publishing DWG
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Warning dialog that Archicad is too lazy to update drawings when it is obviously called for
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Virtually never do we want to place an element on a remote story, and giving this edge case so much UX bandwidth is ridiculous. And: Heaven help you if you check the Don't Show Again box. Add a Move option to this dialog.
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Illustration of suggested Move button for the UX bandwidth-hogging Element on unseen Story warning
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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A Clear Text button for the Label tool info box
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Illustration of clear text button in Info Box
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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More element type categories for Find & Select and other criteria interactions: Marker Types, Library Part Types, Dimension Types, etc.
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Find & Select element type selector
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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AC29 is available, found another one. We are ✅ 3D View Settings: Filter Style options depending on 3D/PhotoRendering window. Ironically this just posted, on the release date. Perhaps we were blinded by the stunning radiance of reno status for markers
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3D View Settings tab showing Style options restricted to those applicable to the generating window
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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View Settings: Depending on whether the 3D or PhotoRendering window is selected, gray out the options for Rendering Scene or 3D Style respectively
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View settings dialog, 3D Only tab, showing the wished-about UI elements
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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In dock icons, truncate file names in the middle rather than at the end, so scheme/option info can be seen
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Archicad icons in macOS dock, demonstrating confusion in the existing method and clarity in the suggested change
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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When an element’s surfaces are not overridden, the Override Surfaces control should display the building material’s surface
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Info box surface override flyout, not overridden, showing useful and useless surface attributes
September 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Skylight: Better library parts
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Section view of very junky skylight with junky parts highlighted
September 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Model View Options: Eliminate lines between matching roofs as well as slabs
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Construction element options tab showing roof added to slab
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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An across-the-board review of cleanup consistency
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Contrasting different cleanup results between segmented and simple columns in plan, which is only the beginning
September 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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When repairing a file at opening, inform the user what work was changed or deleted
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Modified warning dialog about Archicad deleting your work
August 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Let the railing tool solve sloping and turning a corner
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A terrible sloping/corner turning railing
August 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Unify appearance options for all library part settings dialogs
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Icon style and tree position option selector in library parts dialog box
August 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Layout Book: Suffix for subset IDs
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Subset settings dialog with suggested ID suffix field
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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In the surface settings dialog, stop resetting the Engine Settings option on relaunch
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Surfaces dialog with Engine Settings indicated
July 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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We stay away from library part wishes, as they would consume us, and they are probably worthy of their own Bot. But, just this once, fix this entire class of silliness, where library designers don’t know how the world works:
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Object settings dialog showing a sink inserted at base elevation, and the counter height as a parameter, which is insane.
July 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Fix reversed controls between settings dialog and info box
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Reversed controls
June 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Schedule: In Scheme Settings, Additional Object Parameters dialog, a Recent Objects list
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Additional Object Parameters dialog
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Schedule: In Scheme settings, under Fields, distinguish between properties and library part parameters. (As it stands, they both show an ABC icon.)
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Parameters mixed up with properties
June 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM