Migration Guide for ARCHICAD 21

You can open older-version files (ARCHICAD 8.1 and up) in ARCHICAD 21.

Since ARCHICAD features are developed and improved in each succeeding version, your older-version project will, in some respects, work differently after you migrate it to ARCHICAD 21. This Migration Guide calls your attention to these changes.

To use the Migration Guide, click on the link below that corresponds to the project version you wish to migrate. This will take you to a checklist of migration issues you should consider.

Migration Topics
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Migrating Stairs

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Migrating IFC Settings

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ID-based Labels

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Display of 3D Views

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Migrating Library Parts (New Building Materials)

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Migrating a Teamwork Project (v. 13-20) to ARCHICAD 21

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Migrating Libraries to ARCHICAD 21

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Migrating EcoDesigner or Energy Evaluation Data

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Use Latest Surface Catalog

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Label Information in Element Schedules

 

 

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Model View Fill Options Replaced by Graphical Overrides

 

 

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Migration of Lights and Lamp Settings

 

 

 

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Migration of Rendering/Surface Settings to CineRender

 

 

 

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Element Display in Interior Elevations

 

 

 

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Guide Lines and Snap Points Migration

 

 

 

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Building Materials: Collision Detection Setting

 

 

 

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Building Materials: Attribute Migration Issues

 

 

 

 

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New Fields in Interactive Element Schedule

 

 

 

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Display of Transparent Elements

 

 

 

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Priority-Based Element Intersections

 

 

 

 

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Core-Based Reference Plane for Slab

 

 

 

 

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Core-Based Wall Reference Line

 

 

 

 

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Images from QuickTime Formats

 

 

 

 

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VR Scenes and VR Objects No Longer Supported

 

 

 

 

 

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Walls, Zones, Columns: Toplink Option

 

 

 

 

 

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Changed Renovation Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Migrating Roofs and Skylights

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Migration of Exported Options Files (.xml, .aat, .prf)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Find & Select Criteria Sets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Automatic” Home Story Setting Eliminated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Open Older (pre-13) Teamwork Files in ARCHICAD 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Review Object-Type Element Criteria in Interactive Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Doors and Windows in Partial Structure Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lost IFC Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section/Elevation Marker Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DXF/DWG Translator Changes in Converting ARCHICAD Fills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Migrate Projects Containing Hotlinks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Migrating PlotMaker Layout Books to ARCHICAD 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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