Add-Ons and Goodies

Add-Ons are small applications that extend ARCHICAD’s core functionality. Many add-ons are integrated as ARCHICAD menu commands.

Goodies are other Add-Ons that are not integrated into ARCHICAD’s default interface.

See Goodies, below.

Managing Add-Ons

Open the Add-On Manager using Options > Add-On Manager command.

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Use the Add-On Manager to:

Load Add-Ons from any location. They will be loaded after the next startup of ARCHICAD

Permanently remove Add-Ons while ARCHICAD is running

Control which Add-Ons should load automatically when ARCHICAD is started

Show information about the loaded Add-Ons

See Add-On Manager for more details.

Menu Location of Add-On Functions

You can freely customize visibility and the menu and toolbar location of these integrated add-ons in the settings dialogs of Options > Work Environment > Menus/Toolbars.

The location of these additional add-ons in the menu structure depends on where the Add-On Anchor Point is located for that menu.

You can move this Add-On Anchor Point to any menu location, again using the controls in Options > Work Environment > Menus and Toolbars.

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If the Add-On Anchor Point is not part of your customized menu structure, then the additionally loaded Add-Ons will not be displayed in the menu either.

Goodies

“Goodies” are another source of ARCHICAD Add-Ons. They are not integrated into ARCHICAD’s default interface. To access them, do the following:

1.Go to the ARCHICAD Help menu.

2.Choose ARCHICAD Downloads to open this page in a web browser.

3.From the Downloads page, scroll down to Add-Ons, and click “Add-Ons and Goodies.”

4.Select your Language version to access available Goodies.

5.Click on the Goodies installer to install all Goodies from a single file.

Once you have installed a Goody into the program, you can then customize the location of the associated menu commands as described above, and manage it with the Add-On Manager.