Getting Help on Archicad 28

Learning content

Archicad provides help at your fingertips right inside the program.

Expanded tool tips: Hover over any tool for an introduction to what it can do

Coach marks: Click “Show me more” for an expanded introduction, with mini-videos

Turn this content on or off from the Help menu

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Online Help

In Archicad, go to Help > Archicad Help

PDF Reference Guide

Click here to access in PDF format.

Graphisoft Support

Need more in-depth resources to resolve your question? Visit our Support Site for troubleshooting and assistance.

Context-Sensitive Help

Do one of the following:

Press F1 (Windows) or Cmd+? (Mac)

Note: Shortcut may vary depending on your language version.

Right-click on any user interface element and choose the ‘What’s this’ command

The Help will open to a topic relevant to the Archicad interface item you have clicked. (In some cases, the Help will open to its starting page.)

Graphisoft Community Site

Knowledgebase articles, tutorials and videos are available at Graphisoft Community.

Download Offline Help

When you do have an internet connection, click the links below to download the files (either the PDF, or the ZIP file, or both). That way, you will be able to access the Help even while working offline.

Archicad Help (PDF document)

Link to PDF

Download the PDF to your computer.

Archicad Help in ZIP format (for context-sensitive Help)

Link to Help.zip

Follow these steps carefully to enable context-sensitive Archicad Help while working offline:

1.Download Help.zip to your computer and unzip it.

2.Now go to the original Help folder where Archicad is installed (for example: Program Files/Graphisoft/Archicad 28/Help).

3.If the original Help folder contains a Files folder, delete it. (If not, continue.)

4.Go back to the new Help folder you just unzipped, and open it.

5.From there, move the Files folder into the Archicad Help folder.

Note for Safari Users

The Safari browser is not supported.

However, if you are still using a Safari browser (v. 11 and later), follow these steps in order to view the offline Archicad Help.

1.Go to Safari Browser Settings

2.Choose Preferences

3.Choose Advanced

4.Choose “Show develop menu in menu bar”

5.From the Develop menu: select “Disable local file restrictions.”

Additional Resources

See additional PDF resources in the Archicad Help menu:

GDL Reference Guide 

This manual is a complete reference to the Graphisoft’s proprietary scripting language, GDL (Geometric Description Language).

Calculation Guide 

Archicad’s Calculate function interacts with the project database to calculate the number of elements in a project, their spatial disposition and the quantity of element components. This is a legacy function. Most users will use the Interactive Schedule.