Getting Help on ARCHICAD 23 Solo Edition

Open the online Reference Guide from ARCHICAD’s Help menu.

Click here to access in PDF format.

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 Help Center

Knowledgebase articles, tutorials and videos are available at GRAPHISOFT’s online Help Center.

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.

•Export to Artlantis 

Use this add-on to export the ARCHICAD 23 model into Artlantis.

•BIMx Desktop Viewer User Guide 

Use GRAPHISOFT BIMx Desktop Viewer to explore 3D building models created with ARCHICAD. BIMx Desktop Viewer is available for free download.

Note for Users of ARCHICAD 23 Solo Edition

Please note that the Help for ARCHICAD 23 Solo is based on the Reference Guide for ARCHICAD 23 (FULL version). Consequently, some features and functions described in this Help System are NOT AVAILABLE in ARCHICAD 23 Solo.

Where applicable, these descriptions are marked as “FULL version only”.

The following features are not supported in ARCHICAD 23 Solo:

•Teamwork

•BIMcloud

•CineRender Rendering Engine

•License Borrowing

•Hotlinked Modules, XREFs, linked views from external ARCHICAD