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Surface Exposure to Light Panel (Basic Engine)

(Options > Element Attributes > Surfaces) The controls in this panel will affect renderings created by the Basic Rendering Engine and the Open GL engine. Surface color: Define the surface’s color by double-clicking the box. This opens the Edit Color dialog box ...

Editing Commands in Text-Type Windows

Text-type windows include all Listing windows created with the Calculation function, GDL script windows, Project Notes, and Report windows. Only a single editing step can be undone/redone in a text-type window. When a text-type Window is active, most of the Edit menu commands change in order ...

Square Root [SQRT]

Square root. Calculates the square root of the given argument. Syntax SQRT (Number) Data Types of the Argument Integer, Number, Area Data Type of the Result Depends on Argument’s Data Type Expression SQRT (16) Result 4 Notes To take other roots: See Nth Root ...

Natural Logarithm [LN]

Returns the natural logarithm of the given number. Syntax LN (Number) Data Types of the Argument Number, Integer Data Type of the Result Number Expression LN (86) Result 4.45 Notes LN is the inverse of the e Exponent [EXP] function. This function works on positive ...

Arcsine [ASIN]

Returns the arcsine of a number. Syntax ASIN (Number) Data Type of the Argument Number, Integer. Must be between -1 and 1. Data Type of the Result Angle Expression ASIN (-0.5) Result -30 deg Notes Angle unit of the result (e.g. degrees, radians) depends on what you set in ...

Arccotangent [ACOT]

Returns the arccotangent of a number. Syntax ACOT (Number) Data Type of the Argument Number, Integer Data Type of the Result Angle Expression ACOT (2) Result 27 deg Notes Angle unit of the result (e.g. degrees, radians, grad) depends on what you set in Project Preferences ...

Base 10 Logarithm [LOG10]

Returns the base 10 logarithm of the given number. Syntax LOG10 (Number) Data Types of the Arguments Number, Integer Data Type of the Result Number Expression LOG10 (10) Result 1 Notes This function works on positive numbers only.

Windows 8

Compatibility notes to ArchiCAD on Windows 8 Please note that ArchiCAD 16 is the last release of ArchiCAD to support Windows XP and any 32-bit operating system. The next major release of ArchiCAD will be 64-bit only, and will support only 64-bit Operating…

Surface Exposure to Light Panel (Basic Engine)

(Options > Element Attributes > Surfaces) The controls in this panel will affect renderings created by the Basic Rendering Engine and the Open GL engine. Surface color: Define the surface’s color by double-clicking the box. This opens the Edit Color dialog box ...