Migration Topics: Versions 18-21

ARCHICAD 22 opens all older-version projects starting with 8.1.

If you are migrating from version 18-21 to version 22, please be aware of the following migration-related issues.

Note: For additional issues affecting projects from pre-18 versions, see also Migrating from Older Versions (ARCHICAD 8.1 through 17).

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ID-based Labels with Autotext

 

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Replace Curtain Wall Frames/Panels

Migrate from ARCHICAD 21 and earlier

Your existing GDL Frames and Panels are migrated as-is to ARCHICAD 22.

It is recommended that you replace them with corresponding Panels and Frames provided in the ARCHICAD 22 Library.

Advantages:

As of ARCHICAD 22, these components can be assigned Building Materials separately

AC 22 Frames will intersect intelligently in ARCHICAD 22 - including Frames that meet at angles (e.g. hexagonal patterns)

AC 22 Frames and Panels can use the new Model View Options available for Curtain Walls (Schematic and Simplified as well as Full)

Note: Once you replace a GDL Frame-Panel with a one in ARCHICAD 22, you cannot change it back to a GDL-based element.

In projects migrated to AC22, the “Main” and “Distinct” Panel classes become user-generated classes of the same name.

The “Mullion,” “Transom” and “Boundary” Frame classes become user-generated classes of the same name.

No “Custom” Model View Options Combinations

Migrate from ARCHICAD 21 and earlier

Edited MVO Combinations are no longer “Custom” - they are always named.

“Custom” MVO Combinations migrated from earlier versions automatically become named MVO Combinations.

Stair Favorite Settings May Be Reset in AC22

Migrate from ARCHICAD 21

When you open an AC21 project in AC22, you may find that the 2D attributes which you customized in your Stair Favorites have been reset to their built-in defaults.

This affects all of the attributes (e.g. Break Mark, Walking Line, Numbering) that are set under the Floor Plan Display/Reflected Ceiling Plan in Stair Settings, for Stairs saved as Favorites.

As needed, open your Stair Favorite Settings and readjust the 2D attributes.

(This problem stems from a necessary fix to repair an anomaly in the Stair’s data structure.)

New Stair Tool Replaces StairMaker

Migrate from ARCHICAD 20 and earlier

The StairMaker Add-on is no longer supported.

StairMaker Stairs from older-version projects are converted into GDL Stair-type objects, with limited GDL parameters available from Object Settings.

Changes in IFC Translators

Migrate from ARCHICAD 20 and earlier

Translator files are stored in a template (.TPL) file, not in an XML file (as in earlier AC versions).

Translators from migrated projects are recreated under the same name.

If the XML files of the older-version Translators are available, these settings will be contained in the newly recreated Translators.

If the XML files are not available, the Translators will be created, but they will not contain any settings: you must choose or create presets for each such Translator.

To import older-version Translators manually: Use the Import button in the IFC Translators dialog box, and choose the .XML file format to browse for the Translator.

IFC Scheme Settings have been replaced by Translator-specific Property Mapping.

The “Property Mapping for IFC Export” preset contains the older-version project’s Scheme Settings

Type Mapping is customizable by the user

The “Type Mapping for IFC Export” preset contains the default Classification Mapping used in older-version projects.

ID-based Labels with Autotext

Migrate from ARCHICAD 20 and earlier

ID-type Labels (ID Label, Unique ID Label) from earlier versions are transformed into the renewed Text/Autotext-type label, which uses Autotext to display the element’s ID.

New “3D Styles” View Option

Migrate from ARCHICAD 20 and earlier

The appearance of 3D views depends on 3D Styles, a View Option. (View > 3D View Options > 3D Styles).

These settings replace the 3D Window Settings of earlier versions.

If your project contains a large number of 3D views with varying settings, be aware that a large number of 3D Styles may be generated, each with a unique name.

Model View Fill Options Replaced By Graphical Overrides

Migrate from ARCHICAD 18 and earlier

The Override Fill Display panel of Model View Options has been eliminated. Instead, overrides are handled by Graphic Override Rules (GOR). These Rules are applied to individual views/viewpoints as Graphic Override Combinations.

The Renovation Override Styles (from previous AC versions) are now predefined as Graphic Override Rules.

Use Latest Surface Catalog

Migrate from ARCHICAD 18 and earlier

The default ARCHICAD Library includes a Surface Catalog, containing Surface attributes. Always use the Surface Catalog 22 with ARCHICAD 22, even if you open an older-version project.

The Standard and Additional Surface Catalogs for ARCHICAD 22 together contain the entire contents of the corresponding catalogs for ARCHICAD 18 and later. Adding the older catalogs to your project is therefore superfluous and will result in duplicates.

Guide Lines and Snap Points

Migrate from ARCHICAD 18 and earlier

The Snap Point setting formerly called “Along Entire Element” is now called “Between Nodes”.

Guide Lines on/off status in the migrated file will be interpreted as Snap Guides on/off.

Related Topics

Migrating Libraries to ARCHICAD 22

Migrating a Teamwork Project (v. 13-21) to ARCHICAD 22

Migrating from Older Versions (ARCHICAD 8.1 through 17)

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