Attribute Manager

Open the Attribute Manager from Options > Element Attributes > Attribute Manager.

Use this dialog to

List and edit the attributes of your current project

Load attributes from another project or XML file; edit and add them to current project attributes

Save any set of attributes as an XML file

Topics in this section:

View Attribute Lists by Type

Temporary List in Attribute Manager (Right Side)

Associated Attributes

Attribute Index Number

Checked Attributes

Search for Attributes

Attribute Management Commands

Save Attribute List

Revert Changes in Attribute Manager

Attribute Manager: Editable Attribute Parameters

View Attribute Lists by Type

Attribute Manager displays each attribute type on a separate tab page.

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Click an icon at the top of the dialog box to switch to the corresponding attribute list.

For example, click the Fill icon to list the current project’s Fill Types, on the left side of the Attribute Manager:

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Display Fill Types of Current Project (left side)

To sort an attribute list by a particular criterion, click the top of the desired column. For example, you can display pens by line width, or cities by latitude.

The All tab combines all the project attributes into one list

The Changes tab lists all pending changes to the current Project’s attributes, as long as you have not yet closed Attribute Manager. (See Revert Changes in Attribute Manager.)

Clicking OK (in any tab of Attribute Manager) brings up a warning to confirm and apply the changes.

Associated Attributes

Fills, Surfaces, Building Materials, Composites, and Profiles have other attributes associated to them (e.g. a Building Material with its Fill and Surface definitions). For each attribute type, the full hierarchy of these associated Attributes is also listed in Attribute Manager:

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Associated attributes are read-only in Attribute Manager, but if you click on one, the relevant Attribute tab opens immediately.

Attribute Index Number

Elements refer to attributes by attribute index number. The attribute index number is assigned automatically and is not directly editable by the user.

Checked Attributes

A listed attribute has a checkmark if it is used in the current project:

by placed elements

by Favorite and Tool Default Settings

in other Attributes (e.g. a Fill type used in a Building Material)

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Note, however, that an attribute shown as unused (without a checkmark) may in fact be referred by the GDL script of a placed object.

The “used with” checkmark is not available for the following Attributes: Layer Combinations, Pen Sets, Pens, Cities.

See also Purge Unused (Project Attributes only).

Temporary List in Attribute Manager (Right Side)

The right side of Attribute Manager is the “Temporary” list of attributes. Use this interface to transfer Attributes to and from the current project’s attribute set (left side).

You can edit and manage attributes in the Temporary list similarly to those of the Project list.

See Append/Overwrite Attributes Between Lists.

However, the Temporary list is cleared after you close Attribute Manager.

To add items to the Temporary list:

Append attributes from the Project Attributes lists on left side, before saving these to an external XML file.

Click Import to browse for a file, to load its ARCHICAD attributes to the Temporary list.

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The loaded attributes now appear, by type, on the right side (Temporary list) of the corresponding pages of Attribute Manager. Remember, the Load command does not add any attributes to your current project.

Search for Attributes

Enter any search term to locate Attributes on the current tab page, on either or both sides of Attribute Manager. This does not search among the Associated Attributes.

Use the icons at the left of the Search field to filter: Search Both Sides, or Right/Left Side Only.

Click the X button to clear the search.

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Search for Attributes: Both Sides

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