Element ID Manager

Use this dialog box at Document > Listing Extras to set the ID numbers of the project’s elements based on their characteristics (attributes). You can also use it to modify automatically generated ID numbers. Settings can be saved and stored for future use.

The configurations you create and save with the Element ID Manager help you prepare Project elements for a clearer reading of quantity takeoffs.

Note: This command is only available when viewing the Floor Plan.

At the top of the dialog box, a pop-up menu lists the different settings you saved for the different element types. You can define several settings for any element type, or simply work on the current element choice. The Edit Settings pop-up allows you to save, rename and delete settings.

Note: To change a saved setting, select and edit it, then save it again under the same name.

The dialog box includes two tab pages: Sort Elements for defining attribute choices, and ID Format for defining custom ID sets.

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When the Sort Elements tab is active, the pop-up under the tabs allows you to choose an element (Tool) type. In the top right corner of the dialog box, the figures show how many of the Project elements belong to the active element type.

If any elements are selected on the Floor Plan, Element ID Manager works on selected elements only. In this case, two figures are displayed: the number of selected elements and the number of elements of the active type.

Note: If you select elements for assigning ID’s, the ID numbers will be assigned in the order the elements were selected.

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If nothing is selected on the Floor Plan, the command works on all placed and visible (not on hidden layers) elements.

The list on the left contains the criteria that can be chosen for the given element type. This list is the same as the one used by the Edit > Find & Select command.

Select the criteria you need in the list and click the Add button. This will place the selected criteria in the list on the right.

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Elements that have the same grouping criterion will get the same ID. When you’re finished choosing criteria, click to open the ID Format tab page, which allows you to define custom ID Formats.

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Element ID Manager allows you to subdivide the ID into four parts.

For any of the parts, you can type plain text, a counter or a story number into the ID Components field. You can also opt not to use one or more of the four parts.

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When choosing the Text type, you can type custom text up to the number of characters defined.

When choosing the Counter type, you can type either numerals or letters such as “aa” that will change incrementally in the ID.

When choosing the Story No. type, you cannot enter custom text; the ordinal number of the story will be used.

Note: Story No. is only available as a type if you’ve selected “Story” as a Grouping criterion.

When you have finished configuring the settings and ID formats, click the Change ID’s button in the bottom right corner of the dialog box. The Element ID List dialog box appears.

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You can validate the changes made by clicking OK or return to the configuration dialog box by clicking Cancel and make further adjustments.

You can save your settings using the Edit Settings pop-up menu on top of the dialog box.

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The name of the saved set then appears in the Settings field and can be accessed at any time from that pop-up menu. These settings are saved by ARCHICAD in a separate file and can be reused for further Projects, even after choosing New and Reset.

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