Tapir 1.7.0 brings the Add-On to Archicad 30

Tapir 1.7.0 is out, and the headline is Archicad 30. The Add-On now ships for six Archicad versions, 25 through 30, on Windows and Mac. The Archicad 30 build uses Graphisoft's release candidate development kit. There's also a command that writes IFC properties, and an installer that handles updates.

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Tapir 1.7.0

25 Win · Mac

26 Win · Mac

27 Win · Mac

28 Win · Mac

29 Win · Mac

30 Win · Mac · new

SetIFCPropertiesOfElements is new. Tapir could already read IFC properties, and now it can write them. You pass an element, a property set, a property name, an IFC type and a value, and your own property sets work too. For now it works in Archicad 25, 26 and 27. Newer versions return a not-supported error.

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Write IFC properties straight onto elements

SetIFCPropertiesOfElements new command, in the IFC group

Archicad 25, 26 and 27 only, for now.
Archicad 28 and newer return
a not-supported error.

aclib.RunTapirCommand('SetIFCPropertiesOfElements', {
  'elementIFCPropertyValues': [{
    'elementId': element['elementId'],
    'propertySetName': 'Tapir_Custom_Pset',
    'propertyName': 'ExampleIsExternal',
    'type': 'IfcBoolean',
    'value': True
  }]
})

Examples/set_ifc_properties_of_elements.py

The geo-location commands now carry more of the IFC map conversion. That's the cosine and sine of the project's rotation against map east, and the scale. They also expose the survey point's position in project coordinates, so you can move it without changing its map coordinates. Grasshopper's project location components get all six fields.

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GetGeoLocation and SetGeoLocation now carry the IFC map conversion

'surveyPoint': {
  'positionInProject': { x, y, z },
  'geoReferencingParameters': {
    'xAxisAbscissa': 0.8,
    'xAxisOrdinate': 0.6,
    'scale': 0.5
  }
}

Map conversion

Cosine and sine of the project's rotation against map east, and the scale

Survey point

Its position in project coordinates, moved without touching its map coordinates

Grasshopper: Get and Set Project Location gain the same six fields.

MEP routes can now name their preference table. Take a table's guid and a row's reference id, and pass them when you create or modify a route. A modify switches every segment to that row without rebuilding the route. MEP System attributes also gain a surface and an insulation surface. Routing needs Archicad 28 or newer.

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Pick the exact pipe size from a preference table

GetMEPPreferenceTables a table's guid, a row's referenceId

→

Create / ModifyMEPRoutingElements preferenceTableId, crossSectionReferenceId

→

GetMEPRoutingElements reports both, per segment

MEP System attributes now take a surface and an insulation surface: materialId, insulationMaterialId

MEP routing commands need Archicad 28 or newer.

Now the fixes. On Archicad 25 to 27, texts and labels showed only their first character, and now they get the whole string. ChangeWindow with a story index now really activates that story. SetStories keeps your active story in place while it sets the levels. And the Tapir palette saves downloaded files byte for byte, so images and zips arrive intact.

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Texts keep every character on Archicad 25–27

WHAT	BEFORE 1.7.0	NOW
Texts and labels, Archicad 25–27	Only the first character appeared	The whole string is written
ChangeWindow with a story index	Reported success, story stayed put	Activates that story on the floor plan
SetStories with a higher story active	Moved the active story instead	Levels land, active story is kept
Tapir palette script downloads	Images, PDFs and zips were corrupted	Saved byte for byte

One change to check before you upgrade. GetDetailsOfElements used to collect floor plan polygons for every element type. Now it collects them only for construction elements the floor plan cuts through, like walls, slabs and stairs. Objects, doors, windows and other GDL-drawn types stop reporting them. That keeps unfamiliar element types away from code that could crash Archicad.

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GetDetailsOfElements returns floor plan polygons for construction elements only

Still reported

Walls, columns, beams, slabs, roofs, shells, meshes, morphs, curtain walls, stairs, and their parts

No longer reported

Objects, lamps, doors, windows and skylights, which GDL scripts draw, plus 2D and annotation types

Updating changed too. Check for Updates now runs the Tapir Installer in update mode. It checks the download, asks Archicad to quit, waits while you answer the save prompt, swaps in the new Add-On and starts Archicad again. The installer also fixes a certificate error on macOS, runs natively on Intel and Apple silicon, and finds localized Add-Ons folders.

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Check for Updates now runs the Tapir Installer

Downloads and checks the new Add-On first

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Quits Archicad and waits while you answer the save prompt

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Replaces Tapir and starts Archicad again

Mac

Certificate error fixed; one app for Intel and Apple silicon

Localized Archicad

Finds the Add-Ons folder, like Extensions in French

Interface

New look with the Tapir logo, parallel downloads

To upgrade, run the Tapir Installer from the release page, or choose Check for Updates in Archicad. Grasshopper's Tapir package is at 1.7.0 too. Check first if you read floor plan polygons from doors, windows or objects, because 1.7.0 no longer returns them. From now on Tapir releases weekly when there are changes, and this one brings the Add-On to Archicad 30.

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Run the Tapir Installer, or Check for Updates in Archicad

• TapirInstaller_Win.exe · TapirInstaller_Mac.zip
  on the 1.7.0 release page
• Grasshopper package Tapir moves to 1.7.0

Check first if you read floor plan polygons of doors, windows or objects: 1.7.0 no longer returns them

github.com/ENZYME-APD/
tapir-archicad-automation
/releases/tag/1.7.0

Next: a release every Monday when main changed. The first release of each month is a minor version.