With the arrival of ArchiCAD 15, one of the obvious changes in general use is that of Guidelines.
Guidelines have been enhanced, and now appear in 3D as well as 2D.
The most notable chnge in the 2D workflow is that Guidelines no longer appear automatically when you hover the cursor over a single node or edge - the new workflows are outlined below.
Once seen and practised, the new workflow is very simple and was introduced to control guideline appearance only at the user's request.
To bring up a new Guideline on a EDGE
- Hover the cursor over an appropriate edge (when the tripod symbol appears)
- Now you can choose either of two methods: either (i) note the small red disc/bubble that appears to the left of the cursor, click on the bubble and a guideline is created, or (ii) press the 'tilde' ~ key on the keyboard (below the ESC key)
To bring up a new Guideline on a NODE/POINT
- Hover the cursor over an appropriate node/corner point (when the checkmark symbol appears)
- Now you can choose either of two methods: either (i) left-click-and-drag from that point to place a guideline at an appropriate angle, or (ii) press the 'tilde' key on the keyboard (below the ESC key) to start the positiion of a new guideline, click to place the guideline.
All four procedures above can be implemented whilst in the middle of placing any elements (e.g. slabs, walls etc.)
More information on Guidelines (such as placing in 3D, moving and offsetting) can be found at the following links in the Graphisoft YouTube channel:
ArchiCAD 15 - 3D interactions - New guideline creation
ArchiCAD 15 - 3D interactions - Further guideline options
ArchiCAD 15 - 3D interactions - Move, offset or delete guidelines
Also and the ArchiCAD-Talk threads below also discuss user's queries on the new functions:
New Guidelines
Force Guidelines