


GDL Scripting Support - users gain shortcuts for GDL scripting tools built into the BIM program, such as a run script and validation button.Properties Dialogs - shortcut selections on the Touch Bar take the user into ARCHICAD 21’s primary settings dialogs.


2D and 3D Navigation - users can quickly navigate between 2D projections (drawing views) and the 3D views of the BIM model.If you are looking at drawings the options change again. If you are in 3D model you have different options. The Apple Touch Bar in MacBook Pro is a thin strip of a touch display that dynamically changes based on the context of what software is running on the MacBook Pro and what part of the application is currently the focus.Ġ1 – This view of the Touch Bar in the Apple MacBook Pro running ARCHICAD 21 shows icon choices that let you navigate between stories (see left side of bar) as well as jump to 3D view mode.Īs can be seen in the images above the Touch Bar’s icons (buttons) change depending on what part of the BIM application you are in. In ARCHICAD 21 even provides Touch Bar support to its GDL scripting environment, a bonus to the small percentage of users who do serious scripting customization work, and to third-party developers and even its own developers.ARCHICAD 21 gains useful new functionality via Touch Bar, streamlining common operations that involve drawings and BIM model navigation as well as quick access to object settings.GRAPHISOFT is the first major CAD or BIM software maker to add specific support for Apple’s new Touch Bar in the new MacBook Pro.In the just announced ARCHICAD 21, the Hungarian software maker had much bigger news to tout about than its support of Apple’s latest cool thing, but quietly tucked away in this major annual release is the Touch Bar support that will likely make many of its Mac users quite pleased.
