Background IFC export. You can now hit "Export IFC" and continue modeling without the spinning beachball. The export runs on a separate CPU core. For large hospital projects, this saves 10–15 minutes per export. 9. The "Teamwork" Goodie: Reservation Filters In Teamwork (BIMcloud), the "Reservation" dialog now has search and filter by element type .
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Real-time weathering. You can now take a "Brick_New" material and slide a "Wear" parameter from 0 to 100. At 70%, the bricks fade, and mortar stains appear. This is native, no third-party render engine required. 6. Stair Tool: "Fit to Riser" Constraint The Stair tool was already powerful, but v29 fixes its biggest annoyance. You can now lock the number of risers and have the stair automatically stretch or compress the tread depth to fit a boundary. goodies for archicad 29
Cleaner facade dimensions. Need to dimension the outer edge of a curved curtain wall to the inner edge of a structural column that doesn't physically touch it? One click. Done. 5. Updated Surface Catalog & PBR Materials The built-in library received a massive overhaul with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) materials. Beyond the visual upgrade, the goodie is the "Material Burn" slider . Background IFC export
Smart Snapping. You can now snap a wall's reference line to a point cloud surface. For renovation projects, this means tracing an existing building from a LiDAR scan is now as accurate as tracing a PDF. 3. Element Classification Manager This is a quiet revolution for BIM managers. The new Element Classification Manager allows you to assign multiple classification systems (Uniclass 2015, MasterFormat, OmniClass) to a single element simultaneously. For large hospital projects, this saves 10–15 minutes