The Monthly TechTip Contest

What is the Techtip competition?

- A monthly competition of ArchiCAD users who submit the best/newest tip that helps others. Lateral thinking, original ideas & approaches, sharing of objects, and hidden/undiscovered new features are all welcome.

Who can take part in the Techtip competition?

- ArchiCAD-talkers: join this vivid community of thousands of users and your comments will be reviewed by The Techtip Master.

Where do I have to register to take part? Where do I submit my tips?

- On ArchiCAD-talk (http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com). Register as a user and submit your tip in the relevant section! Place "[tip]'

How does the Techtip Master know I have submitted a techtip?

- You have to include the word 'tip' in your post on ArchiCAD-Talk. Every month, the archives are searched for threads that contain this word - only these are examined and take part in the competition.

Why is it good to submit Techtips?

- Because a) you help and inspire your fellow ArchiCAD-users, b) you can win the Monthly Techtip Award, c) the monthly winners all take part in the Yearly Techtip Award competition. MTA winners receive a mug, a t-shirt or something similar from Graphisoft; whilst YTA winners receive special prizes! (GS chair, or some useful Add-on, or object collections etc.)

Monthly Winners

January - Technotes/Changing Column Locations Across Several Floors - by Dwight Atkinson
February - TechNotes/Creating Balusters - by Mats Knutsson, Adrian Tudoreanu, Duane & Steve Jepson
March - TechNotes/Privileges in Teamwork - by Eric Link
April - TechNotes/Creating Textures from Simple Photographs - by Ralph Wessel
May - TechNotes/Changing Materials of Complex Profile Walls - by Erika Epstein
June-July - TechNotes/Migrating GDL Objects Between ArchiCAD Versions - by Ralph Wessel
August-September - TechNotes/Selecting Across Several Floors in ArchiCAD 12 - by Ben Frost and Eric Link
October - TechNotes/Graffiti on the Commercial Bathroom Stall 12 - by Matthew JJ

Please note that the Techtip competition was suspended by GS until further notice (BiBa).

December - Technotes/Multiple Trace References in Model Views - by Laszlo Nagy
November - Technotes/Saving Favorite Dimension Marker Settings - by David Larrew
October - TechNotes/Using SEO to Create Custom Windows - by Dwight Atkinson
September - TechNotes/Updating Views and Layer Combinations via the Context Menu - by ArchiLink
August - TechNotes/Using Modules for Complex Furniture and Equipment - by Ignacio Azpiazu
July - TechNotes/Resizing the Layer Name Column in the Layer Settings Dialog - by Daniel Hruby
June - TechNotes/Creating a Rendering that looks like Water Color - by b.trenga
May - TechNotes/Filleting Polylines with Arcs - by Stuart Rose
April - TechNotes/Using Alpha Channel in ArchiCAD - by Luzan Vistoso
March - TechNotes/Creating Walls with Real Cavities - by fuzzytnth3
February - TechNotes/Copying Selections Between Floor Plan and 3D Window - by MikeHann and ArchiLink
January - TechNotes/Modifying Level Dimensions' Text Boxes - by LaszloNagy

Special prize - TechNotes/How to Land the Helicopter in ArchiCAD 10 - by KimHarris
December - TechNotes/Chimney drawing methods - by ThomasHolm
November - TechNotes/How to Arrange Drawings per the Layout Tree by JamesMurray
October - TechNotes/Using View Lists to Redefine Views - by ArchiLink
September - TechNotes/Using Round Slabs to Fake an Endless Horizon - by PawelKruk
August - TechNotes/Dimension Settings are Linked to Views in ArchiCAD10 by JohnHyland
July - TechNotes/Placing DWGs as drawings in ArchiCAD10 - by LauraYanoviak
June - TechNotes/Using a shortcut for QuickOptions- by BenFrost
May - TechNotes/Using a differentiating colour for non-associative dimension texts - by MarcCorney
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December - TechNotes/Better control of Fills with Display Options - by LaszloNagy
November - TechNotes/Shortcuts to Section-Elevation Settings - by JohnHyland
October - TechNotes/Drawing Curved Text - by DanKunschik
September - TechNotes/Publishing to module files - by MatthewLohden
August - No Prize was awarded
July - TechNotes/On Zone Lenght And Width In Zone Stamp - by DanKuschnik
June - TechNotes/Sketch Rendering Styles - by GraemeMair
May - TechNotes/Using the magic wand on zone stamps - by JamesMurray
April - TechNotes/Downloadable Marker Object - by TomWaltz
March - TechNotes/Measuring Exit Travel Distances with Element Information Palette - by Marc
February - TechNotes/Combining Layer Combinations and Display Options - by ArchiLink
January - TechNotes/Managing Favorites - by WoodySchempp

December - No prize was awarded
November - TechNotes/Importing many 3D files with the help of template GDLs - by TomProkopchak
October - TechNotes/Simple Hotlink managing - by IgnacioAzpiazu
September - TechNotes/Building a Pen Chart with SQL - by KarlOttenstein
August - TechNotes/Tip on Macro Scripts - by LaszloNagy
July - TechNotes/Solving a trimmed zone height listing problem - by TomProkopchak
June - TechNotes/Printing using the Amyuni Converter resulting in tiling - by ErikaEpstein
May - TechNotes/Increasing font sizes in dialog boxes - by LaszloNagy
April - TechNotes/Recovering project data after mistaken exit - by BenCohen
March - TechNotes/Printing using Amyuni PDF Converter - by ErikaEpstein
February - TechNotes/Using the 'funnel' button in the Layer Settings Dialog - by RobertoCorona
January - TechNotes/Using SQL Queries within ArchiCAD - by KarlOttenstein

December - TechNotes/How to create gradient fills in ArchiCAD - by TomProkopchak
November - TechNotes/Speed up Rendering - by ArchiLink
October - TechNotes/Creating custom windows - by DavidPacifico
October #2 - TechNotes/Limiting the ports that WIBU scans - by KarlOttenstein
September - TechNotes/Using the context menu in PlotMaker - by MarkBurginger
August - TechNotes/Customizing of the InfoBox in ArchiCAD - by DarrenNoble
July - TechNotes/List all objects placed in a project file - by MatthewLohden
June - TechNotes/Exporting only parts of the project - by HaneefTayob
May - TechNotes/Using Teamwork as a single user - by DougEngel
April - TechNotes/Opening PlotMaker directly from within ArchiCAD - by AlexSchamenek
March - TechNotes/Making equipment schedules with ArchiCAD's Interactive Schedule - by MarkGarrett
February - TechNotes/Opening-Cropping images in ArchiCAD - by AlexSchamenek
January - TechNotes/Sketch Rendering from Floor Plan - by KarlOttenstein

December - TechNotes/Benefits of Solid Element Operations - by KarlOttenstein
November - TechNotes/How to create indents in walls - by JonathanWebb
October - TechNotes/Create a shortcut to custom Add-On menu in ArchiCAD 7.0 - by AlexSchamenek
September - TechNotes/How to create balustrades using TrussMaker - by RobertOlivieri
August - TechNotes/Dashed Line in Composite Wall - by AdamWitczak
July- TechNotes/Floor Plan in 3D - by BertNijs
June - TechNotes/Handle huge surveyors' drawings - by RobertoCorona
May - TechNotes/Handling ready-made details - by RexMaximilian
May #2 - TechNotes/Layer management during DWG import - by GarethRoss
April - TechNotes/Visible Project North Symbol for Sun Study - by KarlOttenstein
March - TechNotes/Use the Section Tool in 3D - by LuisCarlosAlvarez