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What Is the Archicad Issue Manager?

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While developing a BIM project, teams often identify observations, issues or decisions that need to be recorded without directly affecting the official documentation. Archicad's Issue Manager lets you manage these observations in a structured way within the modelling environment.

Audience

  • Archicad users with a basic or intermediate level
  • Modelling teams in collaborative environments
  • BIM coordinators and review technicians

Prerequisites

  • Archicad 24 or later installed
  • An open project where issues can be viewed and managed

Technical resolution

The Issue Manager is a floating palette in Archicad that lets you work with an open issue. An issue is an annotation linked to elements in the model, which can include comments, images, change proposals and status tracking.

Main functions

Function Description
Comments Add text-based observations.
Associated views Attach relevant 2D or 3D views.
Affected elements Show and classify the elements involved.
Change proposal Suggest modifications to the elements.
Accept or reject Accept or discard change suggestions.

Access

  • Menu: Document > Issue Manager


  • Palette: Window > Palettes > Issue Manager


  • It is also activated automatically when you create an issue

Common uses

  • Recording internal observations

  • Managing reviews of model elements

  • Assigning issues among team members

  • Documenting technical decisions

  • Maintaining traceability without altering the layouts

Best practices

  • Create one issue per specific observation or problem to make it easier to track.

  • Always add an associated view so the context of the problem is clear.

  • Correctly classify elements as New, Modified, Deleted or Highlighted.

  • Use precise, objective comments to avoid ambiguity.

  • Assign the issue to a responsible person when working in collaborative environments (Teamwork).

  • Avoid duplicating issues about the same problem.

  • Review and close resolved issues to keep the project clean and organised.

Validation

  • The palette should show an active issue

  • It should allow you to add comments and views

  • Selecting a listed element should highlight it in the model

  • The accept or reject change actions should be available if there are active proposals

Implementation tip

Use the Issue Manager for internal observations and technical review. For formal requests that impact the project documentation, we recommend using the Change Manager.

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