This is the final article in a series of four #justthetip articles showing you how to master the primary keys you need to Command and Control ARCHICAD. The key we will examine today is not one that is traditionally thought of as a shortcut key at all… the Spacebar.
The Spacebar has two types of function - the Magic Wand and as a toggle to invert a command.
Magic Wand
Back in the olde days late last century there was no Magic Wand Tool. There was however, the aptly named ‘Spacebar click’... a lot of imagination went into that one ;-)
Back to the present day, here is where you will find the Magic Wand in ARCHICAD 20 with the BIM6x Work Environment applied:
The Magic Wand is a massive time saver in day to day ARCHICAD as it will let you trace a linear or polygon element and apply a new element(s) to it.
For example, you may have the outline of a floor slab drawn with the Slab Tool which can be used to create Wall’s using the Magic Wand with the Wall Tool. This will take the current settings of the active Tool, and create the new elements with those settings.
This technique is waaay quicker than manually creating geometry and can be used with most of the 2D and 3D Tools.
Quick Selection Toggle
Quick Select is the ‘Magnet’ icon that is visible when you have the Arrow Tool active (or are holding Shift as shown in the second article in this series)... IF the following button