Create design options with the Renovation tool in ArchiCAD


Renovation is a feature that allows you to create views with visual feedback of elements at various stages of a renovation project.

Renovation tools can also be used to create design options to your project. See tip at the end of the article.

You will read in this article about:
  • Renovation palette
  • Renovation Filter Options
  • Create design options using the Renovation tool.

Renovation Palette

The Renovation Palette is displayed with: Window > Palettes > Renovation Palette.

This palette is used to:
  • Assign a Renovation Status to selected elements.
  • Set a default Renovation Status for new elements.
  • Switch the Renovation Filter of the current view.

All elements have a Renovation Status "Existing" by default, so are the new elements added to the project.

After assigning Renovation Status to the project elements, you can assign view settings called Renovation Filters.

Renovation Filters show and hide elements and provide Graphic Overrides according to their status.
ArchiCAD comes with predefined Override Rules for each Renovation Status, you can redefine them with the Renovation Filter Options dialog box.

Keep in mind that the Renovation Filter is saved with the View, so it affects the appearance of the drawing Documentation.

Renovation Filter Options

To access the Renovation Filter Options, use Document > Renovation > Renovation Filter Options or through the Renovation Palette, or from the Renovation Filter Options icon from the Quick Options Tab.


You can change the settings of existing filters, or create new Renovation Filters.
Renovation Filter Options are stored with the project.
Renovation Filter Options allows you to:
  • Duplicate: create a new Renovation Filter by duplicating the selected filter under a new name and editing its properties.
  • Rename: rename the currently selected Renovation Filter.
  • Delete: remove the selected Renovation Filter from the project.
  • Import: add a saved Renovation Filter to your project (.xml file).
  • Export: export and save the selected Renovation Filter to an external location.(.xml file).

Define Show/Hide/Override By Renovation Status

You can define which elements should be shown, hidden, or overridden for the selected Renovation Filter according to their Renovation Status.

For each Renovation Status, choose either Show, Hide, or Override.

  • Show: Elements of this Status will be shown using the fills/colors/line types as set in their Settings dialog box.
  • Hide: Elements of this Status will not be shown at all.
  • Override: Elements of this Status will be shown, using the Override Style defined in the Graphic Override Rules dialog box.

Additional Filter Options:

There's several additional options to enhance the way elements are displayed according to their Renovation Status.

Notice that these options are disponible depending on the Renovation Filter selected.

You can hide opening dimension marker, zone, objects and other elements. 

You can also specify whether or not elements intersect.

Create design options using the Renovation tool

There is one more option in the Renovation Palette, 


This button has two options:
  • Pinned: show on current Renovation Filter only.
  • Not pinned: show on all relevant Filters.
To create design options for your project, you create a new Renovation Filter by duplicating an existing one from the Renovation Filter Option dialog box. For example: OP Option 1.


You can create as many Renovation Filters as you need.

Now, when modeling new elements for your design options, choose the Renovation Filter from the Renovation Palette, and make sure that the "Show on current Renovation Filter only " is pinned.

Do the same thing with the other design options.

You can select existing elements in your model, then assign them to an option (Renovation Filter), always with "Show on current Renovation Filter only " pinned.
Even if you are not often working on renovation project, you can use this tool to create design options in a given project.

Do you use this tool other than renovation ? What method do you prefer when working with different options to your design: renovation filter or assigning layers depending on the option ?

Join the discussion in the comments sections.

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