The General API Development Kit enables software developers to extend the functionality of Archicad.

The following documents give a short overview of the possibilities and requirements.

Add-ons built with this API version are compatible with Archicad 28. You can check what improvements and corrections have been made to the former API versions.

Note, that because of the interface changes significantly release by release, we do not ensure neither interface nor binary compatibility with previous versions. So add-ons compiled with older DevKits cannot be loaded in the Archicad 28.

The following documents contain detailed information on different aspects of API development. Please consider these rules and recommendations in order to develop solutions conforming to Archicad.

Reference to the Application Programming Interface

System Requirements

This Developer Kit contains all the necessary support to develop your add-on either on Windows or macOS. This development kit also fully supports cross platform development.

Recommended hardware and operating systems

You can find details on Help Center .

Build environments

Windows: Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Build Tools (v142) installed. Only the 64-bit architecture is supported.
macOS: Xcode 12.5+.

Visit the Graphisoft website for the address of your local distributor. Product availability information, technical details, upgrades etc. provided at Archicad API developer site.

For more information on third party possibilities please contact:

GRAPHISOFT SE