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Managing file size

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Managing file size

- [Voiceover] As our project evolves, we start adding more and more details to our model. And ArchiCAD start getting slower and the filesize bigger. Although this seems to be inevitable, there are some tricks we can do to keep the filesize small and ArchiCAD running smooth. But before we need to go to the Graphisoft website and under Downloads and ArchiCAD Add-Ons, we download the Goodies. The Goodies is a set of new features that we can use. I have already downloaded and installed in this ArchiCAD, and the first thing that the Goodies can help us is identifying duplicated elements. I have duplicated this column here on purpose, but I know that as we start modeling and copy and pasting elements, sometimes we end up with some duplicates that we are not even aware of. So to spot them, we go to Edit, Check Duplicates, and then Select. ArchiCAD is gonna tell us that we have one duplicated element. I can select it from here, and then press Delete. Now if I go back to Edit, Check…

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