Release History

 
This document gives information on the API Developer Kits released to ArchiCAD. These sections give a complete list of the shipped API Development Kit CDs as well as of the new features implemented in the appropriate maintenance versions.

If you encounter a new development in the API, which must be used to code your add-on's functionality, you have to be aware, that your add-on will not run under specific (usually earlier) releases of the server applications. You should check for the release version with the function ACAPI_GetReleaseNumber to get the identifiers on the server application: the main application version and the release version.

Please note, that as a general strategy of Graphisoft, we try to avoid developing new API services in the maintenance releases. Only the absolutely necessary developments are done there, since an add-on must be shipped for a main version of ArchiCAD instead of a specific maintenance release. The functions below are rather bug fixes than new services, as these missing features prevent a full, consistent solution.

The version numbers of the API reflect the major release and the maintenance release numbers of ArchiCAD. The first number is the main release since the first one, and the second is the number of the ArchiCAD maintenance number. For example the first Development Kit was published for ArchiCAD 6.0 R3/V3, hence it became v1.3.

API DevKit 5.1

Released on August 27, 2003 along with ArchiCAD 8.1 R1/v1.

Please check the Known and Fixed Bugs section to be reported on the bugs corrected since the previous release.

API DevKit 4.3

Released on May 20, 2003 along with ArchiCAD 8 R3/v3.

Please check the Known and Fixed Bugs section to be reported on the bugs corrected since the previous release.

API DevKit 4.2

Released on March 3, 2003 along with ArchiCAD 8 R2/v2.

API DevKit 4.1

Released on November 27, 2002

Refer to the New Features in 8 document to get an overview of the new API services implemented in ArchiCAD 8.

Refer to the Migration Guide document which helps you port your add-ons to ArchiCAD 8.

API DevKit 3.1

Released on January 20, 2001 along with ArchiCAD 7.0 R1/v1.

API DevKit 2.2

Released on April 24, 2000 along with ArchiCAD 6.5 R2/v2.

API DevKit 2.1

Released on December 16, 1999 along with ArchiCAD 6.5 R1/v1.

API DevKit 1.3

Released on October 12, 1998 along with ArchiCAD 6.0 R1/v1.

The first version of the API was shipped after the release of ArchiCAD 6.0 R3/V3.