Cadimage Tools Plugins For Archicad 19 |work| May 2026

CADimage Tools for ArchiCAD 19: The "Swiss Army Chainsaw" of BIM Detailing

Watch this step-by-step guide to installing the Cadimage Tools specifically for ARCHICAD 19: 05:19 How to install the Cadimage Tools for ARCHICAD 19 Central Innovation YouTube• Jun 25, 2015

  1. StairBuilder – The crown jewel. ArchiCAD 19’s native stair tool was decent but rigid. StairBuilder offers significantly more control over treads, risers, stringers, handrails, and newel posts. You can create complex winders, spiral stairs, and even industrial-style stairs with open risers—things the native tool struggled with.
  2. Framework – A parametric timber framing tool. This was revolutionary for ArchiCAD 19. It generates stud walls, roof battens, floor joists, and even complex rafter patterns from your BIM model. It outputs as actual 3D elements, not just 2D lines. For timber frame construction, this saves days of manual modeling.
  3. WallEnd – A deceptively simple but genius tool. It lets you profile the end of a wall—return leg, angled, rounded, stepped, or custom profile. In ArchiCAD 19, achieving a clean 45-degree wall return or a pilaster-like end required complex morphs. WallEnd does it in two clicks.
  4. Junction Detailer – Automates the creation of 2D construction details at wall-to-wall, wall-to-slab, or roof-to-wall junctions. It pulls from your layer and material settings. While not perfect, it generates a 90% complete detail ready for annotation.
  5. Labelizer – A batch labeling tool for doors, windows, and zones. In ArchiCAD 19, labeling each object manually was tedious. Labelizer lets you set rules (e.g., “Label all windows on Layer ‘Windows-GF’ with ID prefix ‘W-‘”) and applies them in seconds.
  6. Schedule+ – An enhanced schedule tool that allows for better filtering, calculations, and export formatting than ArchiCAD 19’s built-in Interactive Schedules.

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Cost-Effectiveness:

By maximizing the capabilities of ArchiCAD 19, users can potentially reduce their reliance on additional software, optimizing their software expenditure. CADimage Tools Plugins For Archicad 19

CADimage Tools (developed by CADimage, a New Zealand-based ArchiCAD partner) is not a single tool. It’s a collection of around 15-20 individual plugins that integrate directly into the ArchiCAD 19 interface (adding palettes and menu items). After using this suite extensively for over two years on residential and light commercial projects, here is my long-form review. CADimage Tools for ArchiCAD 19: The "Swiss Army

Modular Design

: Snap together base units, wall units, and tall cabinets. StairBuilder – The crown jewel