Archicad - Speckle Docs

This guide is for IT administrators only. If you are a regular user, see our Archicad installation guide instead.

Install separately for each version: Repeat these steps for each application version you want to use with Speckle.

All current Speckle Connectors require the Speckle Desktop Services background service. Learn more about Desktop Services.

Install for a single user

Extract the downloaded ZIP file.
Copy all contents from .\archicad{VERSION}\Speckle.apx to %AppData%\Speckle\Archicad\v3\{VERSION}\Add-Ons\
- Replace {VERSION} with your Archicad version (example: 27)
- Create the directory if it doesn’t exist
Open Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad\{VERSION}\Add-On Manager\Include
Increment the key value by 1
- If the key doesn’t exist, set the value to 1
Create a new string value with that number prefixed by # (example: #1)
- Set the value type to REG_SZ
- Set the value to lan.flat:///%APPDATA%/Speckle/Archicad/v3/{VERSION}/Add-Ons/Speckle.apx
- Replace {VERSION} with your Archicad version
Ensure the following values exist in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad\{VERSION}\Add-On Manager:
- Default Location (REG_SZ): %DEFAULT%
- Use Default Location (REG_DWORD): 1
- Create these values if they don’t exist

The default location values ensure the connector appears properly in Archicad’s Add-On Manager.

Open Archicad and check the Add-On Manager to confirm that the Speckle connector appears in the list of add-ons.

Delete the Speckle.apx file from %AppData%\Speckle\Archicad\v3\{VERSION}\Add-Ons\
Open Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad\{VERSION}\Add-On Manager\Include
Remove the string value you created during installation (example: #1)
Decrement the key value by 1

You don’t need to remove the Default Location and Use Default Location registry keys.

To remove all Speckle products, delete the %AppData%\Speckle\ folder.