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title: "Enable Enscape"
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This page explains how to enable Enscape in ArchiCAD. Overview After the Enscape installer has finished running and has been closed, you should then be able to open Archicad, whereby Enscape should then be visible as a toolbar in the Archicad User Interface(UI).  When using Enscape for Archicad, the toolbar can be either a docked or floating window. However, you may also find that you have to manually enable Enscape in the CAD via the CAD’s toolbar/menu options. This article explains how that is done for Archicad. If you do not see any reference to Enscape in the Archicad menu or toolbar options, it is likely that the installation is corrupt or was somehow unsuccessful. In such circumstances it is recommended to perform a fresh reinstall of Enscape. This means uninstalling Enscape completely, rebooting the machine, and then running the Enscape installer again.  You should also refer back to the installation steps, found on the  First Steps page . Enable Enscape in Archicad Once installed, the Enscape plugin can be found in the  Window  >  Palettes  menu. Here you can see the Enscape Palette to the far right. Open the Enscape Palette You should also have, by default, an Enscape menu option in the Archicad top menu, which you can then click to reveal all the Enscape options. Enscape in top-level Archicad menu You can also select the  Archicad Toolbars  options to create an Enscape Toolbar, which can then be docked horizontally or vertically into the Archicad workspace. Docking the Enscape toolbar in ArchiCAD As Enscape is only available as a Palette by default, which is only vertically dockable, then if you want Enscape options available as an Archicad Toolbar, you will have to manually create that toolbar. To do this, take the following steps: Click on  Window  >  Toolbars  >  Toolbars..  option. This opens the Archicad  Work Environment  window, and the  Toolbars  section is highlighted. Click on  Toolbar Options  and then  New Toolbar… Name it Enscape. From the  List  drop-down menu options, select  All new commands in alphabetical order . You then see a list. From the list, highlight all options that have  (Enscape)  after the name, apart from  Enscape (Enscape)  and  Enscape Toolbar (Enscape)  and then click on  Add selected . This adds these buttons to the Enscape Toolbar you created previously. You can then re-order these options to suit your needs. It is worth having the Enscape Palette open and visible whilst you do this so that you can mirror the order for the sake of consistency. Once done, click  OK , which closes the  Work Environment  window. Click again on  Window  >  Toolbars , and you can see Enscape listed as a Toolbar option.  Click on it, and the horizontal Enscape Toolbar that you created in the previous steps becomes visible, either floating or docked. It can be left floating or dragged and docked vertically or horizontally to the Archicad workspace. Starting Enscape in Archicad Follow these steps to view your Archicad project in 3D: Open your Archicad project file and make sure you have either a  Perspective  or  Axonometry  view open. Click on the  Start Enscape  button in the Enscape menu, palette, or toolbar. The Enscape window opens separately. You can leave Enscape open while you make any desired changes in Archicad (e.g., cross sections, materials, or geometric changes in the model). Your changes show up instantly, as long as you have activated the  Live Update    in Enscape. Activating the  Synchronize Views    syncs the perspective view from Archicad to the Enscape window. Open the required view in ArchiCAD