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.dwg format issue

I received a set of .dwg that were produced in Acrhicad, but the formatting of the dimensions and labels are not as clean as the paper plans i received. Is there a way to bring the dwg back into Archicad and achieve the proper formatting?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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MEP modeler library

Hi, I installed MEP modeler add on for Archicad 18(czech version), but there is missing the MEP modeler library. I cannot draw anything with the modeler. Can someone help me, where I can find it, or how to load MEP objects to the library? Thanks

Cadimage stairs polyline tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gApO77ikSls Just watched this on Youtube, but I do not seem to have this still or am I missing something? I have been waiting patiently for the return of the polyline stair tool.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Archicad .pln files to DWG!

First of all I would like to apologize maybe this is not the right place to place these kinde of questions. So I started to work for a company to design some Car parts. THey whant me to draw and send to them .dwg .dwx files. So I told to them thet my...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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publishing PDF's

howdy we have been having publishing to PDF issues on and off for a while now most recently, we purchased a new iMac with OSX 10.10 & 32gb RAM we are running archiCAD v16 when publishing to PDF we are having the following issues: - publishing to the ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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(Door) Hardware Schedule with IFC Properties

Having difficulty creating a (Door) Hardware Schedule with IFC Properties. The schedule wants to itemize the hardware sets as enumerated on the door schedule. As the "hardware set" is not a predefined element in Archicad there is a missing connection...

Michael by Contributor
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Google Earth Pro Now Available Free

HughPickens.com writes... Google has long offered a Pro version of Google Earth for $399 per year that includes some pretty cool extras not found in the free version. Now Rick Broida reports at Cnet that you can get Google Earth Pro absolutely free. ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Component List

Hello, I want to get quantities of Gypsum Wall Board (GWB) of a composite wall, and I want to make sure that what I am getting is right. So I put a single composite wall of 2x4 with GWB on both sides. The wall is 10' long and 8' high. The resulting a...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Google Earth issues

I know how to locate project origin at a corner of my building. Then, I go to GE and locate the coordinates of that same site corner, and enter as the project coordinates. Presumably that should be the origin point that is saved out with the .kmz fil...

lagodue by Newcomer
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