Collaboration with other software
About model and data exchange with 3rd party solutions: Revit, Solibri, dRofus, Bluebeam, structural analysis solutions, and IFC, BCF and DXF/DWG-based exchange, etc.

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Add new categories to zones and materials

Hi, I'm new to scheduling although I have been using the rest of AC for some time. I am wanting to use the Scheduler in 2 different ways but I think the process of doing it is the same! Firstly at an urban level to use zones to show a population numb...

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Vitruvian Studio

Folks, Is anybody currently using Vitruvian Studio? I've purchased it from their website, but have had one wee problem... It crashes during saves after working on a project for 10 or 15 minutes. It gives an 'Out Of Memory Exception' error message. As...

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Converting to AutoCAD, unit problem

I am trying to convert from ArchiCAD 12 to AutoCAD for my client's use. I use inches and feet. She wants to use the same units but when she opens the file everything is in meters. I've checked with some other AutoCAD users and they have the same issu...

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3D Front View not showing up in the Schedule

I'm trying to get the 3D Front View "elevations" of the windows and doors to show up in my schedule....need help. I've added the parameter "3D Front View" to the schedule field, the column shows up in the schedule, but each cell is blank. Everything ...

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Fonts in Illustrator vs ArchiCAD

I'm doing some work for someone who uses Adobe Illustrator - translating the artwork into DWG and merging it into ArchiCAD. I'm using an Adobe font family - Frutiger - and note that what I see in Illustrator and what I see in ArchiCAD paper space are...

Time Card and Billing Software

Some time ago there was a brief discussion of AC users' favorite TIME CARD software. Some liked the simplicity of one and others appreciated the inclusiveness of another. QuickBooks was too complicated last I looked, which was in 2007. Now I see they...

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