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Component Level Design Workflows - Conversation & feedback

Hi All, Now in Archicad, most design and data are handled at the element level - assigning properties, using Graphic Overrides or setting renovation status are a few examples.To express design intent and extract data at a more detailed level, the com...

James B by Graphisoft
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Wall Profile

Attempting to draw a main common wall from a federation house which has a few twists and turns. What's the best was to tackle this in ArchiCAD?

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Windows Horizontal Sunshade / Shutter Element

I am searching for a possibility to include movable horizontal sunshades as seen in the Morphosis project "Caltrans District 7 Headquarters". Till now I could only find sunshade elements that flip or slide in the vertical axis. Is there a window sett...

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Gravel fill pattern question

The standard gravel fill pattern within archicad, gives problems when I PDF a drawing (it takes a while for the gravell filled areas to generate, particularly when zooming in or out on the PDF drawing). is there a more memory efficient way of doing a...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Slab cover fill doesn't cover

Hi all, I have an odd situation. Two slabs that in one storey hide each other, on a storey above they don't anymore I've attached a couple of images to explain the point. Fill is set as 100%, works below, doesn't above!? Any suggestion? What am I mis...

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Object 2D view loses hidden edges effect

When I save fills or slabs as an object, I get a different 2D view. Object that was made from fills looks OK, however object that was made using slabs loses hidden edges effect. Is it a bug? Does somebody know how to fix it?

Dalius by Booster
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Save to Artlantis. Cant find solution.

Hi, i'm having a problem to save to artlantis, i tried many times, i cant get the option, i replace the plug in, i try re installing the software, i re install the windows, and install in another computer, i have an educational version in spanish lan...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Any Setting for the Vectorial 3D Fill in the Elevation View

The material could have vectorial fill, and show at the elevation/section view. Now I want to control the origin of the vectorial 3D fill, so I could arrange the wall tiles' to the right position. The current wall tile in AC were in red color, the ta...

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Irregular 3D Roof Modeling

Hi, I am working on a project where the roof folds over the building a few times. As I am thinking of building a physical model for the final presentation, is there a way to 'unfold' the roof planes in Archicad so that each piece can be rotated onto ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Help!

I keep getting this error, I have no idea of what it is "Divide by zero at line 93 in the Master script of file m_Rail Horizontal.gsm." It appears when I open my file and when I do other stuff.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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My Favorite ArchiCAD Tutorial - a real time saver

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite #ArchiCAD tutorials: ArchiCAD Tutorial | Use ArchiCAD's Favorites Palette to Save Time In just 11 minutes, I'll show you how to quickly set up and take best advantage of the ArchiCAD Favorites palette to speed up ...