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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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interior elevation marker

am having trouble changing the layer of my interior elevation markers. The layers are not locked or anything. I select a new layer and press ok but it just reverts back to the original layer. Any suggestions? Regards, Ben Croudace

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Composite Wall Fill Origin

Good morning all, now I think i've done this before, but for the life of me i cant remember how to do it. I am trying to create a stud framed wall with plasterboard lining each side as a composite structure. The two linings are no problem, but the ce...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Turning Off Trace Reference

this may be a silly question, but how does one turn off the trace reference after opening a source view with layout as reference? It is a very nice feature when arranging layouts, but I find it distracting when working on the actual drawing. Thanks.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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library issues! arch resolution.

AGGGHHHH, I just want to scream at the graphisoft folks. I pay to be on this subscription plan, and I am thinking this is a bad idea. The key to using an object based cad program is that the objects WORK! The libraries are really buggy! First I had a...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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help 'find & replace' material property?

In my building model, I have several wall, slab ,etc elements and want to change model properties of 'must be same' elements automatically than selecting each component and give new model property for each. (Like giving new material color). thanx.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Scale sensitivity...

I was looking on the various markers and grid tool, and i notced there is no scale sensitivity factor. This is a problem when working in different scales because there is a need to create layers for the different scales you need to show the marker. I...

Polyline nodes to parametric form

I`d like to transform numeric nodes like this (i got them with drag&drop method): 105: pnum=39 PUT 0, 0, 0 PUT 0.0392795, 0, 0 PUT 0.0392795, 0.1095692, 1 PUT 0.0392437, 0.1147646, 1 PUT 0.0396736, 0.1194417, 1 PUT 0.0405131, 0.1236261, 1 PUT 0.04170...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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object inclination

Hi all, I'm a newbie from hannover, germany. Just started using archicad 10 and I think its great. How can I incline an object on the xy axis? how do I insert/import a 3ds object on to my drawing? how do I get a profiler for my add-ons? thanks

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Custom column modeling

This is a column that I modeled for an existing building. I used a slab for the bottom piece, 4 mesh triangular pieces on top, another slab for the main length of the column, an upside down "object" of the 4 meshs at the top, then a couple more slabs...

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