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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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Editing .jpg textures - causes corruption in objects

I have tried editing the supplied .jpg files for textures to modify their colors in two different image editing programs. When assigning the texture in the Attribute Materials Manager, all my Objects Online objects in the drawing get really corrupted...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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vertical wood siding

Hello, I can not seem to figure out how to create a vertical wood siding wall element. I have plenty of horizontal, but no vertical? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Peter

repetitive components

Hello, I am working on a housing scheme with multiple versions of the same design (3 single family houses on one site). Can I have one design that I can repeat and have the others update to inevitable changes as the project progresses? Any help would...

Single Glass basin

Can anyone tell me which library the 3d object "Single Glass Basin" originates from as our object no longer works in 3d and we wish to download a fresh copy. Or can any one, send a copy the script of a working single glass basin

Anonymous by Not applicable
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displaying wall on more than one story

is there a way to have a wall show up on more than one story? on a lot of objects you can choose to have them shown on story above, story below, all stories, etc., but not for walls. i am trying to show a double height space with an curtainwall exter...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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demolitions and reconstructions

In AC is there a way to assign a partial demolition of a wall, assign a color to demolition usual yellow, new construction to red. Sometimes a demolition in a wall its just a door, or closing a window. I´ve been using a layer combination bur makes a ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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roof surfacer 2D fill

How do I change the 2D fill on roof surfacer. I've tried everything I can think of, every parameter setting. No change. Do I have to delete the surface and do it from scratch?

Sketched Elevations

Hi everybody does anyone know how i could create SCALED elevations with a 'sketch look? i can render sketch views in the 3d window but i don't know how to set the scale... any ideas? also, when i try to sketch a rendered wall (not software render but...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Element Information- Line Bearing

I was hoping to determine a line's bearing (my "Working Unit's" for angles is set at "Surveory's Units") by using the Element Information tool...... but it only lists the lines length. Is there a way to do this ...short of tracing the line and readin...

how to make a gdl archive

yes i have a problem. i want to make an gdl object in archicad, but in order to make this object i need to use the 3d plan vi need a to make my object in plan view, meaning when i make this object

Anonymous by Not applicable
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