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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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View of Reference Lines only. Is it possible?

Hi. I would like to setup a set of Views aiming to help the setting-out in constructions fields of reference meassurements. Is it possible? In Graphic Overrides I am not able to override Reference Lines Type.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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U-shaped Stairs with diagonal steps in rests

The attachment shows 3 stairs applied to compose one U-shaped stair. The reason why I can not use the U-shaped provided Stair is that I can not split the resting corners into to have diagonal steps. So I have created 2 normal stairs plus 1 circula st...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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"Offet edge" option not showing in 2d flyout menu

Hi, im learning archicad and watching tutorials which shows a feature that i cant find in archicad, the offset edge, when working with two walls to move one wall while staying connected to the other, Tutorial My archicad: Im doing exactly the same th...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Auto wrap wall end

Hello everyone, I was about to make a wish, but I decided to ask fisrt just in case there is something I don't know about this. So my question is, Is there a way to make the wall to auto wrap the exterior face when you draw it and is not connected wi...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Graphic Override problem

I just downloaded and installed the 5011 update to AC20, mostly in response to "215625 MODEL: "Show on Renovation Filter" couldn't be added as a graphic override criteria." I'm thinking, great, they got this fixed so now I CAN add the renovation filt...

prefabricated wall components

I want to create a series of library part that consists of a section of wall with a window and/or doors in the wall. The wall will have a complex profile and I want the wall to retain the properties of a wall, and the window to retain the properties ...

ARCHICAD 19 8000 & 20 5011 Update Previews available

Dear All, As of Today, a Preview version of the next ARCHICAD, BIM Server & BIMcloud 20 Updates are available on our Download sites. The packages are already tested with the AUS, INT, UKI and USA language versions of ARCHICAD, BIM Server and BIMcloud...

Magic wand tool not working

Pulling my hair out trying to use the magic wand tool to give my contour lines a ridge height. - I have used the mesh tool to outline my site along the boundry lines. - I then have the mesh selected and the mesh tool selected. - With the cursor hover...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Substitute for name_of_fill request

Hi dear Forumgoers, I'm in process of updating our company's library to archicad 20. Our "old" door objects had parameters for the finish layers on the wall on both sides of the door, obtained through a request (name_of_fill) line from the wall compo...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Can't see image fill with DEFINE IMAGE_FILL

Hello! I try to use DEFINE IMAGE_FILL on object in 2d window. But nothing as result. Please, help me, who already did it? image_name = "vavilon.jpg" image_vert_size = 200 image_hor_size = 200 image_mask = 0 image_rotangle = 0 pp = 0 part1 = pp part2 ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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