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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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How to add custom texture to furniture?

Hello, Sorry if this is a silly question, but I as a beginner am very confused about this. I have downloaded and placed a sofa in my interior, but when it is placed in the room, it appears plain grey. The image of it on the website was with colourful...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Saving Hot link Modules Into a larger module file

I am working on an apartment building project. The layouts of the individual apartments are referenced to a hotlink module. The file is getting to be too big so we want to break the file into modules (west wing, east wing, etc). However, when I selec...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Can't see palettes

Sometimes I have to view a file on my laptop at home which is a Macbook Pro 15". I'm trying to set up my palette scheme for the laptop but when I open a file, some of my palettes are somewhere else that I see. I turn it on and off and nothing pops up...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Using the Auditorium Seating object

I am busy with a church auditorium that is arranged in curves, with the seating getting gradually more towards the back. With the auditorium seating object (Found under furniture layouts, Archicad 17 Library) i can only set an exact number of seats p...

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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2d trace from google earth

Hi Guys, Apologies if this is a noob question but I've had no luck searching for exactly how to do this. Basically I have a survey plan that is not geolocated. I want to lay google earth imagery over the top and trace it to add details. The problem i...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Non perpenicular window openings.

Im trying to construct non perpendicular window openings and im struggling.. I have now constructed the holes using beams which i've then put in a hidden layer. My thought was then to construct a glas wall that would serve as a window. However this d...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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WINDOW FLIPP TOOL NOT WORKING

I have made up a complex wall type composite and put a window in it but the flip tool dopes not seem to work ??? Any ideas ? I cannot get the window cill on the out side ??? Thanks All. Look forward to hearing from you all soon

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Doors-Tick box for "zone into which it opens" does nothing?

I've noticed this slightly on other projects but on a recent (larger) project I am working on wether I have the tick box checked for "Door belongs to zone into which it opens" makes absolutely no difference to the schedules. To make the door pick up ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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