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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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Trimming 2 roof planes in AC18

I'm just moving from AC16 to AC18. It seems like the process for trimming single plane roofs to each other might have changed. While command+click still works on roofs on the same story, it seems like the same operation won't work with two roofs that...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Automatic Wall Thickness Dimensions Not Desired

Every time I dimension to a wall it automatically creates a dimension string including the wall thickness. I almost never want to dimension a wall thickness so I wish this would stop. Every single time I dimension to a wall I have to then delete that...

Gus by Newcomer
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open Profile follows open path in 3d

Archicad 18 open Profile follows open path in 3d: its an Archicad 18 3D profile-polygon: in a few days at Bimcomponents: "DynPolySchrIstTubeQuerschnitt" before there downloadable: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1c3svw53ipdp1a4/FreiformPolygon.pln?dl=0 my ...

COLOR OR FILL ATTRIBUTES FROM INTERSECTING MASSES

IF I HAVE A MESH, OR SLAB, OR ANY MASS, AND I USE ANOTHER OBJECT TO HIDE PART OF THE FIRST, CAN I COLOR OR FILL THAT CUT OFF AREA WITH ANOTHER THAN WHAT THE MAIN OBJECT IS.....CONFUSED? IF I HAVE A HILL I HAVE MODELED FROM A MESH AND WANT TO LOP OF T...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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priorities, solid element operations - relationships

at the moment, I am not understanding this so well. I need help understanding priorities and solid element operations and how they effect one other. can someone point me to a tutorial video or something? I have items that are all out of whack visuall...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Objects rotate when edited even though I didn't change that

I've noticed that many objects rotate when I edit them. For example: I changed these cabinets from 4 drawers to 3. That is the only thing I changed, but when I clicked OK it made the 3 drawers like I wanted it to, but it also then rotated the cabinet...

Gus by Newcomer
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Proximity

Hello, with AC17 there is a command "adjust elements to slabs.." that make walls react to the near slab. Not the last slab inserted but to the slab that "touches" the wall, at the base or at the top. Is there a way to implement this feature in GDL? C...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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creating a custom stair

Hello. I would like to create the following custom stair, but it doesn't work. The fill I drew has a polyline contour and a polyline is the line of travel also. it says: Cannot create stair with current parameters. What could I do? Thank you.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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