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Dimensions

I'm Patrick, a new archicad user. I need your support. When I'm drawing, I set my dimensions in millimetres, but when I place a drawing in master layout, the program automatically changes my dimensions into metres. How can I deal with these issues? H...

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Resolved! Custom fill distortion display

Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off the custom distortion handles in the fill tool? I'm working on a preliminary detail with just 2D lines and fills and have rotated fills to align with sloped roof. The handles used to achieve the rotation ...

RWARCHPC by • Contributor
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ENLARGED PLANS VISIBILITY CONTROL

Concerning dimensions: I am busy with enlarged plans at scale 1:50. Some of these plans overlap, ie. the kitchen plan overlaps with the washroom and elevator plan. All these drawings are at scale 1:50 and share the same layer combinations. I've creat...

Window glass not transparent in 3D

Howdy folks, I'm stumped. My windows are not showing transparent glass in 3d yet glass in my doors is. I've supplied a couple of images. Overrides are OFF. 3D view is set to transparent. Any help appreciated ------------------------------------------...

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Elevation Sheets (AC24 USA) are not displaying correctly.

What gives? I'm using the stock "out of the box" AC24 Architectural template and...I now get this odd greenish-tint when I enter into the working model environment of any views...be it elevations, sections... what gives?

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Resolved! IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE ZONE FILL COLOUR TRANSPARENT?

Hi, I'm new to zones and Googling and Forum search has not turned up an answer. I want to use the Zone tool to track Gross Floor Area (area to exterior face of walls). I would like the Zone to be on top of the plan so it is visible to the exterior fa...

Resolved! Layout Update

I have made considerable changes to a design, and some of the stairs has been completely removed from the model. But the removed stair still show in the layout. The highlighted stair, for instance, does not exist any more, but when I print to issue f...

roof representation

Is there a way to make some of the roof lines (edges) disappear while other roof lines that overhangs beyond the building shows as dashed? This is for a floor plan. This building has a bit of a complex group of roofs with multiple heights. I’m trying...

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Auto text - Current Issue

Hi all I'd like to show the current issue on our cover sheet as part of the "ISSUED FOR [CURRENT ISSUE AUTOTEXT]" tag. The only option that comes close is 'Current Revision's Issue Name', but this shows the Issue Name of the latest revision, which ne...

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