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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 ------------------------------------------...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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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?

rob2218 by Booster
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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...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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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...

Resolved! Elevation name text postion

Hi all. How can i show the GF Ceiling text below the line whilst maintaining the other text above the line?

Too Long by Enthusiast
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autotext labels disassociating

I wrote the below, decided to search another thread, found the answer, and now I'm just disappointed, again. You can't use the auto text label to label a zone, unless the zone room layer is turned on, which means you can't label zones in similar scal...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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