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Splitting Archicad Files - Losing Issuance dates

Hi everyone. I recently split a project file into 2 part as it was ballooning in size during working drawings. The layouts were simply moved to a duplicate blank Archicad file and delete from the original. All fine and and working seamlessly until I ...

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Dimension and Renovation Filter

I have been able to create dimensions just fine in my existing/renovation plan. Recently I have been getting this message every time I try to create a dimension in my Existing / Demolition plan. I check my renovation status and I dont see any option ...

dhnguyen by Contributor
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Title Sheet Issue

I created two new Title Sheets (Architectural D, and Ledger sizes) in the Master Layout to use as my Master Title Sheets. However when I go into another project file I cannot find it in that list of Titles in the Master listing. The only Title Sheets...

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Trimming roofs

I have a shed dormer that is on top of the main roof. I can't figure out how to trim the main roof so that it doesn't show up in the section. Please see attached images. Thanks

dhnguyen by Contributor
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Renovation: New walls intersecting existing door openings

Is there a way to show in plan view (renovation) new walls which penetrate (renovation) existing openings? The existing opening always seems to white-out new walls. I don't want to break the opening in two parts because the demolition floor plan will...

PDF Bloat

Yesterday I ran an Acrobat Pro 'optimize' on a 6 page pdf published from ARCHICAD 23. The published file was 28Mb. After the optimization it was 4Mb. Ran another this morning. Start was 44Mb, optimized to 7Mb. Booth these files have building elevatio...

Floor to Floor Dimension

Is there a way to automatically show the floor to floor dimension instead having to manually create a dimension string for it? I wasn't able to find it in the Elevation Settings. Please see attached. Thank you

dhnguyen by Contributor
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Waterproof coating lines / slopes in %

Hi everyone, We have created a line type - waterproof coating for detailing but we keep getting strange deformations such as the one on the attached image. Any ideas why? Honestly I prefer using hatches to do this kind of detail, but... Comments? Sec...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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