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Opening tool is not creating an opening that is visible in 3d

This probably has a simple solution. I am trying to create an opening using the Opening tool in the 3d window. I see the preview of the opening, but when I click on a wall or beam, no visible opening is created. I feel like opening is created because...

svpribyl by Contributor
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Landing level in plan

I need to put the level of the stair landings in the plans. I would like the level tool to pick up landings and steps of the stairs.

Control pens for storeys below

Hi Everyone. I have a mutli-level building and on some levels I would like to information for the level below. I can set the floor cut plane, but there is no pen control. Is there any way to control pens like in section / elevation views where object...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC23- Find and Select

I recently upgraded from AC19, so I'm grumbling a lot about all the changes I'm catching up on. I can't figure out how to make Find and Select work. I will set the criteria for the lines that I want to select in a marquee, hit the '+', and nothing. A...

Kaihaku by Contributor
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Door Cover Fills

Sometimes new doors will not cut a hole in a wall. The only work around is to re-draw the wall and re-insert the door. (Usually happens when we bring unit layouts from previous versions to use as a base for new unit plans). Thomas Palmer iMac 27" 201...

Published pdfs corrupted!

My published 130-page PDF drawing is zero bytes. i re-boot computer and re-publish four times, still zero bytes and adobe pdf error message - "...it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as...

Llian by Advocate
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Elevation View Reverts to wrong scale

Hi all, I have an elevation set up in my view map at scale 1:100. When I open the view from the view map for editing / annotating it auto-updates to 1:50 (I want it to be 1:100!). It is in a clone folder set to display at 1:100. I have made a copy ou...

MGA by Booster
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AC 22 - Continuous contour in "without finishes" window

Hi, I tried to search some topics regarding the title but I failed to find a solution. Anyway, I got some joints problem that reveal themselves when I use drawing's overrides. In the Image1 there is the model with all finishes. Everything seems ok. I...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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