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Interior elevation <Orientation> autotext

Is there a way to limit the and autotext for interior elevations to just the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W)? Due to energy code requirements, we cannot use ordinal directions (NE, SW, etc.) Our building is oriented just north of NE, but for energ...

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Hiding Door Tags in Specific Views

Hello, is it possible to hide door tags in specific floor plan views? For example, I have a main first floor plan view where I want door tags to be visible, and I have different first floor plan view with different information where I want the door t...

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Wall Dimensioning

When I dimension the length and width of a room, ArchiCAD automatically dimensions the wall thickness as well in addition to its length or width.... I am constantly selecting the wall thickness and deleting it--- how do I turn off this feature?

dhnguyen by Contributor
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Schedule: Some object don't show 3d view

My bath accessories schedule shows the 3d view of the robe hook in only in some instances. Why? Same library part. Object exists in office library on server. Or in office library on Dropbox. Modules read the same library as the host file. Multiple mo...

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Drawing Titles in AC 22 USA have changed.

Drawing titles in AC 22 have changed a bit and not sure how it is currently working. Standard Drawing Titles in AC 22 are: Built in Drawing Title NCS Drawing Title 2 22 NCS Drawing Title 22 Simple Drawing Title and Load Other Drawing Title. If you ch...

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Resolved! Problem when inserting view in layout

Hi there, When I insert a view in a layout (either by "drag & drop" or by "placing drawing") it creates many layouts at the same time. This can be solved by changing the frame behavior from "manually resized frame" to "fit frame to drawing". My quest...

Drawing overlap

Hi, I copied one floor drawing from other file, but it is overlapping the other floor drawings also, how to adjust that. Please help me. Thank you, Roopa A

Roopa A by Contributor
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Interior elevation groups

Hello Everyone, Is there a way to add more interior elevations to an interior elevation group? Thanks kindly.

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dimensions come up before xy

Hiya Everyone Is there a way to have dimensions come up before xy coordinates as I have to tabs through xy coordinates to get to dimensions would just make my work easier and faster thanks Shane

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