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Documentation
About Archicad's documenting tools, views, model filtering, layouts, publishing, etc.

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gap at arrow

How do I get rid of the gap between the arrow of the text box frame? It was fine when I create the text box, but the moment I start changing the size of the text or the color, the gap appears. Also, How do I resize the spacing between the text and th...

dhnguyen by • Contributor
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Disappearing grid elements from sections in AC20

In AC 20 7001, sections - with their gridlines set to show 'all stories, only selected', with say 50% of the perpendicular grid elements selected, - with their views brought as drawings and showing OK, are suddenly losing all their gridlines but one ...

Ignacio by • Advisor
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Question for Chief Architect users re annotations in Archicad

Hello there, (For CA users I’m looking to find an answer to Chief’s annotation set functionality in Archicad) I didn’t think anyone except someone with experience with Chief Architect would understand hence the title. The question is in regards to an...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Multiple "Details" on one "sheet"

Hi, I've also found a bit frustrating that each Detail via the Detail tool opens up in a new "sheet". There are often times where there are three details on my floor plan, say Junction 1, Junction 2, and Junction 3. There are very similar, but differ...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Text tool in 3D

Why can't I mark up a 3D rendering with the text tool or label tool? I drew a marquee around a small section of my model and went to 3D (not photo rendering). Now I would like to add some notes and send it to an inspector for comment. But the text to...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Symbol Misbehaving

Why does this symbol misbehave? When you place it the first time, it looks like the symbol on the top, which is correct, but after it changes to the symbol on the bottom, which is not correct.

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Halftone External PDF

After bringing in an external drawing (a pdf), is there a way to edit the line colour? I would like to make the black and white pdf into a grey line colour. I am not seeing any way to do this and perhaps it is not possible. KrisM

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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3D Document - contour lines randomly disappearing

Dear community, very shortly before the submission deadline of course ArchiCAD seems to get serious about the following issue: From a saved view in the Generic 3D window I have created a 3D document. Worked fine at first, but sometimes when ArchiCAD ...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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How to put replacement window in existing opening

I can't work out to do this. If I remove the old window by marking it "Demolish" in the renovation palette, the opening is shown blocked up, and a new opening formed for the new window, which of course is incorrect. How do I remove the old window and...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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