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Surface Cleanup Model Views

Hey Guys' Im desperate. I do not understand why my wall surfaces are not cleaning up in the 3D and elevation views. As I understand it wall surfaces of similar materials should cleanup with no problem in 3D and elevation views but in this instance i ...

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Building Orientation

The building main axis runs north-south and I have shown it that way on the site plan layout. But on the floor plan layout, I want the main axis to run east-west so it can fit on the sheet. But when I change the orientation to 90 degree for the floor...

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how do you realize variants?

I am planning an existing building that gets some stories added to it. I want to try different variants of these stories and different roofs.. how do you realize variants in planning your buildings?

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ArchiCAD 21 Graphic Override issue

If I make a new Graphic Override for Walls using a rule that uses the Composite the wall is made with, it does not work. If I do the same for Slabs or Columns but not using their Composite it does work. Pre AC21 Graphic Overrides that I had set up in...

7 Files - Sharing Worksheets and Views

Hey guys, Ok, so the situation is I had to create 7 files before actually setting up 1 file with all its worksheets and views in place and then creating the other 6 duplicates. If I select one of the 7 files and do all this prep work in (worksheets, ...

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AC 21 lines display issue

Working with AC21 no matter what color line, fill, library part I select and place, they all show in blue color. It does not matter what color pen I select Also, the "True line weight" has no effect on the lines placed in the drawing. All the lines p...

Roof material not showing up on sections or elevations?

Hi all - New to ArchiCAD here. Having a hard time figuring out why my roof material is not showing up on my sections and elevations. It shows up fine in the 3D model view. I remember tinkering with a setting someplace and I think I must have turned i...

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ArchiCAD 21 Labels text jumping

Anyone else seeing this behaviour in AC21? This happening with ArchiCAD's Elevation Label 21 Then if you select all labels opening the settings and just click OK it fixes the labels https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvqoi89ng8dk6fn/beforesettings.jpg?dl=0 ht...

Elevations in View Map deleted by mistake

Whilst cleaning up obsolete views etc, it appears that the Elevations in my View Map have been deleted by mistake. This seems to be independent of undo as I noticed and couldn't rectify it. The elevations are still on my layout but I'm not sure how t...

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Printing - Apply print settings to multiple layouts

Can you apply print settings to multiple layouts at once within the Organiser? I have a publisher set for PDF's and a duplicate set for Printing (not sure if this is the right way to do it). Rather than keep applying the same page setup and print set...

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