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Render Objects with Contours

Here there!I'm trying to achieve a style of graphic that i quite like: axonometric views (sometimes exploded to show parts of a construction) with naiive comic-esque additions (people, trees, cars) but simple, clean black lines.How can I achieve the ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Change Measure units from inch to milimiters

Hello Everyone, I am running win 7 and just started using archicad 20. All my working unites and dimension units are set to milimeters. When I make a dimension it displays milimeters... Fine. BUT! My measure tool shows me inches?! How can I change th...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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how to get thick line feel good?

hello guys! I need help. My drawing using thick line is a little ugly. As shown in the attached image. The thick line is like sausage. How to make these thick line 's head square like in autocad, and print out nice and neat. thank you!!

Taking plans, sections or any 2D drawing into photoshop

Hello, I am doing my final year project to ArchiCAD and I am fairly new to this software. I want to know if it is possible to move plans, section, elevations or any 2d drawing into Photoshop will retaining the scale set in Archicad or Layout Drawings...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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New potential option - Fill Override Orientation

I think a great option to enhance enormously the possibility to automate detail from wall/roof/shell/Slab is the possibility to not lose fill orientation in detail using override as now happen. If you can maintain orientation, using override you can ...

Missing text layout

Hello, If i work in 2D and then i place drawing on the layout go back to 2D and back to the layout usually the text is missing (header). The text that is missing is the text written on the layout not in the 2d work place. I can get the text back if i...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Story Levels

Two questions about Story Levels as showing in Elevations and Sections. I would like the Story levels be visual above all other layers. For example: I sometimes create a fake terrain to make the Elevation or Section present the way I would like using...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC20 overide in detail

Hello I generated a detail of a unit to make a sales plan. I then created an overide to apply to this detail view but cannot get it to work. I get this message. I tried rebuild but still nothing. The setting view seems to not accept overides in detai...

Foti by Enthusiast
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Wall end lines at openings (door/window) not showing

When creating a 3D document from a 3D axonometric view with 'Core Only' applied and windows and doors hidden (Filter and Cut elements in 3D), the lines of de "opening-contours" are not shown. There are a LOT of places where this could be defined... A...

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B_E_A_T_ by Advocate
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