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Linked Label Warning

Hi Talkers, Does anyone know of any add-ons or settings or anything that would cause a warning message before deletion of elements with labels linked? I can't find any settings in AC and am pretty sure it would have to be an add-on (if even possible)...

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Change Manager and Modules

In the Change Manager for a file that has a number of Modules inserted, I can see all the Changes that are coming from the Modules but if for example when I open the 52 Drainage module there are in fact only two Changes listed within it. So why or wh...

Floor Plan Cut Plane

I am sure this has been asked before. I am working a simple foundation. I want to show part next story up so my foundation shows the walls with door openings but with a dashed line. I start with the 1st floor plan view. I go into the Floor Plan Cut P...

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3d document help

i am trying to create a projected perspective section in archicad 21. for that i use 3d cutaway. after doing that i create a new 3d document but the colors and detail displayed in 3d view doesnot show up in 3d document i create

ELEVATION: cover fills aren't displayed in AC21

Since we switched to AC21, the cover fills of the materials don't show up in elevations. When I check the shadow to be turned on the elevation settings the shadows don't show, except when I click on the object, I see a shadow outline highlighted. I c...

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Wall position classifier

Hi. I am currently preparing contract documentation and I am scheduling which of my walls are External walls and which are Internal walls. This is coming into the schedule through the Wall category 'Position' classification. There are three options p...

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Label tool text editing in AC 21

Since my update to AC21, I can no longer change the text within a standard label tool placement by going into the tool settings dialogue. Double clicking on the text still works, and I can see the text in the settings dialogue down at the "Text Label...

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Section perspective loses scale, changes size as 3D Document

I am in architecture school and regularly have to produce large sectional perspectives. We are asked to do these drawings at a particular scale. Of course, in a section with perspective, the plane at which the 3D model is cut is the only part of the ...

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