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Renovation filter overrides - lineweights

I'm trying to figure out how to use the renovation filter overrides to show all existing elements with a consistent thinner lineweight (not gray since we have had problems with gray lines either disappearing or becoming black). It looks like this opt...

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Door Dimensioning

Hi, how can I get the automatic dimensioning to show the size of the door and not the opening? Regards Scott

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Rotated views on layouts behave strange

Hello again. Our project is drawn in local country coordinates. (small country, so we can afford to, ) That means that all levels are drawn rotated and we use the "Rotate Orientation" option to align the views in a "normal" position. Problem is somet...

Title Block Migration

Hi, I am trying to use a title block I created for my last project, so I am just trying to cut and paste it onto a new title block in the new project, but it comes in in a larger scale, that I don't have control of. Is there a better way to do this? ...

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collate while plotting

after all these years how come Archicad still does not have a collate feature when plotting? or is this an issue with Mac? Archicad 19 5005 USA full version, user since 4.1 iMac 10.10.5

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Question for you all about Drawing Scale

Hello Everyone, I need some expertise Archicad users that worked with Archicad versions for years. Do you using 1'=1'-0" drawing scale? Or Do you using 1/4"=1'-0" drawing scale? It has been debating and issues with the scale dues to dimensions and ma...

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Tittle Line changing size

Hi everyone! I'm having a problem with the tittles in my layout views, as soon as I move the position of the tittle of a drawing the width can only be set by length parameter and not by text size or drawing, and if I move the drawing after that the s...

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ArchiCAD 19 - Dimensions disappearing

Hi, Just seeing if any else is having this issue in AC19. When dimensioning walls within a teamwork file (dimensions are associated to the wall). The issue we have is after dimensioning the walls, the next time you or someone in the team accesses the...

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