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Converting Old Plotter

Hi All,I have recently purchased AC 19 and a MacBook Pro. I have an old plotter ...HP 430. I was just looking for drivers for Mac for plotter, and am not seeing any. Do you all know if these plotters can run from Mac? Also, HP 430 has serial pin conn...

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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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