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Label Control

Hi, is there a way of creating a label to be placed on various views, with a global change to the text of that label when necessary?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Surface colours in elevation missing

My elevation are not showing ‘Surface colours’ although I have selected the option ‘Own surface colours’ in Elevation Settings box. Any suggestions?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Rotate titles in layouts

I sometimes need to rotate a view on my layouts - say through 90 degrees. The tile associated with the view rotates with the view. How can I NOT rotate the title with the view? I prefer to keep the titles horizontal, even when views are rotated. Any ...

KeesW by Advocate
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Changing story of layout

Hi all I am doing options in Archicad 19 for floor plans on multiple levels. I've created a series of 5 versions of the ground floor plan and they are set up as 5 layouts. Now i've done the same on the first floor plan and i want to quickly create la...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Archicad 18 Revision History settings

I have quite a lot of changes that need to be listed in my layout. I'd like to use the simple (not the detailed) version of revision history tool to avoid putting each change on its own row. In the simple version the max. number of rows per issue see...

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one layout in several subsets

hello there! is there a way to have one layout in more than one subset in the layout book without having to copy that layout? i'm trying to organise the layout book using subsets and i have many layouts that belong to more than one subset. i really d...

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Surface labelling for objects in v19?

I recently tried using the ArchiCAD out-of-the-box surface label to read surfaces of an object, but it doesn't work. Wishful thinking. Is there any way to do this? We're really wanting to embrace the power of labels in v19 to get as much BIM info int...

Section marker setting not saved in favorites

Hi. Running AC19 #4013. Whenever we open/start a project the section/elevations are set to place unlinked marker. Unfortunately this setting is not saved in favorites. We want favorites that are preset to create a new marker. Is there any fix to this...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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3d document not editable

Hi, I have created a 3d document, but am not able to edit it. Everything is unlocked, and groups suspended. The editing handles are black but the editing palate does not show. Any advice appreciated.

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WALL LABELLING

In the attached image file there are a number of walls that are not labelled. I have just started using v19. Previously, my recollection is that there was a check-box in the default wall settings that allowed me to indicate I wanted the wall labeled....

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