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Renavation: how to simply change a wall color?

Hi, I have an issue in handling a simple painting process of an existing wall that will not be demolished in a renovation project. Is it possible to handle properly the change of surface colors in the renovation filter (the changes of materials or si...

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Stairs Appear as a Black Block in plan when Printed

Hello, Whenever I print my plans to present them, the staircase looks like a black box. That could be that the lines representing the stairs in my plan are too bold or too thick. However, I do not remember changing my line weights for it. Any ideas h...

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AC19 Renovation

What have they done to the renovation tool? I have created a personalized AC19 template. Based on my AC18 template, it uses a completely different layering system, pens, Quick options and other changes. Fine, I thought, and began to draw an existing ...

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Interior dimensions on kitchen drawing

Help, I am teaching myself how to use archicad so I can use it to plan our house renovation. I have drawn up our kitchen but I'm unsure how to get the dimensions of all the cupboards etc to show on the plan. I have tried some tutorials and the automa...

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Setting sidelight width - Part 1

HELP for v19 indicates that, for doors and windows, there is a page entitled "Shape" (see attachment: Screen Shot A). I am attempting to set a sidelight width and cannot find the page. What am I missing?

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Spot level dimension values on mesh

You can place the level dimension on the mesh using the gravity and then select the dimension text and open its preferences. Inside the dimension text preferences you will find an autotext option where you can select " To Sea Level" to get the elevat...

Sections: Top/Bottom Wall Thickness, how to change it?

Hello - A coworker of mine is going off the rails about this issue, and wanted to see if this forum could have an answer so he can get back on the rails. Issue: In a section he can change a wall's side thickness, but cannot find where to change the t...

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Text Rotation in Label

How do I get the label text above (see image) to show correctly just like below? When the arrow points to the left the text shows properly, but when it points to the right (mirrored) it shows as inverted.

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Change the line scale of grid elements?

How do I change the line scale of the grid element symbol? The lineworks are colliding and getting confusing at its default. Thank you! I've been practicing Archicad and I like how strong this program is!

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