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Elevation Graphics

Hi, I would like to know if I can change the line work from solid to broken lines in an elevation to indicate that those elements are below ground level. I have attached a drawing to help explain. Any advice appreciated. Cheers Scott

North Elevation.png
Anonymous by Not applicable
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Zone Stamps | Archi 19 |

Hello, I have Archicad 19 and I am un able to find option to create my own Zone Stamp and Zone so I can put it in my Favorites.. Is there any way? For example every time I make zone I have to edit zone fills, zone stamp text, framing etc one by one a...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Window Marker on Elevation

How do you get the window marker to show on the elevation of the building for AC 19? For AC 18 you check the "Label Elements" box and select a label type (see image), but AC 19 does not have the "Label Elements" box anymore.

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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New and Existing - how to show "end" line when end to end

see attached. we need to indicate that "end" line condition to distinguish when "new" meets "existing". I cannot change the justification of the wall planes either...they MUST have the same reference line (the framing skin).

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rob2218 by Booster
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Dimensions Problems in Layout

My dimensions in the drawing file do not reproduce exactly in the layout file. For example, I see 5'-6" in the drawing and 5'- 5 63/64" in the layout. This happens only on a small subset of dimensions, not every dimension. Is this related to changing...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC18 Window Tag - not letting me change tag shape?

see attached. I'm trying to change the "shape" of the tag to a "circle" but it's not letting me. it's a standard AC18 window tag. nothing special. but the "geometry" field is greyed out...........why?

rob2218 by Booster
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Elevation level Display

Hi, I have been manually adding floor and ceiling levels to my elevations for quite some time. I know Archicad can do this automatically using the story display option in the elevation section settings, but I find the boundary offset option difficult...

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Cutting a Wall from a Morph

Hello guys, I´m having a problem with my model. I´ve modeled an element using the morph tools and now i´m having problems to subtract a wall from it, or better, to cut the top of the wall to the bottom face of my element. The element is the green one...

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