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Wall section tool

Hi! I have a question: Is it better to create a wall section from the wall section tool or from a building section by using the detail tool? Thanks

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Zone tags while exporting to DWG

Hi Archicad users,I have a problem about zone tags. In appearance section if I don't choose fixed width and prefer to give a lenght to the zone tag, in DWG format, the datas on one line (for ex. zone name part) is not devided into lines according to ...

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Tags and Categories Label

Does anyone know if you can crop the label so that the description can run across 2 lines rather than 1. The Text label works fine, however I want to use the Tags and Categories label so it will automatically pick up the information I want displayed ...

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scale sensitive drawings (walls slabs etc) in AC 17+

Hi all, I'm sorry if this topic is repeated, I couldn't find the answer anywhere. I'm migrating from a pre-"priority based connection" version of Archicad (15) to the new system - I know i'm late, but this topic is what actually stopped me from migra...

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NCS Drawing Title 2 18 position behavior

Am experiencing a behavior where I set the title position to "Layout" and length parameter to "Title Text". Works great but the settings don't always stay. Sometimes if I modify the drawing frame the title will switch back to width position to drawin...

Using the detail tool over an entire cross section

I don't usually resolve my model perfectly, so in cross section my habit has been to ctrl + C everything and copy it up about 20 metres. This turns it into lines and fills that I can edit and delete to my hearts content. Really hard to integrate subs...

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Floor Plan Display on different Layer States

I am trying to show rafter tails on two different layer states and want to have the "Floor Plan Display" option set different in each layer state in order to show a dotted line in one (ie "Projected with Overhead") and "solid" in the other. Does anyb...

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Break Lines

does AC have a function that allows you to use break lines for a detail so that detail can have a desired section removed or do you have to overlap two detail drawings to achieve this. i.e. a detail of a wall cut vertically with a section in the midd...

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Marked distant area line weight

Am getting an odd line weigh with slab, roof and beam in a marked distant area as the lines are coming out fat and grey. The red arrows show the fat grey line and the red arrows show a normal marked distant area line. I can correct with uniform pen f...

Dimension Tool - Text Field & Custom Texts

I was wondering if there was a way for the text field in the dimension tool to stop reverting to the Auto-dimension Option when i just want it to use the Custom Text tool? For example, i use i have a total dimension for a flight of stairs, one single...