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Paint Colours on Plan

Hi all something that I've been about a while is how to quickly indicate on plan which walls will be painted a certain colour? Some projects are easy as there is a general interior and exterior colour and thats that, but on some projects we have say ...

Tags & Categories

Check out Tim Bell's fantastic youtube tutorial in integration of labeling and specification in AC 18 using the generic label tool. However in AC19 it seems like the 'tags & catagories' label tool is the one to use. When I Symbol tool/symbol label/se...

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AC19 Bug or feature

1. Drafting: When mirroring a module the fill area text used to stay centered within the view. Now the fill area text will mirror but the final location is not predictible. 2. Layouts: When placing a drawing from an external source the drawing does n...

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Detail with Source Marker, missing Renovation Filter

Hello I'm new to ArchiCad, love the program. I have an issue with detail drawings on my layout sheets. It only shows my existing part of the drawing, all the new stuff doesn't show up. I can't change in view mode the detail setting for the renovation...

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Publish layout in pdf format

When I try to publish in pdf format a layout 1,060 x 91.50 cm (417" x 36") i get a 19,42 MB file with one white (empty) page size 508 x 91.5 cm (200" x 36"). How can I publish this layout in pdf format? Please, help me. Tanks

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Hide the skylight on floor plan

Once i choose hide the skylight on floor plan from the Model View Options, all the skylights will disappear from every 2d views, why is that? And anybody can hide them only on floor plans?

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AC 19 - Switching Layouts, changes Zoom

In AC 18 and prior... I could switch to different layouts by using the "Go to next Layout" buttons or by using the view map. The layout displayed would change and the "current" view would be maintained. In AC 19, switching to different layouts someti...

elevation for construction plan with different siding

Hello everyone, We try to assign a fills to a surface with siding with a gray background to distinguish two siding on the elevation without doing gray fills over. Anyone have done that before is there a solution.

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associative labels

I like the fact that we now have associate labels, however due to long standing workflow habits, I've just placed quite a few labels that are now associative to the wrong element. How can we re-direct an association or even disable an association onc...

how do i make a label with different shapes

In ArchiCAD 19, how do I make a label with different shapes AND a pointer? For example, I have been using (previous versions) an independent label that uses Label Window Marker 18 (see attached). That way I could use it with a diamond shape for Demo ...

Bill by Contributor
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