Hi there, What is the most efficient way to calculate several wall areas, i.e.. I want to be able to calculate the total area of stone cladding I will need. The Zone Tool is obviously the best method when working in plan, because you can also then sc...
Hello everyone, I have just started using layouts, and I am trying to put all my floor plans in one layout because the building is so small. I made the mistake to start drawing everything in 1:100 scale and not in 1:50. Now when I place floor plans i...
Hello. I have an issue: I would like all zones to be transparent. I checked the Floor Plan settings and options are greyed out. I also tried the Transparent Zones and Fills command, but doesn't help much, because I have some fills which I do not want...
I was wondering if anyone knew where to get or how to customize a Wall Label so that i can have it displaying the Surface of that wall. These would mainly be used in elevation views where i want to document the claddings being used. Currently i have ...
Hi all, Is there any way to show a window tag on a different level? We have a few windows above the cut plane and would like to show a dashed tag for the window in plan. Ideally would love to know if I dont have to manually type in a tag and rather u...
what's wrong with this picture? adjusting only one type of dimension to a specific tolerance and leaving the others is sure to result in what the Hungarians call "Custom" or 'incomplete thought'. arghhhhh.
Hello all! New to the forum here. I've been using AC 18 for a few months now (with 4+ years of Revit under my belt, so I've seen both sides of it), and have been sticking out trying to figure out most of my issues on my own. But this one has been pla...
Just checking to see if I am missing something. In AC 16 and earlier you could snap to the line ends or intersections in the detail grid of a master layout. That does not appear to be possible with AC 18. Can some one confirm this behavior?If true, i...
I have a few DWG files placed in the drawing. But now they don't show and there's only a gray lined box around where they used to sit. Drawing manager shows their status as NOT READ YET. And when I update nothing happens. I have checked if they are o...
Hello, I'm pretty new to Archicad and I was wondering if there was a way to create a window marker for the office which would make it easy to select (like the 'W Marker 18' that I used to make the changes in the first place). I have a bunch of window...
