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customizing the generic label in GDL

The generic label where you can add IFC properties is really useful, but it has some limitations when it comes to what it looks like on the drawings. I'm looking for a way to customizing only how the label appears. I have studied it in GDL, but my ve...

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Story markers in decimal feet?

Is there a way to have story markers display the story levels in surveyor format (decimal feet to two decimal places) while the rest of the project uses feet-inches dimension format? If so how? If not, is there a workaround?

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ArchiCAD 16. Textures are not visible

This is a new problem, I have noticed it few weeks ago. When I open my files, textures are not appearing in 3D. When I open Material settings and click OK, textures appearing. I have tried to open new file with default ArchiCAD template. After changi...

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Cannot create PDF from AC 17 and OS X 10.10.2

It's the same issue as mentioned here: http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/operating-systems/mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite/#Publishing_or_Saving_PDF_in_AC_17_from_Yosemite_client_to_SMB_mounted_Yosemite_server_results_in_0_KB_PDF_file But the workar...

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Batch update for exterior elevations.

I'm working on a complicated model. I have the exterior elevations set to manual update. It takes nearly 10 minutes to update a single elevation. Is there a way to do batch updates to the elevations so I can let the computer run them at night?

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Printing PDF's made in Archicad - problems

An employee here has a problem that when he publishes a PDF and goes to print it using "preview" or Adobe, some of the fonts overlap, some things don't print entirely, etc. He can print the sheet directly from ArchiCAD and everything is fine. I can o...

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