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AC18 PDF weirdness

Another AC18 noob question. I started printing out my first PDFs created in AC18 on my ancient HP Designjet 500, and all the text blocks seem to stack up to where they look like a single Chinese character. All the PDFs created with AC16 still print o...

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3D Document Settings

Please help, I have created some 3d Documents for shadow diagrams, as attached In one view, renovation filter - existing, the shadows are fine. In the second view, renovation filter - planned, some of the shadows show darker. I have checked the setti...

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Place drawing on layout

Anybody know where the setting is for placing a drawing (view) onto the layout sheet? My views are coming in on an angle of 88.15 degrees with a default title block. Would like to set it up correctly so views are placed correctly with the title block...

edited masters in layout book is strange

Hello. I'm studying to make my own template and masters. When I change(edit) my 'master', labels are shown clashed. But it's okay when I publish them. Can you explain them? and How can I solve this problem? I have attached my template image. Some fon...

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Trace referencing layouts with changing scales

I normally draw at 1:100 scale and use A3 layout pages, I have all this set up the way I like it. But I am working on a very small building at the moment and would like to use 1:50 on A3. When I use trace & reference to set the layout page up with 1:...

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Grids in Elevation from Module

9 storey building. Grid module inserted. Cannot get grids to show in the correct height in elevation. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? The elevation settings for the grids are set correctly in the Grid Module file.

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Storey Levels - Alignment

Anyone know why ArchiCAD does this? See attached screenshot showing the alignment of the storey levels stepping in.

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Renovation Palette

I've been searching, and googling for the past 2 weeks trying to find an answer to my question, so hopefully someone on the forum can help me out. I built my original floor plan, used the renovation palette to demo walls, and then create my new const...

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Different units in page setup

Hello, I am working with meter and centimeters... and set it all in the Working Units tab. However, in my Page Setup window the units are set to Inches. How do i change it to cm or mm ?! I couldn't find it ! Help me it is really hard working like tha...

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