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Missing cabinet line at interior elevation

I am learning about creating Interior Elevations in AC 15 and am having problems with lines missing in the elevations. I have adjusted my lines on the floor plan to try to get them back but am having no luck. Is there something I am missing?

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Wall labels from .mod file

Is there a way to label a wall in a team work file if the wall is part of a mod file? (If I label the walls in the mod file a lot of the labels will overlap with labels of other walls from other mod files)

Anonymous by Not applicable
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3D Documents - using them in our documentation for S.D.

so..the dimensions on certain occasions get "flipped" to the wrong side of the dimension line. No matter which way I run the dim string....they seem to get flipped the wrong side. In standard industry (in the U.S. that is) dimensions , notes, text......

rob2218 by Booster
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Grid Lines - not selectable from one view to another? why?

see attached image. Basically, in the top viewmap inserted into a sheet, the "grid lines" are grab-able (I can select them as needed) but the lower view (which doesn't show the grid lines end conditions) I can NOT select the grid. meaning...when I ho...

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rob2218 by Booster
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Elevation lines disappears in layout

I have made a drawing in floorplan with elevations. The elevationlines shows on this drawing. I copy the drawing to the layout. In the layout, the elevationlines has disappeared. The attached file illustrate this problem. Please help!

Anonymous by Not applicable
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How to schedule and show walls as fire walls

Hello, Im trying to figure out how I can create a fire wall with the wall tool, so that when it is shown in plan, it will have a fire wall line type associated with it. I know I could simply draw a line over the wall to represent the fire wall, and t...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Key Plan - Bubble Marker? how to fill "bubble"

see attached. I need to use a background fill for the "bubble" not the "marker head". Where do I change the bubble itself to show a background fill. Using this graphics for a key plan type diagram.

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rob2218 by Booster
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Layers and Symbols

Hi there, I'm quite new to ArchiCAD, and am crossing over from using Vectorworks, which I've used for about 20 years. So far, everything is going pretty smoothly, but there are obviously a few teething problems I'm having! I am wondering if it's poss...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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modifying a dimension's automatic position

Hello. I noticed that, whenever a dimension is too small, its text jumps to the left. I am wondering whether it is possible to keep the text automatically in the middle of the line, irrespective of how long or short this is. Thank you.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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