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Drawing circuits in the electrical layout

Is it possible to draw circuits in Archicad? I've placed all the lights, switches and electrical appliances in my plan, but don't know how to connect them with a circuit.

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Published PDF - embedded jpg compression too strong.

Hello, In my current project I'm publishing PDF A3 page with single JPG image on it. It's high quality screenshot converted from PNG, so in original JPG there are no artifacts around edges at all. However, when I publish the page in AC17, resulting a...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Dimension number shifted to one side, second marker missing

Good Afternoon Dimension number is always shifted to the one side, and the dimension marker is missing from another side. Dimension tool became useless It happened to me in both Archicad 16 and just downloaded 17's trial, making it even more strange....

Jon - 2013-10-20 - 0005.jpg
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Dimension Text Setting Dialogue Box

I need Archicad to show the display value in the custom box not the measured value. So when I resize a selection the original dimension text will reman. Vital for Not to Scale Workshop drawings of large components

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Plotting issue with shadows obscuring fills

When I plot an elevational drawing fills are not visible through shadows, but are elsewhere. If I print to my laser printer I get the effect I want - the fills do show through the shadows but of course the print quality is not there & is A4! In Eleva...

archicad dimensioning - problem selecting / snaps

Hello: Im having a lot of problems using the dimensioning tool. I just want to measure the distance between center/axis of a wall to the next one, but selecting the center is almost impossible (archicad randomly selects sometimes the center,sometimes...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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My views are disapearing - Please Help

I have a project due and all of a sudden two of my views have disappeared...I can see the details on my layout Book, but I cant open its source and also cant locate it on the project map or view map either. I am 100% sure i didn't delete it an if i h...

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Print trace reference above zones

Hi, how can I get my traced reference printed above my zones? The trace reference is set to be "displayed on top" and looks good on layout but when I print it automatically is hidden underneath the zones.

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clean architectural plans using composites

Hi to all, I'd like to use the composites to have a more detailed plan. At the same time, using the live model, I'd like to be able to switch from a very detailed plan to a very simple clean architectural plan. I tried to to some test playing with mo...

alemanda by Enthusiast
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