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AC13 Printing Problem

I am using AC13 INT 3835 Mactel32 Full on OSX 10.6.8 iMac 24" 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 3 GB Ram 1000 Gb HDD with 382 Free I have a set of 8 drawings 6 of which print no problem. The 7th drawing has 4 floor plans on it and every time I hit print the compute...

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Measuring tool - Point of Reference

Hello everyone from snowy Greece, I have a little problem, it came up all of a sudde, probably from some shortcuts I accidentaly typed. My measure tool, now, counts from the 0,0 (x,y,) user origin and not from the point I first click to. How can I ch...

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partial strucutre display not available in menu

Why would the Partial Structure Display be gray (unavailable) in the menu? I am working on a detail drawing and am having difficulty with dimensions displaying, which I believe is also making havoc with my creation of PDFs from layouts. I would like ...

Printing using PDFCreator

Recently, I used PDFCreator to annotate and send part of a file to another consultant. The drawing depicted HVAC ductwork over a reflected ceiling plan, all created with AC 15. All ductwork elements are drawn in the same layer. but in separate floors...

stop the increase in ID?!

How can i stop the increase numbering in ID when i use any element ... for example when i use beam element and named it B200 , the next element will have ID: B201 "This is not what I want "

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Detailing Help!

Hi everyone I have attached two images: one is a detail produced in vectorworks 2010 and other is the section I have produced in Archicad 15 so far. I'm tasked with making these two details look the same and am struggling to get the same level of det...

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using the fill tool to measure areas - HELP!

how can you create a fill area, with a label stating the function of the room, the area that it should be (lets say according to the program) and the area that it currently is (according to your plan) - i have seen this in an office that i worked in ...

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Story Level Marker Problem--Glitch?

I have two sections in which the story level marker won't display solid fills--all four quadrants are transparent. My other six sections display correctly with solid fill in alternating quadrants. The section marker and story level marker settings ar...

Renovation - Demo Filter and Labels

I have noticed that, and it is enormously frustrating, when using the reno filter for demolition plans all is well until I switch to my layout when the saved view is placed as a drawing. In my floor plan view (working space) where the PROPOSED doors ...

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