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Changing a views 'Source View' once on a Layout.

Afternoon all. A very quick question for all you ArchiCAD pro's, as you can tell me whether this is even possible or not. I've dragged a few 'Views' onto a 'Layout'. Is it now possible to edit the 'Source View' of these. Something like this is possib...

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Printing In Plotmaker... Archicad 9

Just getting back into Archicad, finally, and have forgotten how to make my drawings print in greyscale, ie, the actual penweights it is set up to print with. I am getting different weights, but everything is in color. Any solutions would be great. T...

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Using autotext within publisher etc

I posted this a while back but no responses. I assume that it not possible at the moment.Personally I think it would be a massive benefit, wondering if anyone agrees?_________________________________________________________Is it possible to use autot...

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Only associative dimension problem

Hi to all! I have a problem with AC 12. I can´t change to static dimension. Never the static box option is enabled! Thankfully for any guide.

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some dims not on layout

some of my dims are not showing up on the layout. I've used the eye dropper on visible dims to ensure that i have the exact same properties and then place the dim, but for some reason they are not all showing up on the layout. i've refreshed the view...

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HP DesignJet 110 uses colored ink to print black rendering

Aloha, After getting good high quality sketch renderings into my layouts I am now faced with a different problem. When I print the layouts with the sketch renders in them my HP 110 DesignJet prints the rendering and only the rendering with color inks...

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Red Lines with Archicad

Hi! wich one is the best way to do mark-up (red Lines) in archicad in team work project? I watch this movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erQezDVwYjI and I don't undesrtood how to import the red lines in archicad. Thanks Happy Thanksgiven

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can't move window marker

When I select the pink node in the center of window marker, then "move node' in the pet palette, I expect to be able to move the maker, but it will not move. Any advice? seems like a bug.

Publish PDF with Layout ID only?

We have a contractor requesting the file name of our PDF layout sheets to be delivered with the SHEET NUMBER only. Our publisher set saves PDFs with both the layout ID and name. We are talking 100+ sheets here and currently have someone manually dele...

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