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About Archicad's documenting tools, views, model filtering, layouts, publishing, etc.

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when updating a drawing @ layouts, drawing moves far away

when i save my views (sections, elevations, plans)and place them on the layouts, go back and make some changes and try to update the drawing... the drawing seems to disappear but it goes way far from it should be...so i have find the drawing zooming ...

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Fills

My solid colored fills in my floor plan have mysteriously become transparent. I have experimented with changing the model view options, but it's not working so far. Suggestions greatly appreciated.

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Plot ghost story

Am attempting to plot a ghost story below a plan drawing by putting two drawings on a layout sheet, one on top of the other. Both drawings are set to "transparent background". However, I can't get both of them to show up. Spent some time with the dis...

OS X PDF & PlotBase

Our project manager is having problems with printing our PDFs on their Ricoh large format printer via a PlotBase print system - which according to their IT Dept specifically requires PDF created by Acrobat Distiller. PDFs created by any other app/dri...

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Wall dimensioning

The image shows my wall with plaster on both sides. The dimension measures the full wall but I wall the core, the block. Iths a composite wall that I did. Any help? Thanks

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dimensioning

When setting up dimensioning and work units in Project Preferences, is there anyway I can set the dim to 1/2" for all my floor plans and 1/8" for 3" -1' details. Each works in dependently?

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DETAIL MARKERS COMPLETELY USELESS!!!

I'm placing detail markers and they "don't work for sh@#." I want to rotate the marker, which I can by changing the angle, but then the text also rotates. There used to be an option to keep the text horizontal but it's not there anymore. This is just...

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Percentage Fill in AC11 PDF format - Printing and publishing

Why does the porcentage fills in AC11 have a different look when I publish my layouts instead of printing in PDF format (like vectorized in publishinf). I´d like to know how to get the same results in the printing since I have problems to publish in ...

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How do I get rid of the comma in mm dimensions?

Working in milimeters converts dimensions to meters by separating a dimension with a comma. What should be 3300 turns out as 3,300 Since commas are classed as a decimal place where I work, dimensions can get confusing. I've tried changing settings in...

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BLANK PDF DOCUMENT WHEN VIEWED IN ADOBE ACROBAT

hie i have been saving my layout in pdf format and i can view the layout with the drawings on it on preview, but it seems to be blank when i open the file in adobe acrobat. can anyone help me with this?? im using archicad 10 student version on a macb...

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