I am beginning to organize constuction doc's for my first project on ArchiCad. As a former AutoCad user, I used to use x-refs in order to create my framing plans, electrical plans, etc. In doing this I could alter linetypes so that walls and other el...
I am having trouble Printing to Acrobat PDF from Plotmaker if the layouts contain ArchiCAD views that have place fiqures that are JPG images. When I try to print to a PDF from Plotmaker the print timer startes but locks up. I have not tried to let th...
Is Plotmaker supposed to be able to show OpenGl renders? I can import 3D views rendered with ArchiCAD's Internal Engine but the 3D views rendered in OpenGL import into Plotmaker as solid black boxes--nothing showing. Thanks, John
I just noticed that in dimensioning, the radius dimension will not dimension to the core elements of the wall and can only dimension to the finished face of the wall. Is there any way to overide this and show the radius of a composite wall to the cor...
I have tried changing numerous settings in both AC and PM but they still come through as solid black on the layouts in PM. The files are .PLN imports. I am using PM 3.1.0 v.1 and AC 8.1.0 v.1 I don't recall running into this issue before -what is hap...
Hello, Why am I able to select multiple plots and change the settings all in one go but when I attempt to do the same for printer output publisher grey's out the print setup, print settings and print options buttons? A work around has been suggested ...
I was going to produce material for calculation use and I wanted to test the different parameters... so I made a small hut with a total wall surface (no dors or windows) of 48 m2 and then I added a door of 2 m2. What do I get from AC as wall surface....
I'm having several problems using sections/elevations: 1- Draw a line that turned impossible to pick. 2- Can't use copy, multiply. 3- Mirror don't keep the original issue mirrored. Somebody know how can I fix this? Thanks
I have been asked to do some Calculate features. I have tried to do a search for all topics here at ArchiTALK, only to find a whole mess of responses. Where is the best source to learn about this aspect of AC?
Hi, I'm trying to draw electrical and heating plan on scanned version of old paper plans. Is there a way to get ArchiCAD actually link to these scans ? I think AC read them once, save them in the file, and is not linked anymore. I need to have these ...
