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PM 3.1 R2 Fill Pen Issue

Hi All, I have some lbks that were created with PM3.1 R1. These layoutbooks have linked PMK's (Also tried linked PLN's) of Quickviews with Fills. The Fills have pen 91 (White) set for the fill background Pen. (it seems not to maker if it is 91 (white...

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PLOTMAKER MULTIPLE USERS?

ARCHICAD HAS THIS FEATURE, FOR MULTIPLE USERS AT THE SAME TIME, DOES PLOTMAKER ALSO ALLOW MULTIPLE USERS AT SAME TIME? FOR WHEN UPDATING AND WORKING ON PLOTMAKER?

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photo/image quality reduced on plotmaker

When placing photos and images archicad, files the image quality is reduced when turned to .pmk and brought into plotmaker when we print files. I was informed that I should place the photos in plotmaker and not in the archicad file, however when we d...

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Composites-Are you using them and how?

There have been several discussions on this forum about composites, and they've generated more than a few polls and wishes. I'm still struggling, however, to find the best method of creating walls that need a minimum of patching in plan and section u...

Labels and Notes

Just wondering how some of you go about labeling things in plan. In order to maintain a cleaner plan, we label objects (A/C unit, decorative column, etc) with a note (G-1, G-2, etc), and then have a "General Notes" list off to the side with what each...

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dimensions from o/s face to centre wall

i have done this over 10 times on the same file! i selected the o/s face of exterior walls and center of interior walls for dimensioning. i then save the drawing to pmk and close the file. when i opened the file, the dimension lines on the o/s face o...

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Labeling Doors

Hope this is in the correct area. Need some insight please. I'm trying to label the doors in a way to show the door type (A, B, C, etc) as well as hardware type (01, 02, etc). What is the best way to do this? I was thinking to use a circle with a hor...

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Title Type in Plotmaker

Only found a very brief mention of the Title Type command in Plotmaker when I did a search. Problem is the manual mentions nothing of this feature. And nothing seems to have been mentioned here on the talk area. Can anyone tell me what this feature d...

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Dimensioning & display order

Two questions for dimensioning. Is there any way to set the display order for dimension to the top. I know I can do each dimension individually, or select them all and move to the top. But can I set it anywhere to always be on top. How can I only dim...