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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...

Another composite Wall Issue

If there's a way the end of a composite wall show the skin (as lateral sides). I need to cover a concrete core at the three sides of the wall.

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X-reffed dimensions don't disappear when x-ref is unloaded?

I can't get rid of some of the dimensions from an x-reffed dwg-file... I x-ref the file in ordinary style and when I'm tired of it, I unload the file. BUT...some dimensions remain (see attachment)...I have to delete them...why this? (Feels like I'll ...

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master sheets and title types...

i have about 10 PM layout books for different projects. i just reciently discovered the title types ability - on one of the layout books i made up all of the title types that i use in a set of drawings (i think that there are about 6). now that i hav...

PM Cached Data Problems

We have multiple users opening PlotMaker at different times during the course of of project. We have noticed that changes made by one user won't be seen by the next user. Should we be turning off the data caching in Plotmaker and/or ArchiCAD? We seem...

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Composite Intersections

Can anyone confirm wether one can have more than one/two skin(s) cleanly intersecting at a T-junction. The problem occurs where a seperating wall (two similar plaster skins, a core comprising two identical block skins with an airspace cavity) meets a...

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