Spreading Archicad Across 2 Windows

[Anonymous]

I bought 2 monitors with the same dream.. Looks like AC makes you work in 2d OR 3d, but never at the same time. I use the second monitor for all palletes though..

[Anonymous]

Right

[Anonymous]

Hmmm.. an XP shortcoming or a decision at GS to write the windows version this way??

[__archiben]

can you not stretch your windows greyness from the bottom right corner over to the other screen? you'd need to have your window floating first of course . . . i.e. un-maximised.

nick - my top tip: get your macs back . . .

~/archiben

[Anonymous]

Yes but it becomes a nuisance controlling the 2d plan as Zoom extents puts it in the middle of both screens.. The 3d screen dissapears once the 2d is active anyway..

[Karl Ottenstein]

Rashid wrote:
Yes but it becomes a nuisance controlling the 2d plan as Zoom extents puts it in the middle of both screens.. The 3d screen dissapears once the 2d is active anyway..

This doesn't happen if you do not maximize the 2D and 3D windows. Stretch the AC window over both monitors, then size the other windows as desired.

Still, I tend to run AC maximized on the primary (usually with 2D maximized as well) and put palettes on the 2nd monitor - notably view editor and nav preview.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:

Rashid wrote:
Yes but it becomes a nuisance controlling the 2d plan as Zoom extents puts it in the middle of both screens.. The 3d screen dissapears once the 2d is active anyway..

This doesn't happen if you do not maximize the 2D and 3D windows. Stretch the AC window over both monitors, then size the other windows as desired.

Still, I tend to run AC maximized on the primary (usually with 2D maximized as well) and put palettes on the 2nd monitor - notably view editor and nav preview.

Karl

I have the 2D window to the max extents on my left monitor together with the info box which I can toggle on or off with F4 key, the 3D window maxed out on the right monitor together with the nav preview and navigator which I can also toggle on/off with F5. Works great!

It freaks my clients out when they see me go with the mouse from one screen to the other and back again.

HTH

Naftali

ACv8.1 Win XP Home SP2