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Problem with Cyrillic Alphabet and Composite Walls

Hello! I'm currently having a problem with materials I have named in Cyrillic and using them in Composites. When selecting them in Composites they appear as ??? ???? as each question mark represents one Cyrillic letter. I'm using ArchiCAD 19 Educatio...

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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New notebook for CAD systems (Intel Core i7 5500U)

Hello people, I have one question, I want to buy a new notebook (no computer), which I want to use for CAD systems, because I am student of architecture. I want to buy someone like this https://www.alza.de/EN/asus-k501lb-dm049h-blue-sk-version-d28995...

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entering numerical values

I don't know what I've done accidentally. When I type in 45 for 45' high wall, I got 5' 4". I need to move my cursor behind 5, and type a 4 in order to get 54'. This only happens at one of my computers, and the others don't have the problem. Is there...

I have a surplus of RAM. Can I ask ArchiCAD to use more RAM?

Watching the Windows Task Manager Performance of my CPU Usage and the Memory being used, I realize that I never even get close to using all the RAM my computer has available. Is there any way I can let ArchiCAD know that it can store more data in RAM...

Gus by Newcomer
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Problem - Unable to change certain settings

I'm new to Archicad and am having a problem with certain object options not being saved after I select them. For example, as in the attached series of screenshots, if I try to select any option with a sideways arrow selector (such as 'Show on Stories...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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New computer or not??$??

I currently have an iMac 27" mid 2011... 3.1 12GB 1TB ST31000528AS... SATA Disk, whatever that is (Fusion?). I am going to undertake a big, long term rendering project. I have several hundred plan files I want to generate new CineRender for. I have l...

Time for a new plotter HP T520 or the HP T120...

Hi everyone. My old HP Designjet 500 plus has finally had its day. The T520 is $3k extra, but has HPGL/2 connectivity, 1G memory. The T120 has 256MB memory, no HPGL/2 and may be considerably slower. Is anyone using either of these machines and how do...

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AC19 Upgrade error?

I attach an error message received since upgrading my AC19 with upgrade 4100. No idea what it means or what I should do.

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KeesW by Advocate
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Error Message at Launching Archicad

I have just installed ArchiCAD-19-Update-4011, and when I start Archicad, I get the error message shown on the attachment. I reinstalled the update and the same message occurs even though when I hit OK the program continues. How do I fix it? Thanks.

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