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Two instances of Archicad on multicore CPU

Hi, I opened a new project in archicad 13 64bit on WIN Vista 64bit. Ok. I opened a big big TW project in another instance of Archicad 13 64bit on the same machine and I noted that the two instances use the same cpu core and not two different cores. R...

alemanda by Enthusiast
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BUG!?

Whenever I zoom in/out in the archicad screen, every fill just dissapears (including wall cut fills, slabs, etc.) turnning into transparent fills and it just stays like that.. its very annoying. when i draw another wall, all the fills return; however...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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issues with NVIDIA 8500GT

Have been using this card for 2 years; no problems. Last Friday, upgraded monitor to new Dell 22" screen; checked driver and as it was over two years old (since computer was new) thought to upgrade it to current. Today, annoying issues when drawing, ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Nobody can answer question. What to do next?

I have had a problem with my tool tips not showing up while using Archicad 13 and Windows 7. Nobody on this forum has been able to solve the problem even though many seem to have the same problem, nothing is being resolved. I have talked to sales rep...

Gus by Newcomer
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my husband has moved a folder!

During a bout of flue that impeded my husbands normaly sensible manner he decided to fix my archiCAD student edition by moving one of the archiCAD folders using windows explorer. He went in via internet explorer and the folder he moved was CADIMAGE L...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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MOUSE USE MUSE MUSINGS

Hello All, And thanks in advance...PLEASE HELP! I've been using the same ol' mouse (Kensington PocketMouse Pro 72116) since ArchiCad 7... Can I please get some input as to the BEST MOUSE for a 12 user, migrating soon (I hope $$) to 13 ???? This is fo...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Animated selection box with arrow tool in A13

Hi, Could someone explain the animated effect when using the arrow tool to select an area? There is almost a full second wait while the box collapses in and the items are not selected until after Archicad has had fun animating. It seems poignantly us...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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MAC mouse grab tool.

The grab hand tool for moving a plan around on the screen - usually you can just hit the wheel on the mouse. We have some new macs with a mac mouse which do not have the wheel - there fore no 'click n drag' which is a pain to say the least . Does any...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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ArchiCad won't run!

I just tried to start ArchiCad 11 on my laptop at home. it wanted the latest update, build 1259. I installed it after shutting down ArchiCad. the wizard wanted to know if I want to install any other downloads, and it led me to look all over my comput...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Nividia FX1700 crashing

The screen actually goes jagged when in 3d view, and sometimes moves back to 2dplan screen and back to 3dview....you cant select and do much. ive updated latest drivers for Nividia FX1700 but still the same problems. please any help.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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