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changing layers of a selection of various component types

If I select a variety of components (lines, text, and other objects) simultaneously, is there any way to change all of their layers in one move? Do I have to flip though the layer selection tab as many times as there different object types selected? ...

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Dual Monitors

A Question on Dual monitor setup On A MAC i just drag the 3D window Only to the other monitor EASY. How can i do it on WIN XP with dual monitors, JUST the ONE Window if possible. Currently i can't do it without stretching (EXTENDING) the program wind...

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!Restored: TIFF problems

I'm having trouble inserting TIFF images in ArchiCAD. Jpeg works fine, as does some tiffs I've received from others. I've tried saving the tiffs with just about every option I can come up with (MAC/PC, uncompressed, no layers, nocolour profile etc.) ...

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Step-by-Step Tutorial [un]install

Hi, Due to space constraints on my C: drive I was forced to install ArchiCAD 8 in F:\Program Files\ArchiCAD 8 When I went to install the Step-By-Step tutorials I got distracted and accepted the default install location, which was on C: - I need to re...

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Triming walls

Can you trim a wall to the stairs if the wall is not on top of the stairs. It is running alongside the stairs but will not trim with seo.

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vanishing/ moving elements in 3D & sections

I am a long time archiCAD user. using release 8.1 R2 on a dual 2Ghz G5. I modeled a house and at some point in 3d elements decided to move themselves. I can slowly fix this by opening every element in the 3d window and opening its properties and it w...

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NVIDEA GeForce Go 6800

Hello, Does anyone out there know how to optimize the settings of this card for archicad 8.1. any info. would be greatly appritiated. Chip Type: NVIDEA GeForce Go 6800 DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC Memory Size: 256 MB Adapter String: GeForce Go 6800 Bi...

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Can't get ArchiCAD 6.5 to start

Hi! This may seem like a bit of an obscure topic, but please bear with me. A couple of years ago I got my hands on ArchiCAD Version 6.5. I tried to install it on my laptop which had more then sufficent power to run ArchiCAD. Sadly it didn't work. The...

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which one of these two PCs would you recommend?

Which one of the following two PCs would you guys recommend, I’ll be using AC 9 on Win XP Home Edition (really the main difference is the video card and the brand in general) Dell Dimension 4700 Intel Pentium 4-HT 530, 3.0GHz 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (...

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Nothing works anymore

Hi I cant open archicad anymore. it crashes when i open any file, new old it dont make no difference. this started happening after i installed the latest nvidia drivers today. all my restore point on xp are clogged up with amyuni pdf installs ( which...

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