Installation & update
About program installation and update, hardware, operating systems, setup, etc.

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Vaulted Roofs

I read your intructions to cut down and stetch vaulted roof segments to create a 90Deg end profile. How do you do that and keep the geometry?

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Video Card Ratings

Is there anywhere where the Video cards are rated. I'm buying a new one for one of my computers, and am too lazy to read the rating for each card. There are too many of them.

Toshiba Setup

has anyone tried setting up Plotmaker for a Toshiba Studio 810....just curious.....

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Object Tool directory missing folders

Hello, I just discovered that in AC 8.1 when I go to the Object Tool's settings window and try to find a folder and the objects in that folder the folder does not appear. Specifically, object library 81-> 03 concrete 81-> there are only two folders "...

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New CAD Stations, any recommended tweaks?

Main Box setup at file server: Dell 370 workstation, 3.6ghz Intel EM64T 1mb/800, XP pro, 2 GB 533 DDr2 SDRAM EEC, Dual 19" monitors NVIDIA 3400 256 mb, dual 160 GB SATA 7,200 HD drives Raid 1, 48X cdrw, 16X dvdrw, apc 500, DDS5 Tape Backup Regular bo...

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Zone stamps not found

I have recently installed the newer library (ArchiCAD 8.1 Library Updater) but now, when I start the application, "Missing Library Parts" shows that Zone stamps are missing. 1) Where do I find them? 2) How do I make them active? Ron

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Mac Quandery

Guys i need some help! Im a student studying Architecture in Melbourne I need some recommendations, I have to buy a Mac to run Archicad and iMill on for uni but are tossing up between 2 models and are looking for a hopefully long term, yet also inexp...

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3-D Rendering Error

I keeping getting a warning when doing a rendering "Cannot DEL transformation above top at line___ of file casement_corner 81gsm" I get about 20 to thirty of these with different numbers in the blank space. If I hit continue it will slowly process th...

plotmaker 9 "not enough memory to complete this operati

We have found a problem recently with plotmaker 9. After updating a viewset, not a particularly large or complicated plan, an error message saying “not enough memory to complete this operation” occurs, and this prevents printing, by blocking the redr...

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