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Do not join same materials

KeesW
Advocate
Archicad merges the same materials in all views. If a junction needs showing, we can do this by joining dissimilar materials. This is often undesirable. I was told, at an AC18 technical seminar, that AC18 offers an option to show joints without having to used different materials. I haven't been able to find it because I don't know what it is called. Can anyone help?
Cornelis (Kees) Wegman

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Barry Kelly
Moderator
I think this may be just for Complex Profiles - the same fills automatically remain separated.
I can't see any settings to control other elements with the same surfaces.

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