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Missing Orange Dot Archicad 20 Mac

Anonymous
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When I hover over the edge of a wall, the orange dot does not appear. So I cannot make a guideline with it.

How can I solve this?
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Is the Guide Lines button pressed on your Standard Toolbar? It is the 6th button from the left, next to the Pick Up/Inject Parameters buttons.
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Anonymous
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Yes, the Guide Lines button is pressed on my Standard Toolbar. I have add a picture.
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
From your screenshot I see you are using ARCHICAD 20.
The way Guide Lines operate was modified in ARCHICAD 19. There is no longer an orange dot. Here is a YouTube playlist that will tell you all about the changes:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnXY6vLUwlWXj_1QX5iXbZ0cfscL-VNEX
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AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Anonymous
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O no, I have to look at all those videos.
Anonymous
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Do you know or does somebody else know if it is possible to enable the orange dot again in Archicad 20?
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
No, because the way Guide Lines and Snap Guides work has fundamentally changed so there is no longer an orange dot.
You will see why after you watched those clips. Invest in your ARCHICAD knowledge by watching them.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Anonymous
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Last question. The youtube-link linked me to archicad 19 videos. Is that correct?
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Yes, it is correct because these changes happened in ARCHICAD 19 and so the new feature clips were created at that time. They work the same way in ARCHICAD 20.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27