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identify favorites

How to identify which favorite is used for creating a particular element(doors ,windows) ? I have saved many favorites for the doors having almost same parameters.

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gradient fill

am having trouble with the gradient fill, in that the circle is a tiny do of colour in the middle of a sea of white how can i stretch the gradient to fill more of the area with colour? thanks

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How i can shape this???

Regards from Colombia, not tropical country located in the tropic. I am a routine user of Autocad in 2D and begin to be employed at ArchiCad. I need to shape like this cover - wall, as the metallic supports., How do I shape it? Try it with the tool o...

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door sched. door thickness listing problem?

the door schedule is showing the door thickness as 1 1/2" but its a 1 3/8 door. Even when i click on the thickness dimension in the schedule it shows up as 1 3/8 then it jumps back to 1 1/2" What's going on? How do I get it to list the door as it act...

Gus by Newcomer
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wall <<<

how I can make that wall without curtain wall and that wall have more than 3 material thak

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Problems Intersecting Beams.

Hello Everyone, I'm trying to intersect two simple concrete beams with a third one made with a complex profile that has a concrete core (with the same intersection priority as the other two beams) and a white plaster finish (with intersection priorit...

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Help what has happend to my 3D window?

I can view my model in the 2D window and elevations etc but when I go to the 3D window all I get is blank screen. And yes I have tried the 'fit in window' option. It happend after I applied cladding to roof panels using cadimage roof accessory but ev...

Arcadia by Contributor
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Custom Curved Stairwell

I'm trying to curve a stair so it will be flush with a wall, but I'm having trouble figuring out how you can change the bend of the stair. I've seen a few forums on this using the OBJECTIVE tool, but I really haven't found anything actually describin...

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"Y" wall intersection?

It is possible to make it? When I join two of them the other jumps out. How? Thank you in advance.

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visible line in beam

hi all When I draw beam with profile in the plane I can see outer line of it and center line any way to see every visible line in it

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