Modeling
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letter sign on facade?

Hi. I designed a pub and I want to create a sign on the front facade like "caffe bar ... or pub..." in a way that the sign is visible in 3d axonometry? I know I can do it with slabs( every letter one slab, but maybe there is a easier way. Thanks.

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info box dissapearing

hi guys, this is something that has never happened to me before, so hope you can help. when i select an item, such as wall, slab etc, the info box fails to show up 90% of the time, until i zoom in or out, it will then show up, but if i place the curs...

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How to modelling this in ArchiCad.

How to model this in archicad? (attached file made in 5 minutes in vektorworks, two different polygons, front and back, made from lines and arcs and then multiple extruded.) Thought: If you can think it but the software doesn´t allow you model it, th...

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curtain wall elevation appearance

Hi, how do I control the appearance of the transoms and mullions in a curtain wall so that the vertical and horizontal junctions are clean (like you get on a normal window), not as the attached where they are broken. Thanks.

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stair section

why archicad don't split material in the section of stair see the pic and comparee between elevation an section

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Mesh tool as site modelling

I have been utilising the mesh tool to model site terrains from detail surveyor drawings taken relative to a datum point; Are there some practical shortcuts to the otherwise time consuming process of entering survey level heights individually or as a...

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Can this roof be built in Archicad?

Hello everyone! Im trying to build a barrel vaulted roof in 3D, I use the instructions of the Help that names my roof rounded, I was wandering if this roof can also have an angle from the side of the arc. thank you

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Can't create an arch

Hi, I've been trying to create an arch starting from a section line I created and using the curved roof slab tool. However, when I do in in 2D, for some reason ArchiCAD switches it to the normal roof slab and creates a normal straight slab. Any sugge...

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My doors and windows have disappeard from the floorplan

I have been working heavily with layers lately. But suddenly I realized that all my doors and windows had disappeared from the floorplan. If I press Schedules/Element/Door list, I get a list of the doors. So they must be there somewhere. Could someon...

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Modifying Stair ?

Hi, I'm building a ss tair and having a little problem in modifying it on plan view. In my attached filed, I have a little corner of a landing that I want it to be cut off. But I don't know how. Please help. Many thanks

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