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Transparency in elevations,

I am trying to enable transparency in a frameless glass balustrade but keep my windows non-transparent. I know how to turn transparency on globally and have used a different glass material for the balustrade then gone to material settings and changed...

Arcadia by Contributor
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Transparency in elevations,

I am trying to enable transparency in a frameless glass balustrade but keep my windows non-transparent. I know how to turn transparency on globally and have used a different glass material for the balustrade then gone to material settings and changed...

Arcadia by Contributor
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Zone Stamp missing....

Hello, I upgraded my ArchiCAD 12 library to the latest one a while ago when it came out. Recently I've noticed, when I do a zone the zone stamp is missing. It won't show the area, room name, etc. It just says "Room" and has the usual dot like when a ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Trace/rerference COPY

Is there a way to copy the trace - as to make it a 2d drawing?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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2 Quick questions for newbie (or at least I hope quick)

Thanks for your reply, yes I have Archicad, the full version. Anyways during input of the wall, how do I specify how long I want it to be? I've tried just typing in numbers like AutoCad, but that doesn't work. Also where would I change default thickn...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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PDF conversion problem

hello, I have a big issue. I want to export in PDF some layouts. I have some Tiff file imported in the layout and a drawing over the image file. when I want to publish in PDF the tiff image is not present or only a part of it. do you know how to solv...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Pen shapes change?

is there any way to change the pens line shape? I want them to be square-like, like here below:

Anonymous by Not applicable
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SEO not working...

For some reason all of the sudden solid element operations wont work on a set of slabs. I have one slab that intersects another and I want to do a subtraction then hide the cutting slab...something I do frequently with no problems. Any ideas? I have ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Interior Elevations

How do I turn off the lines on the elevation marker that show up in plan view to indicate what is being elevated? Is this even possible? Thanks

Anonymous by Not applicable
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