Modeling
About Archicad's design tools, element connections, modeling concepts, etc.

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Updating a library daily

Red wrote:How can we make sure that everyone is using the same library if we load it off our local PC. It would be perfect if we had a program that could update it every time we logged on the our local PCs because some people tend to forget to update...

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Custom Dimension Marker

I perfer to see the window size on the plan as (2640) instead of (2'-6" by 4') like all the AC markers write it. Is there a way to make your own Dimension Marker that does this?

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Tab Through Layer Combinations

Is there a way to tab up and down through the layer combinations without opening up the Layer Settings dialog box? In Vector Works you could use the arrow keys to tab through the layers which made it easy to check alignments of objects without having...

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Delete Duplicates

Where is the Delete Duplicates Add-On ? I cannot find it in AC7 or AC8. Conrado

Make an elipticle window?

Is there anywhere to get an elipticle window? I made a barrel roof and I need to fit a window under it that matches all the way around. The barrel is only about 2/3 of half a barrlew so if you put a half round window in the top it matches at the top ...

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when are the addons going to be updated for AC 8.1????????

as we all know archicad need the use of other thirdparties soft to be able to model some complex stuff...it was a long wait for addons for 8!!,..and now even more long for 8.1!!!...i need archiglazing..archiforma...architerra...!...i cannot spend tim...

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mesh contours

hello Is it possible to create contour lines on meshes, at a nominated height? Similar to the way you can create roof level lines. From what I know it cant be done. I imagine being able to input heights from a site plan at measured but random points ...

Chamfering a log corner

I am attempting to represent a window in a log wall, with no trim on the exterior, just the window frame. The window would have a chamfer cut into the log wall, a bevel cut, basically. We are using Theometric's Door and Window Builder 3.5. When the c...

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