This function might have been existing for a long time, but I have just discovered this trick : When you draw a polygonal element, with differently oriented edges, you can force your cursor to stay on the extension line of another edge by hovering th...
Before I formulate a wish or poll question I want to get the opinion of anyone who cares about the way composite walls join and clean-up. Currently, unless the composite cores are defined with the same fill, the sheathing is not broken but travels pa...
My 19 year son old wants to learn AC, but the school he is in only offers CAD drafting in Autocad or Microstation. Would it be a complete waste of time, or are there some "educational" benefits that might help even thought they are so different? At l...
I have Section/Elevations markers selected as "As in settings" in the display options, together with Section Depth as "do not show" When I change from the screen display between the Project Map and View sets, the sections default to "Normal" and "Sho...
This is my first post, and I want to show how to create geometry proper line tangent to two circles. Attachment as .PDF PS: Sorry that this is without any comment, but I suppose that it is clear enough.
Im trying to edit the sections im creating. Can i shade or even better , render my sections?? .. I say sections, but the renders would be more appropriate on my elevations. How do i create these or will i only get hidden line sections?
Just started using the UK version of 8.1 after getting use to the drag a copy by just toggling the command key (Mac v) in version 8.0. However in version 8.1 it only works by using the alt key. Worse than that though it doesn't seem to work at all us...
Is it possible to change the rounded end of lines to be square, ie. as in CorelDraw?
Hi all! I just joined this forum and I work at a large civil engineering company in Sweden (www.ncc.se). I have been working with ArchiCAD for several years by now mostly in R&D projects since we are deeply stuck in the 2D Autocad mud. I wonder if th...
how to plot A1 landscape on an A0 roll feed and not waste paper. . . see attached PDF 'how-to' that took much longer to figure out than it seems! this was worked out for our practice back in the OS9/archiCAD 6.5 days, and for an HP330 plotter, but th...
