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tracker line display and draw

hello friends. the tracker bar at 4 sides sometimes disappears sometimes appear, how to set it stick on 4 sides? and any way to draw a tracker/reference line? thanks

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Costumized tiles and Materials

Hello there! I'm relatively new to Archicad and I've been wondering how is it possible to design a more unique surface. I'm already familiar with the surface editor (adding the image I want etc.) but what about wall and floor designs that don't follo...

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Resolved! AC 24 Slab Bug? [Answer: changed behavior in AC 22 and above]

Using the Slab tool, butt 2 together edge to edge with one's corner shorter. Now select the larger one and try and put a node at the intersection point. It won't let you, you have to put the node away from the intersection and drag it to it. (The 2 i...

Archicad Smart cities

I am wondering if Archicad is used to design smart cities also or any sustainable urban areas, using smart city approaches? Or in other words, how is Archicad developing in CIM (City Information Modelling) direction, if it does? Are there any good re...

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Outlines

Please help

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Archicad Help link opens wrong page

When I click the Help > Archicad Help menu command, it does not open the Archicad Help page of Help Center. Instead, it opens the following web page (Getting Started with BIMcloud Team Client 24): https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/24/INT/BTCGS.pdf Anyon...

How to draw a BIM compatible Irregular shape- column, beam & lintel

Dear Archicad User I am using ArchiCAD for the last 5 months to produce Architectural Construction Drawing. The experience was really good. The question arises when I am planning to send the model to a structural engineer. I need to be sure My model ...

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Door/Window Schedule view scale

Hello everyone! I am having some trouble with automatic window / door schedule. I haven't quite figured out, if I set the scale to 1:50, then after leaving the schedule to some other tab (layout, plan etc), the scale resets back to 1:100, when I retu...

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railing tool custom panel?

forgive me if i've missed the obvious but is it possible to model a fence panel and then have that be used as the 'panel' with the railing tool? similar panel to this:

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