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Transform morph shapes in different steps?

Hello everyone! I was wondering whether it is possible to transform a certain shape to another shape in different steps. If I would for instance have a rectangular morph and a circular morph shape and I would like to transform the rectangular one int...

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Poll: Railing Tool Use

I would like to know how other people work creating railings for a project, so I created this poll. But I wish the Railing Tool was easier to use. Or that comprehensive detailed and useful training was available. While it can do amazing things, I str...

ARCHICAD functionality

Moderator comment: This discussion was started in another thread, but then changed into the discussion of various ARCHICAD functionalities, so the topic was split into its own discussion. Christophe wrote: Archicad is also the best and has always bee...

New Quick tip now online - Pedestrain Bridge Design

ASM Techbase new ARCHICAD Speed Modeling Quick Coffee Tip. This Pedestrian Bridge Design Tutorial is showing you how important it is to use Sections or Elevations, when creating a 3D model. Furthermore it teaches you how to use the multiple rotate an...

Stair / Edit Selection Set bug

I think there is a small bug in the Stair tool and in the way how it reacts to the Edit Selection Set. Today I had a problem with one Stair that wasn't showing on plans even though I just changed its layer in the Edit Selection Set. Changing the Laye...

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Drag/Stretch horizontally not working after updating to cad23

Just yesterday, my office updated the ArchiCad from 21 to 23 and started to notice that we can not drag or stretch doors and windows on a wall while in 3d viewport. The only way to get it working is while we are trying to stretch or drag an element s...

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sloping slab

Hello! Can a sloping slab or a ramp be created by using the SLAB TOOL? Using the custom edge option doesn't work for me in this case. I understood that I could use roof or mesh tool, but in this case I wouldn't have wanted layers of the usual slab sh...

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