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Creating non rectangular walls

I need to do a trapezoidal shaped wall? Can we do this by editing the wall profile in a view like in Revit or is there another way to do this? Thanks a lot

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ARCHICAD 22 BUILD 3004-1.2 IS NOT RESPONDING ON 3D VIEW

When I am opening the drawing in 3D view and start using orbit to rotate my structure then the cursor starting to rotate like it searching something and when I go to task manager I find that Archicad is not responding. anyone to help please

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composite wall

I'm new to learning about composite wall. I set up the composite wall with an "aluminum" finish on the exterior, but it's showing up as grey, what am I doing wrong here?

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Revert Uniform Settings for line tool

I've created a floor plan view in gray scale for the structural engineer using ArchiCAD 19, but i think he accidentally checked the option of " UNIFORM SETTINGS FOR LINE TOOLS " therefore everything including the grayed out floor plan now displays wi...

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Resolved! Circular profile beams

I want to make a beam with circular profile. Is it possible?

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Wall material below Window Masonry Arch (Windows & Doors).

Hi All, Does anyone know if there's a non-SEO way to remove ALL the wall material below a window's (masonry) arch? The "Niche Below Arch" only extends to the depth of the frames' reveal (setback). This may be a limitation with the window style (Arch ...

Resolved! Perspective that looks more axonometric

Hello everyone. I am looking for particular setting of a single camera in regular perspective view from above (please see image Perspective). What I would like to do is to make it look more "axonometric" , not quite as the other attached image, but s...

Align a wall to a slab

Hi everyone Is there a way to align this wall to the edge of the slab. I'd like to do this in the 3D view if possible. It seem like the align tool is not meant to work with different kind of objects like slabs/walls. I sometimes want to aling a wall ...

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Handrail connection issues - U shaped stair with 2 landings

I have a U-shaped stair that starts on the main floor with a flight to a landing, then a riser to another landing, and a another flight that ends at the second floor. The railing is associative and for the life of me I can't get the handrail connecti...

AC23 Beams in Section/Elevation

I created a custom profile for a framing element and need to make the cover fill transparent with only dashed outlines. No matter what I have tried (graphic overrides, setting up the beam directly, etc) nothing will allow this. In fact, I even tried ...