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

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Stop surfaces joining in 3D?

Good afternoon guys, quick question.. Im trying to get columns and beams made from the same complex profile with the same surface to not intersect in 3D. I would like to see the edges of all members and also the X as per my complex profile timber mem...

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Shell Facade

New ARCHICAD Speed Modeling tutorial is live now. Creating a building Facade with the Shell tool in ARCHICAD gives you a lot of options. For most of the designs, even curved ones , there is no need to get into Grasshoppers. This ARCHICAD Speed Modeli...

Modeling a custom fireplace in 22

First, all the searches I did on “Modeling a custom Fireplace” brought me to a page that read no current topics. So, would someone be so kind and suggest a method to model a custom fireplace in v22? Thanks,

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FILL FOR CUT WALL

I never thought about this…how do I change the fill of the cut wall to say, hatch instead of the solid color in the foreground and background?

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Stadium modelling,

just having fun with archicad on my free time, i made this i don't know how to use rhino + grasshopper connection for archicad , i'm wondering it would be easier to create this shape using it or not ??

AC22 RUNNING SLOW WHEN ORGANIZER IS OPEN

Does anyone else have the problem of AC22 running very slow, lots of lag time with clicking and scrolling when the Organizer is open? I remember this happened in a previous version of AC (can't remember which one) and it was fixed with an update. But...

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I need help wit the modifiers...I think

Hi, I've lifted my hobby project to AC22 from 21 and when I try to use modifiers for a complex profile wall it goes wrong. First I didn't see the windows in the plan view and after a while I managed to fiddle around enough so I didn't see the wall in...

Partial wall intersections

Hi, I have a problem with certain T-intersections where one wall (for instance an internal load-bearing concrete wall) extends halfway into the core of an exterior wall (8" timber framing with 200 mm insulation). Working with building materials I can...

Autocad to Archicad for tracing everything

I make every detail of a building in Autocad, then I want to trace them in archicad. After placing the walls in the position I cannot see the location of window and door in the drawing I imported from autocad. Is there any way of playing with the tra...

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