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Resolved! Composite walls - Displaying core of Load Bearing elements

For walls that seperate private units in an appartment building we commonly use a load bearing wall in which two structural skins are seperated by a layer of acoustic insulation -> concrete/masonry + insulation + concrete/masonry (see attached image)...

AC for mac

Hi, Cant we open AC 21 side by side in mac machine? If yes, how to open. Thank you.

Roopa A by Contributor
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Half height riser

i have only just started to play around with AC22 & i need to model a staircase with a half open riser or half height riser. i have tried the morph & save as library part, but could not manage to get the custom riser to sit at the correct heights whe...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Resolved! Railing - turn off handrail

If the top rail IS the handrail, how do I turn off the handrail like I can with railing selection 'invisible'? I can only see 'Built-In Rail' for handrails. Is ArchiCAD forcing my railing to have a handrail?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Update 6000 Date Anyone?

It appears all of the High Sierra issues will be resolved in ArchiCAD 21 Update 6000. Does anybody know when this is? My office has been delaying upgrading to High Sierra for some time now because of the issues. Plus, we are looking into buying a new...

toman311 by Enthusiast
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Is there a way to order my line types list?

I am setting up a template currently and i would like to be able to order my line types to how i want them. E.g. being able to move around my list so i can put all dashed lines together ect. Is this possible?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Curtain wall question

How do you draw the pattern in the screenshot using the curtain wall grid pattern? All columns seem to have the same width in the AC tool.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Curtain Wall doesn't show properly in 2D

Hello I'm working on a project in ArchiCAD 21 an I have a problem with curtain wall tool. When I draw a curtain wall it doesn't show properly in 2D but as like it doesn't contain libraries and it doesn't show in 3D at all. Pleas help! Here is a pictu...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Resolved! Save to View Map Location

Is there a way to dictate where a view is saved to on the view map instead of it just defaulting to the bottom? Ling.

Zero thickness wall components

Hello, I'm relatively new to Archicad. I am making a wall library in ArchiCAD 21 and trying to figure how to handle the insulation. Since I am listing the acoustic values of the walls, it is important that I list the specific type of insulation used....

Anonymous by Not applicable
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