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Unclean Wall Junctions

So I was drafting this bungalow in Archicad the other day and found that Archicad could not clean up this junction automatically. Although it seems that it tried to but it is still not how it should be. The wall is a composite and the priorities are ...

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Walls hight in section

Hi! I missed something or is a bug? I can not stretch the wall in section,with Arch19 I was be able to to in 18. Thanks for any suggestion

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problems with cntr/+d command

I have been a PC user since 1990 and never had this problem. Now using both version 18&19 the cntrl+d shortcut produces a dragged copy instead of drag only. has anyone had this problem and how do I correct it.

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AC19 | Surface Painter -- something is missing

I added 2 standing seam surfaces to the project via the Surface Painter (bottom 2 icons), but something is missing (top 2 icons). Can anyone tell me if this a setting or a bug? Attached is how all four surfaces appear in the same Content Panel.

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Extrusion - Face/ Area

Hello there, I just switched from AutoCad and Revit to ArchiCAD, and there are quite a number of tasks I couldn't figure out how to achieve in ArchiCAD, like, Is it possible to extrude an area/ face in ArchiCad and turn it to a 3D model? Coz in Revit...

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ArchiCAD in Canada

I will be moving to Canada as Permanent Resident in the next 6 months. I use ArchiCAD since 2001 in all BIM related jobs. What are the chances of finding jobs in Canada?

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replacing 3d mesh lines with beams?

Hi guys.I'm using archicad for a while now but i still can't control the 3d organic chapter so i'm tryng to evolve. i just found these 2 examples online and i've been grinding my teeth for a while cause i can't find the correct workflow . nr 1. Regar...

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Increasing numbers in door & windows ID

I have a typical situation where I'm placing doors in a plan, With the ID, say, D1 which refers to a specific type of doors, and I want all the doors I Place to have that ID. However, Archicad disagrees. Door number one is ID'ed D1, the NeXT one D2, ...

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Adjacent sites with conflicting stories

Hi all, I'm working on two projects for a client. They are side by side on a sloping site. I've designed one residence already. It has multiple levels/stories. I'm now working on the site next door and I would like to present the two designs to the c...

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