Modeling
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Building Materials - Priority numbers not working

The composite wall has a building material Gypsum that has a 300 priority number, yet it is overriding higher priority numbers within a Composite Slab. See Atachment

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Floor cut plane

I am trying to change to floor plan cut plane settings & have followed the Eric Bobrow tutorial to the letter following everything he does & cannot get the display to change. I have checked that I have the same settings as he does but no change! What...

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Unable to select multiple holes of a slab in AC 18

Hi Does anyone experience the same problem that I have? In all past versions of ArchiCAD I was able to select multiple holes of the same slab to move, mirror, drag a copy or delete them. But now in AC 18 (update 5100) I am able to select only one hol...

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ArchiCAD and engineers

An interesting retrospective (symbolically referencing power house engineering)..but from my perspective sadly, you have done very little for real engineers. my2c

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Remove Duplicate Objects

Dear Forum, I've searching online without success. Is there a tool to select/remove duplicate objects in SE 2013? I tried installing the Goodies "Check Duplicates" but it does not show in my version. Best, Hawk

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The Graphisoft Story

An 8-minute short film about Graphisoft's story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDdp7kRAP4

Vectorial hatching behind transparent windows - in Elevation

In elevation, the vectorial hatching is shown everywhere but behind the transparent windows. Transparency and vectorial hatching are checked in the settings. The glass material has the "air space" vectorial hatching. But it creates the same result wi...

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Terrain modeling - Incomplete!

Hi all. I'm doing some terrain modelling of the site and surroundings of a hotel I'm working on. I've donde the process a few times before and worked fine but this time I don't know what's happening. Steps are, attach survey dwg, then create the mesh...

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Hiding molding

So I made a complex profile wall that has moldings, I was wondering if it's possible to hide it on my floor plan view, because it makes things look really messy. What's the best way to achieve this?

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Wall display above cut plan

Scenario: Large dormer window in a pitched roof. Issue: Dormer walls above 4'-0" cut plane display as solid wall in plan view. Question: How can the wall display be changed to dashed lines where the wall occurs above the cut plane? Also note, the wal...