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

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Overcladding

All, I have a project which will be overcladding an existing bungalow with insulation. I have an as existing model of the house. The roof and floors are easy to do by adding the insulation as slab / roof as an additional layer to the existing build u...

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How to model a....

... bullnose verandah. Not sure if this is just an Aus term but it is essentially a verandah made with curved steel roofing sheets. It is easy enough to model this with a complex profile then put a vectorial hatch on it to represent the ribs of the s...

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Specific achicad settings

I have maybe an old question, still i'd like to know whether it exists in archicad. Can i change the default setting for gdl objects, walls, stairs etx, in that way which 2D lines, hatching, height, and other parameters will be specific type and colo...

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Changing material of one wall/slab side?

Hi everyone, I am not sure why it is happening, but whenever I adjust just one material on a wall or slab side (such as the bottom of a slab, or reference side on a wall) each side will revert to the same material when I view it in 3D view. Strangely...

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BIM=Revit??

I went to a BIM seminar last week organised by the Australian Institute of Architects sponsored by Autodesk so very Revit centric. Not a bad presentation but aimed more at what BIM adoption means to your firm e.g. if the Client wants a full BIM deliv...

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Fill problem

Hi to all! I'm very i will work A 6.5 - 7 - 8 and could build simple 2d hatch. And now in A12 i can't !!!! When, par example i built in 2D one rectangle and fill with any vectorial fill pattern with simple 2d design option only appears solid fill no ...

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Serpentine and Inclined handrail

Sorry for not doing and extensive search... But I am trying to wrap my head around whether the SHELL Tool can extrude a profile along a serpentine path with the elevation changing along the path... In other words a simple handrail for serpentine stai...

HOW TO ADD A JPG MAP to a solid slab or surface Archicad

Guys. I would really like to know how i can take a picture from google earth. plant it ontop of a solid slab or toposurface, so that it is visable in 3d. Also how can i set the map, so the slab and the map are to correct scale ? Thanks. Ian

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IMPORT OBJECT CANT FIND MATERIAL

i have a object created from cinema4d. i have a folder with the model and the textures. When i import the cinema file into archicad 15, its takes some time but shows on plan. BUT when i go to perspective, archicad tells me that all the materials cann...

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