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Please make a single topic wish per thread in this Wishes forum. Do not combine multiple wishes in a thread if you hope to have the wish classified and considered for the future roadmap. Make the subject line of your Wish post a concise summary of th...

Roof plan pen color and elevation pen color

There needs to be separate pen colors for a roof for the plan view and the elevation view i.e. one pen color for plan, a different pen color for elevation. Thanks.

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Roof Plan w/ various colors

I would like to see the components of a roof be unique by changing linetypes and colors within the roof plan view. ie: Pivot line being a different color and linetype from edges. In fact graphisoft should look at what Revit has done by using an angle...

Annoying Reference Level Text

I use Reference Level 1 to make my top of first floor slab height 100'-0". ArchiCAD automatically puts the text "(1st Reference Level)" after the dimension. I never want this on my dimensions. At the very least, ArchiCAD should provide a parameter in...

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Elevation Dimension Text Location

WISH 2 of 3 I have never been able to figure out how ArchiCAD decides to place the text for an elevation dimension, but usually it is way too far from the dimension maker. There should either be a parameter controlling this, or change the algorithm s...

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Elevation Dimension Text

WISH 1 OF 3 On elevation dimensions (using the linear dimension tool), I would like to have a simple text parameter so I can type in a description and still have it be part of the dimension. In the graphic below, the purple text has to be put in by h...

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Lock the marquee selection

During the work on the large project I often use marquee tool to select piece of plan that interest me at the moment, I often switch between plan and 3d window to see changes, but when I want to paste (ctrl+V) object the marquee selection disappear. ...

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Time Time Time.

I think Teamwork is a great and essential tool in ArchiCAD and any CAD software for that matter. But there is a definite problem with the amount of time it takes to sign-in, sing-out, send, receive changes, etc. I am guessing that each time changes a...

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Lock Stories

It would be good to lock stories when using the marquee tool over all stories. An example of this would be moving a multi-storied building but not moving the basement. I am not sure how this could be implemented, either by having lock controls in the...

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extended figure tool

paint in archicad (in 2d) using photoshop tools that is possible in 3dsmax directly in the viewport using "ghostpainter". Implementation in archicad would be much simpler.

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