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Perhaps I am losing my mind, but I seem to recall a time in which ArchiCAD could handle 3D display of things like blockwork mortar joints via an alpha channel within a surface texture, allowing the remaining bricks or blocks to have colour adjustable...

Paul King

I am finding it impossible to change the material of existing profiled columns - the material is missing and the parameter is greyed out in the column editing dialog. For context, this project was imported into AC 28. I am not privy to its previous h...

Paul King · 2025-04-16

I am trying to find an 'easy' way to adapt an existing GDL level marker object downloaded from BIMcomponents called Level_BeArt_11 Unfortunately the object is password protected, and there is no information I can see that would allow me to contact th...

Paul King · 2024-09-09

Hi, I am dipping my toe back into some GDL scripting after years away from it. I have made a simple 2D object conisting of a bunch of fills copied from plan view into the GDL scropt editor window. Each fill corresponds to a user selectable aluminium ...

Paul King · 2024-08-18

Whoever designed the label tool multi node pointer line was clearly an active sadist, or more kindly, someone who has never documented a drawing. There seems no obvious or intuitive way at all to adjust pointer line nodes dynamically in a way that gi...

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@Barry Kelly - did you have any luck? Meeting a wall of indifference with Central Innovation here - and they ignored the fact that I had, with great reluctance, accepted what I understood was an early adoption deal, adding another $400 extra pa on to...

Paul King

Hi, it is very rare that that supplied tracking curves suffice, as nearly all residential parking situations in urban developments are tight and require reverse / multipoint turning - current workaround is to overlay multiple single point turn diagra...

Paul King

Thanks @thesleepofreason . This begs the question as to why the parameter is displayed at all, or shown as 'missing' rather than 'N/A' it if is not applicable in that context. That said, for the wishlist, I think sheathing should be an option for com...

Paul King · 2025-02-03

Twinmotion is absolutely fine for me on dial 4K monitors - just ArchiCAD seems to have the issue for me. And it seems to have become worse in 27 than earlier versions.

Paul King · 2025-02-03

I find disabling hardware acceleration results in video corruption, with parts of the screen containing remnants of previous views etc.

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Bump mapping in surfaces in OpenGL

Profiled column material greyed out

GDL level marker object

Stretchy width for part of 2D object

Stepped Label Pointers

Re: Next phase of subscription transition announced

Re: Vehicle tracking

Re: Profiled column material greyed out

Re: Is Graphisoft actively doing anything about the shocking graphics & input lag of ArchiCAD 27

Re: Is Graphisoft actively doing anything about the shocking graphics & input lag of ArchiCAD 27