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Dave Brach

Does anyone use Surface Painter. I am a heavy user since it came out and it has always been slow and choppy but it seems to be getting worse. I just bought a brand new Macbook with Apple M5 Pro last week, ans the Surface Painter tool is still unbelievable choppy. I'm sitting...

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I have 2 building sections in my model and each section has one view. When I right click on one in plan I can go down to "views from this section:" and the view is listed right there so I click and go to the view. When I right click on the other I see "views from this sectio...

Dave Brach · 2026-06-26

why does my grid dimension layer disappear/become hidden when I change structure display from "entire model" to "core only"? Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon Tahoe 26

Dave Brach · 2026-05-16

I have an IE looking at the side of a stair. I want to see the wall under the stair and the wall on the far side of the stair. If I set the IE to infinite horizontal view I do not see the wall under the stair. If I set it to limited and include the far wall I do not see the ...

Dave Brach · 2026-05-13

I wish for a window where I can set the top angle (for instance to match my roof angle) and then change the width and height as needed without affecting the top angle. I was surprised not to find this window in archicad after having done many many homes with windows that mat...

Dave Brach · 2026-05-28

I'm trying to install 29.2.0 but getting this message.  Advice?

Dave Brach · 2026-05-26

Hi I just switched to 29 and now am having this issue, thanks for the information.

Dave Brach · 2026-05-18

Yes indeed, thank you for pointing that out. If anyone is listening, this feature needs to be eliminated. It is completely useless and I'm guessing it causes a lot of users a bunch of time.

Dave Brach · 2026-03-31

Hi, this solution is not working for me. I have the stair set to "with break mark visible/hidden". And I have all grid and structure lines set to "dashed" but the stair above beak mark still shows a solid line. What am I missing?

Dave Brach · 2026-03-19

nothing is pinned. I tried adding a random door from the library and it worked fine. Then I tried a door from my favorites, and I got the message again. Under door settings>renovation, renovation status is "existing" and show on renovation filter is "all relevant filters". B...

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