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Hi can someone help me change this "insulation" fill on the electric meter object? I can't find it anywhere.

Dave Brach · 2026-09-28

When I publish this layout to pdf and open it in Acrobat Pro, all of the surface textures and colors are bogging down and will not display on the pdf. I have actually had this problem for years, ever since I started publishing elevations with surface texture fills and colors...

Dave Brach · 2026-09-24

I just recently started to use the stair headroom feature to visualize code required clearance. I notice that at the top of the stair the headroom extends horizontally across the top tread, which of course does note meet the IBC Building code, which requires the head room to...

Dave Brach · 2026-09-19

I have only recently started using Keynotes. I am also a heavy user of the Quick Layers palette. I notice that the keynote labels in plan view cannot be controlled by quick layers. For instance if the keynote labels are on archicad layer, and I select "hide all layers, the l...

Dave Brach · 2026-09-18

why can I dimension one set of walls but not the next? Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon

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Adjusting the dpi in document options helped a lot.  Thank you.

Dave Brach · 2026-10-14

The only thing that works 100% is unfortunately to just turn off texture fills. When I change the settings per attached the pdf works fine, just not exactly matching the texture in the model, and a little more time consuming.

Dave Brach · 2026-09-30

For the past 15 years I have been manually using line work to show stair head clearance so I like the automatic display but yes, I did immediately go searching for how to edit the color, transparency and pen to no avail. Since dark gray is the only option I just end up turni...

Dave Brach · 2026-09-29

I am using AC29. 29.2.1 (5101) usa full. setting to 72dpi seems to help a bit. I have two elevation layouts: and one hesitates, then shows, the other shows an error.

Dave Brach · 2026-09-25

yes, exactly. At a minimum the head room needs to extend one tread depth over the landing, but options such as: 3' over the landing, or an amount equal to the width of the stair, or a custom amount would be ideal

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electric meter fill

Surface texture in elevation won't publish to pdf

Stair headroom over top landing

Keynot labels and Quick Layers

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