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Fill orientation in a complex profile

Hi all, I am encountering issues with fill orientation in complex profiles. The attached screenshots should tell the story. In general the orientation of the fills does not get displayed properly in sections, but it is good in the Complex Profile manager.The settings in the ...

Stefan Videnov · 2026-04-21

Hi,We're finally moving from 27 to 29 and when we transferred the template we noticed that a lot of the tools have weird settings - missing layers, missing attributes etc.I set up proper settings for each tool and when I reopen the template and I first click on a tool I do g...

Stefan Videnov · 2025-11-12

Challenging to achieve or not, making your users to use embarrassing workarounds like the "iceberg method" is a shame.AI slop will not replace the most fundamental feature in any CAD software. Focus on what your users want and have been wanting for the last 20 years. Not har...

Stefan Videnov · 2025-09-26

Dear Colleagues,How can I make a schedule of all materials that are in a specific view?The view in question is for IFC export and I want to make sure that the naming of all materials is correct.The issue that I run into is that some of materials are in composites and profile...

Stefan Videnov · 2025-08-20

Dear colleagues,Based on @scottjm 's amazing presentation I tried to answer all my questions about how attribute messes are created, but there seems to be more. For example profiles seem to be more tricky. Additionally Associated attributes often get duplicated even when eve...

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Kindda figured it out. I had to make a symbol fill.

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Lets bump this. It's embarrassing 

Stefan Videnov · 2026-04-21

Solution: In order for the default settings to be saved a new template file needs to be made by the person who has set the proper settings.

Stefan Videnov · 2025-08-21

Hi,I just tested what you said and I can't replicate it. The attribute just gets overwritten by name and no duplicate is created. The old buildup of the composite is deleted.

Stefan Videnov · 2025-07-03

In my experience when I import a module dupplicates do not get created, because archicad uses the existing attribute by Name, not by index. Am i getting this right?This leaves the following scenarios for creating dupplicates (you are describing the first 2 I believe):- Appen...

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