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Brian Spears

It would be nice to be able to automatically find Drawings whose Name is customized rather than "By View: Name only" or "By View: ID + Name".The Project Index can be set up to put Source View and Drawing name next to each other, but as far as I can t...

Brian Spears · 2022-06-27

Archicad should have a place in the Layout Book for setting the Layer Combination and Pen Set. The Layout Book has a different Layer Combination and Pen Set that is separate from those that can be applied to and saved with Model Views. I think that t...

Brian Spears · 2015-05-20

Does there exist anywhere a list of things that might be modeled in ArchiCAD and what the most appropriate IFC Element Classification might be? Some are easy: Wall, Slab, Ceiling, Furniture, etc. But some... What Element Classification is most approp...

Brian Spears · 2023-07-14

This ability was added in AC26, using Model View Options: See this portion of the online Help: Library - Kitchen Cabinets - Fine-tuning

Brian Spears · 2023-02-01

With Groups not suspended, you can select the Hotlinked Module, right-click, click Hotlink Selection Settings, and the Master Layer is displayed in the Hotlink Settings panel. The Master Layer is not a parent to children Layers, but it is a Master La...

Brian Spears · 2023-01-11

I don't think Fill Graphic Overrides will make Zones transparent in Sections. I think you'll need to either fiddle with the Surface's Settings or just make the Layer the Zones are on wireframe or turned off.Display of Zones in Section

Brian Spears · 2022-10-25

I think when importing a scheme into your Work Environment, you want to browse to the level of the folder that the .xml resides in. Pick that. Then in the next dialog back in Archicad, you'll select the scheme to import.

Re: Column complex profile and schedules · 2022-06-13

Try a Complex Profile Beam instead of a Column. One CP instead of two. Schedule the "Cross Section Area at Top/End".

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Automate finding of Drawings with Custom Names

Layer Combination and Pen Set in the Layout Book

ArchiCAD and IFC Element Classification

Re: Why ArchiCAD cabinet doors don't have opening lines on interior elevations?

Re: IFC Child layers

Re: Archicad 25, zones transparent background fill doesnt work in sections

Re: Importing Work Environment Not Working

Re: Column complex profile and schedules