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Solid element operation and graphic override issue

Hello. I've run into an issue using graphic overrides in sections together with solid element operations. A standard modelling practice for us is to create a mesh representing the ground (with different points at measured heights) and then use the bo...

Detail drawing

I'm a second year building engineer student. For a school project i need to design a building and make a lot of construction drawings. The design is ready and i made all of the floorplans etc. Another requirement is 16 detail drawing. My question is:...

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Resolved! Drawing moves when it's updated on the layout

Hello, recently I've been having some trouble when updating my drawings on layouts. When I update a drawing its view shifts from the position that it was placed on the layout. This displaces the drawing so its not enteirly visable anymore. This happe...

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Resolved! Master Layouts - which layouts are they used on?

Hello. Longstory short - I have maaaany layouts in my layout book, and maaaany master layouts as well. I want to clean things up, and my question is: Is there a way to know on which layout is a specific master layout used? Whenever I want to delete a...

PDF Options // Generating poly lines

Hello dear community, I am dealing with a problem regarding the quality of the PDF export – especially the quality of the poly lines. I enhance most of the drawings for my final presentation in Adobe Illustrator. Since AC23 and AC24 I am facing the p...

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Resolved! Story dimensions in Section

Is there any way to display the automatic story levels in sections to display as distances above sea level rather than from the "0" floor level. Does not seem to be any way to set that via the Dimension settings, which appear to control that dimensio...

Grid tool of hotlink not showing on host

Is there a reason why the grid tool of a hot linked Teamwork PLN doesn't show on a host PLN file? I tried placing a wall in the same layer as the grid tool and it shows OK, but the grid tool no. Why?

Rookie question: black and white elevations

Sorry, real rookie question: I'm trying to get my elevations to be plain black and white. No matter what I do, I seem to get black and grey. I want the symbol fill (brick, roof tiling etc.) to show, but the background fill to be white. I've tried set...

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Resolved! Wall Corner Connections problems in different view

Hi - wondering if anyone knows what is happening with my wall connections. In the Main Floor Plan - Existing, the exterior walls are cleaning up nicely at the corners (see attached screenshot), but when I change to a my site plan layer combinations, ...