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Back Referencing for Linked Details?

I’d like to back reference details in the Drawing Title to the Layout where the Linked Marker was placed. I understand this is only possible to do with Source Markers and not Linked Markers. Is there any sort of work-around that can be used? Our offi...

Elevation View without so much elevation?

Hi peeps, I am currently working on CD with a 4 unit townhouse. In my elevations it is displaying all the units behind the most front unit (which is the only one I would like to show) I am wondering if there is a way to get rid of those behind the fi...

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Background updating

Despite having background updating turned on I still always have to wait for elevations etc to regenerate whenever I open up a layout. Why? I have seen no improvement in speed or updating since this feature was included.

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graphic override

Hi! it seems that when I override fill of building material I loose cut lines between overridden material and the connecting one. Is there a solution to this problem? Concrete is overridden in my case and you can see that cut line between brick mater...

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Custom Autotext for paper dimension

Hello there. I am currently using ArchiCAD 18 and I came across something I couldn't figure out how to do. In the Layout pages I created a custom text to write the title of the drawing, then scale of it and lastly, the size. An example would be Groun...

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Keep several design alternatives in the same file

Hello to all, I'm new to the forum. During the initial design phase it frequently happens to have two or three alternative solutions on several design problems. Let's say I am designing an apartment and I want to show to my client two different bathr...

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Disappearing 3D in 2D view

I am not sure why ArchiCAD is doing this, but for some reason when I open up a 2D view of the model, like an elevation, sometimes all of the 3D elements disappear and any 2D lines stay. To get the 3D elements to come back, I have to adjust the layer ...

Area text WITHOUT displaying unit

Hey there ArchiCad people. I'm trying to display area text for a fill without displaying the unit. So in the image here I want the text to display "Area 480" not "Area 480 m^2^". I think this looks much tidier. For some reason this is the case for li...

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