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Interior Elevation showing on all floors

Hello, everyone I'm having a problem here with my interior elevations marker. I can make the common markers show in one floor only or all, but it does not work with the individual markers, is grey out the option to change this, and is not locked or a...

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Labelling in hotlinked files

I am using hotlinked modules for a townhouse development I am documenting. I have labelled certain items in the .mod file and then placed the modules in my working file, in some cases the module in the working file is mirrored. In the mirrored module...

Section line lentgh

One more question if I may... Is it possible to have the section lines showing in different lengths in different floor plans? I have a house with an extension in the ground floor, therefore the section line needs to be long, but above the ground floo...

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Schedules don't drag between layouts

For some reason, I can't get schedules (e.g. door or window schedule) to drag between layouts. They seem stuck. I can drag regular views, no problem. And what's weird is that SOMETIMES I can drag schedules, but not usually. This seems to be true in A...

Custom Window tag

Hi Everyone, I have been trying to workout in Archicad how to create custom window tag that automatically picks up the type of window, height and width in the following fashion, ASW-0606. In Australia this is the conventional method to name the windo...

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PDF resize to correct scale

I know there are several posts out there talking about similar subjects but I was not able to find exact instructions or a solution on how to do this.... I have a pdf file that I import. PDF is 1/4" scale, view is set to 1/4" before "place external d...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Story Elevation Markers

I would like to automatically note my elevations on my sections and elevations. I know that I can do this by noting my stories and display/output them in my sections and elevations, but I do not want to add a "story" for everything that needs to be n...

TracyGA by Contributor
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