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details with custom window and door frames

Hey guys I was wondering what techniques you use to add a detailed window/door frame from a manufacturer on your details (scale 1:5)? I am asking this cause right now I am importing them from autocad and making them into 2d objects with hotspots, but...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Dimension Label 19

This does not seem to be working right. You should be able to make the label opaque without having to turn on the frame. http://screencast.com/t/f2nAFuqt

How do you show hatch in one Elevation and not in another?

I would like to show the same Elevations at one scale with hatch and shade, and at another scale in a different Layout with out the hatch. Is that possible? It seems simple enough. The reason I am trying to do that is so I can put some small Elevatio...

Hotlinked door labels

Hi, I have created a hot linked module of a toilet block that I have repeated. I now find that I cannot do automatic numbering through, document, element ID manager, because change ID is not available. Any advice appreciated. Cheers Scotty

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Anonymous by Not applicable
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Label Font Size

Hi, I would like to change the font size on the automatic door label as shown in the attachment but am not sure how, any advice appreciated, cheers Scotty

Anonymous by Not applicable
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lock a single layer in ALL layer combinations?

Is there a way to lock a single layer in ALL layer combinations without having to open each combination manually? I'm looking for fast ways of editing layers and layer combinations. Datum lines and grid lines for example. I would like to set them, th...

Gus by Newcomer
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Zones

If Zones are set up in plan, is there any way that they can be used to automatically define room names in building sections?

TracyGA by Contributor
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ArchiCAD 19 Labels

I am trying to use the new ArchiCAD 19 label types (Generic Label 19) to notate the top of walls and top of footings on my foundation plan. However the automatic elevation has some issues. First, I like to define my ground floor as elevation 100, but...

TracyGA by Contributor
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zone

Hi! How do you centered the text of zone # in the zone? Thanks

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Appending date to publisher naming

Does anyone know a way that the date can be appended to file names created when publishing sheets as PDF's? Typically the publisher uses the names assigned to sheets and I don't want to change those names, just the name of the published file.

Erich by Newcomer
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