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About Archicad's documenting tools, views, model filtering, layouts, publishing, etc.

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Ideas for simple Door and Window markers

Hi guys. I'm working at a company at the moment that does not really want to pay for a third party add on to Archicad that is suited to Australia for windows and doors. This is making things a little more difficult in documentation as they have speci...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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How do I make my zones not see through?

Hi guys, Im trying to make a airport layout map. Similar to this: http://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/media/11037/cial_a4_terminal_map_ground_floor_a4_2013_3d_v4.png I just need the zones to more solid and not see through. Cheers, John

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Segmented Marker Range

Aloha, Is there any way to segment a marker's (Elevation or Section) horizontal range. I have a building with several jogs and I only want to show the walls facing the elevation in the Exterior Elevation views. Thank you, John

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Storey Level Markers

Hi, is there anyone who can help with storey level markers overlapping in section/elevation when there is only 300mm difference between the 2 storeys that are to be labelled? Is there a way to manipulate the line and label? Sean Harrison AC 17, Windo...

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Creating site plan using meshes

Does anyone actually use the meshes for an architectural site plan? Or are they typically more used for just site modelling in 3D views, sections, etc.? I have spent so much time trying to understand the proper way to work with meshes as part of the ...

Bill by Contributor
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3D DOCUMENT SETTINGS? NOT GIVING ME THE "SOLID SHADES"?

So..have looked at the settings on the 3D documents settings. Can't seem to get the actual 3D Document it produces to give me the "shaded tones" like I used to. it only gives me this "sketchy" hidden linework look....what gives??

rob2218 by Booster
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Costumize issue date

1. Is there a way to change "Work in progress" issue date description to local language? 2. Is is possible to costumize issue date format - eg. instead of date string as "2014-07-14" to "jul. 2014"? Thanks

Problems publishing PDFs

Our office has 6 workstations running Archicad 18, linked on a network. Only one of our workstations has this problem. When publishing a layout to a PDF, only the first attempt succeeds. If an amendment is made, and the layout republished with the sa...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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