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

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Core / Finishes / Other in composites

Hello again users, I am working on a renovation project and I wanted to take advantage of the possibility to filter and show separate components of the composite walls via correctly tagging the composite wall's components. The building has brick vene...

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PDF option vanished

hey when i open the organizer-publisher, the PDF save option does not show. i can see DWG' DXF ets. but the PDF is not in the list. it was in the past' and the PDF printer exists in my computer/ how can i get it back?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Changing the Section ID increment number by letters...

Hi Guys, I am looking for a trick to change the ID Sections automatically by letters. In fact, Archicad is displaying the section id as "S-21" for the section number 21. What I would like is Archicad display at first a letter with a letter increment ...

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Problems printing/plotting to KIP 300m

We're having an issue printing to our KIP 300 m (it's a large format printer/scanner/copier). Some layouts will think that they are printing on 24" wide paper instead of the 36" roll we have loaded. It happens completely randomly, and you might print...

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Creating layouts

Hi, I'm trying to create a layout for the first time. Can someone please tell me how to get rid of the info box in the right bottom corner? And also - is PDF the best format for printing? Thank you.

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update detail boundary

Say I have drawn a detail boundary on a plan and have worked on the detail by adding fills, lines, notes, etc. Now I want to make the boundary bigger on the plan to encompass more area. Also want to retain the work I have done on the detail and simpl...

mysterious label setting

does anyone know what this label setting does?! Nothing in the documentation about it. thanks

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Labelling Beams

Hi, I'm trying to automatically label my beams show that it shows the H x W x weight dims as listed in the object parameters. For example I want the label to show 203 x 102 x 23. The closest I can get is the 'beam label' but thats shows H x W x L so ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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PDF and fills

When I print to PDF my fills are solid black. Where can I change this setting so they print as fill pattern?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Weird Dimension Strings

Archicad 16 64 bit version. If you notice the dimension string at the top, it has an extra 1/16th of an inch. Why is that? It should be 7'-4"....when I measure it it's 7'-4"....only when I dimension does it throw in the extra fraction.

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