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Grid Tool Problems

My grid elements are acting funny in section/elevation. Instead of the grid lines and marker heads being straight up and down all the marker heads are offset to one side. They are all offset the same amount and in the same direction. So I go into the...

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3rd party plot tracking software that works with archicad

people tell me to use our OCE or HP plotter software to keep track of plots. problem is our plotters dont have the tracking software installed and i dont want to pay $1000 to install it. i've tried other software but all it says when it tries to log ...

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Double hung windows in elevation

There are several single-hung windows in a home we are designing. When looking at them in elevation, with shadows cast, the shadows show up accurately, but other portions of the sash are also shadowed, incorrectly. See attachment for illustration. An...

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Examples???

We've been using Archicad for about a year in our office and still aren't satisfied with how our construction drawings look on paper. I would love to see examples of carefully drawn plans, sections, elevations & details that have good line quality (w...

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Vectorial Hatching

For some reason my library parts are losing the ability to publish with vectorial hatching patterns shown. The patterns are displayed in the model & layout book but when published to either a print or pdf my library parts are displayed without vector...

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What's wrong with my elevations ?

I've been looking at the elevation settings, and associated component settings ( i.e walls ) but I can't seem to get any of my elevations to look right. There are lines that are missing which may be the windows and in general they don't look good. I'...

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Label Window Marker Display options

For some reason my window markers which are linked through the window ID are showing up on multiple storeys. I am wondering what can I do to fix this other than manually having to tag all my windows again?

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Text Problems with Windows7

I use a font called MARKER FELT (mac).. It's a truetype, so I just popped it onto my Win7 Machine. If I bring a project from mac to win, all the text is jibberish... greek characters, etc. If I TYPE something in a text box, it appears perfectly... bu...

Problem plotting in Archicad13: black lines all print gray

I am having a problem plotting using Archicad13, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, HP Designjet 430 (black only) with 64-bit Vista driver. Entire drawing: lines and text prints grey not black, whether I have the plotter set for black and white or color....

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