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Problem importing PLT's to PM

When I import a PLT's file created in Autocad 2004 or 2005 something weird happens. The Plt import without a problem, but when I cropped the drawing and then try to move the PM crashed. What could be happened?

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Moving dimensions

I'm still trying to get up to speed with Archicad's 9.0 dimensions. How do I move dimension lines manually. I've noticed if I move a wall with the marquee things work, but haven't discovered how to grip or move a dimension's line by itself.

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Importing views from Archicad to Plotmaker

Is it just me (and everyone else in our office), or did anyone else realise that now you don't have to save .PMK files of views before you can import them into Plotmaker. Importing direct from the model establishes a 'hot link' guaranteeing that the ...

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PlotMaker + OpenType Font + Amyuni = Garbage?

Hi all, If I try and "save" a PDF from PlotMaker? using a OpenType? font(Frutiger) I get garbage characters in the PDF. If I print the PDF my output is fine. Any ideas on how to resolve this issue? I already tried setting the preferences of the amyun...

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Printing Help Please

Hello To Whomever Can Help, I have a Mac and ArchCad 9. I have no way of getting to the Printing in 2D Menu. My only printing options are lanscape/portrait, number of copies and scale ratio. Has anyone else had this problem? How can I get to th Print...

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Architectural fonts?

Is there a way to update or import architectural style fonts other than the default ones included with plotmaker? I am looking for something a little more interesting for the title text

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Teamworking Plotmaker

I have read a lot of posts for using Plotmaker. I have read a lot of posts for using ArchiCAD and Teamwork. What I have not read about how anyone is using Plotmaker with lots of teammates. If all the drawings for a Teamworked project go into one plot...

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Scale Sensitive option not working correctly

I'm a newbie to ArchiCAD however there seems to be a bug in the program. I have created a window using the W1 casement from the library. Under the Window Selection Settings-Parameters I have set the Option to Scale sensitive. However when I change th...

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Plomaker not updating views in networked environment (Mac)

We have found the following anomaly with PlotMaker. We keep all of our models and layout books on a server. Each layout book will have views from multiple models inserted into its sheets. Some of the models are shared and others are solo models. This...

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Problem: Publish to PDF fails. (from PLOTMAKER)

I try to publish some drawing to pdf. It fails to write the file to disk. If i have many plots to a single pdf, it passes them all correctly, one by one, and at the last one fails to write it. I wonder what it is. Any clues?

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