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Modeling
About Archicad's design tools, element connections, modeling concepts, etc.

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Complex Profile wall shows weird line in Elevation View

Been trying this for hours... I've made a Complex Profile parapet wall which is rounded at the top. However, in the Elevation View it shows a weird break line where the curve begins. (see image) This worked correctly in the past, but I cannot recreat...

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disabling fill on floor plan

On the floor plan window each time i insert an object/door/window it always comes with a fill/cut fill, how can i disable this option from the floor plan preference, it seems to be making the computer run slow, i checked the tool setting and work env...

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View Selection on Layouts

I've got this thing going on that has got me stumped I used to be able to right click my views on a layout and open the view source but now the option is gone. In fact, I'm not even able to select the view on a layout... it must be a setting that got...

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SEO- a slab and mesh contour

i have a building that is partly within a hillside. i've recreated the hill with the mesh tool and now i need to 'carve' a chunk out of it. The hill is 20' tall and the building digging into to the hillside is 8' tall and floating 5' above ground lev...

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Stairs & Stories

Please Help! I have tried and tried, but can not figure out how to make a stair show on a story level other than it's home story. I am sure there is a (simple) way to do this, but I can't find it.

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Door in Complex Profile Wall

I'm new to using complex profiles and in this case I'm using a complex profile for the wall with a storefront door but the door is displayed a closed in 2D although my setting are set to 90 degrees. Does complex profiles affect the display?

Lack of simplicity in 3d modelling

Why isn't there a 3d modelling method that allows the user to model complex objects in a simple way? (like in sketchup). Archicad is much too literal in the way its library parts are set up, it lacks simplicity! Modelling a complex roof form is a nig...

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Teamwork crash

One of the users here was working in Teamwork Fri and it crashed at the end of the day. However it it shows him signed in and his last send and rec was at 11:00am. How can i receive his work?

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perpendicular dimension along an inclined plane

Hi How do i dimension a perpendicular distance between two walls or site boundaries (inclined at an angle) that are not orthogonal, i mean along the x and y axis of Archicad floor plan window Without having to draw a line and click along this line, d...

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