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

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When is an approximation good enough?

(Apologies if in the wrong forum – it could go in a few!) When is an approximation good enough? With the recent spate of discussions generated by the Maxon Freeform plug-in, I thought it might be time to again raise a nagging question I have about Ar...

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problem with staircase when viewed from above

please can you help with the following issue: in the 3d window, when i view a staircase from above (even when not directly above but high up), there is no difference in the shading of each step and the staircase looks more like a solid block or a ram...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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details in Project Map

How do I delete detail drwaings ( linked and unlinked) in Project Map Navigator window. That is I want to wipe out all the details from the entire porject.

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Temporarily disabling SEO

Hi, Is it possible to temporarily disable SEO's? e.g. I've got a site which I'm cutting into (using SEO's) and I want to be show before and after's or have several SEO's and enable them in different combinations to quickly show different options. Or ...

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Details In Teamwork

Our office is just starting to get into Teamwork and we're still getting used to how it thinks. I've run into a small clash (not a bug) where I am working on details and want to create a detail call out in someone else's workspace (section). How do I...

Bruce by Expert
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AC8.1->PM9 Problems

I have a team that created a model in AC8.1, then built the layout book in PM9 because it performs so much better than PM3.1. (It's an old project.) The model has been Teamworked. If there is a team member working on the AC model and another member o...

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mesh

i want to make a side walk that has a a difference between one part and another of 1.5 meter [level]. so i made it with mesh, i hope it right. the problem that when i render it doesn't show the thickness of the mesh. it appears only as if it's a surf...

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#d modelling in archicad

A lot of general questions here, but how can i achieve a curved bridge with handrail to match and vertically curved shapes? Is this possible in Archicad?

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major zone bug . . . or me?

i'm just doing a floor tile take-off for the client - all of my tiled areas are zones. before i started i 'updated all zones'. upon reviewing the data i noticed a few values that just didn't look right - so i put the fill tool over the same, identica...

Data Entry tit-bit

Somedays I discover something that makes me feel very good but at the same time STUPID having done it the harder way for so long... 1-0 is automatically converted to 1'-0" by AC.. What's the big deal?? There is a "-" on the keypad but no " or ' and f...

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