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

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Show columns on all views?

For some reason I can't get columns to show up on upper stories (I usually do my site plan and landscape plans as the top stories). They are set to "All Relevant Stories" because the only other option is "Home Story Only." I don't know how ArchiCAD d...

Gus by • Newcomer
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Multistory stairs?

Hi everyone, I'm a Revit user who's very recently started working with ArchiCAD and I'm wondering how do people normally work with multistory stairs @archicad. I mean, on Revit (if you have equal levels) all you have to do is activate it and choose t...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Solid body mesh has zero volume

Help! I need to know the volume of a mesh, and even though it is defined as a solid body mesh it has zero volume. I have 8 other meshes in this model, and they all have volumes, but this one does not. The system is treating it as a surface only mesh....

R Muller by • Enthusiast
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AC20 - Roof plan - visibility issues

I'm new to Archicad so I'm hoping that I'm missing something simple but I'm having trouble with the visibility settings for my roofplan. I've looked at different sources for how to adjust the settings but seem to be getting in a muddle. I have a numb...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Could someone help me to open a 1999 archicad project?!

Hello, I tried desperatly to open a very old project of mine (drawn in 1999, I don't even remember in which version) but I didn't succeed. I tried with the oldest archicad I found (10) but it was still to new. Could somebody help me? Thanks a lot, Ro...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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Design Tool Settings (Slab / Roof etc)

This one has me stumped... I'm on v18 and trying to change some basic settings for slab and roof tools (mainly changing floor plan display to show "Home and One storey down") Long story short, I go through the settings dialogue box, make all my chang...

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Troubles with railing when connecting multiple stairs

Is anyone else having problems when their railing is associated to multiple stairs/multiple floors? I have a three story building and have a railing that is associated to the 2 stairs as well as the 2nd floor landing. My primary issue is that I can't...

Anonymous by • Not applicable
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AC20 - Convert polyline to line?

Is it possible to convert a polyline to a line? That and can you intersect a line and a polyline? As far as I'm aware, you can't, which is why I'd like to be able to convert a polyline to a line.

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Guide lines not working in new construction renovation filte

In AC 21 if the view is set to the new construction renovation filter then when I try to modify or drag an element the guide lines will not appear and the file moves slower than a sloth. If I change the renovation filter to planned status it works fi...

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