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

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trim wall to underside of shell - not top of shell

it appears that the walls are being trimmed to the top of this shell instead of to the underside of the shell. this is a quonset hut and the material thickness is very thin (~1/16") and is modeled with thickness. how can i get the walls to trim to th...

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Building material

I am working on two different files . But I am facing issues with building material with one of them . I cannot put texture and color on elevation on one of them . I am uploading photos of both , please compare and help me find a way out. TIA

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Working in high inclined plot

Hello! I work in a plot that is inclined and i have many buildings in the plot. The buildings (let's say) are the same but since the plot is inclined, each building is on a different elevation. I want to find a way on each storey (for example on the ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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ARCHICAD 21 - rail edit & 3D contours issue

Hi I'm not sure if this is a bug, but if it is it is fairly minor. I've been using the rail tool in ARCHICAD 21 is which is really good. However, every time I go into the "edit" mode, then go back out, the contours of my 3D view disappear, even when ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Resizing fly-out navigator

That's been grinding my gears for so long... Why on earth did GS made it so small? Anybody has an idea how to make it bigger?

runxel by Ace
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Wall conection to roof problem

Can someone give me some guidance on connecting a wall to roof, I have used the trim elements to roof and the blockwork does not trim please see attached image Any help appriciated

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Slab edge differing surfaces

I have a project where I want two surfaces along the same slab edge. The way I've achieved this is building two slabs with the same thickness and elevation. However, In plan, it means I am left with a division line. Any tips to avoid this? I'm curren...

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Wall corners

My wall consists of two different materials . but the junction of the two wals does not have a clear border . one of them has a 45 degree corner . it is making the drafting wrong . any solution ? I have attached the photo .

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transfering Project Preferences

Could someone please tell me why it is still not possible to transfer the project preferences - namely dimension and unit prefs - from one file to another? I've never seen how these are specific to a project. They should be handled no differently tha...

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SEO palette not showing

Hi, Please see attached screenshot. Clearly there is a solid element operations happening that I have performed, where the wall is doing an Subtraction with downward extrusion to the slab. However, for some reason that little blue box is not showing,...

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