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

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Skylight in shell not conforming

Hi all, I'm trying to put a skylight into a shell, but the skylight insists on remaining horizontal rather than conforming to the angle of the shell. I can't find a setting to adjust this, and to my understanding the skylight should adhere to the for...

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Solid Element Operation-Inherit Operator Surface not working

Greetings, In AC19 I am unable to cause a target slab to alter its surface to match the operator slab's surface when that radio button is selected in the SEO dialog box. Also note that the surface above the operation obtains the operators surface mat...

Removing fill from objects

Hello, I have a question regarding imported object fills from SU2016 I created a roof and door element for a small project on Sketchup 2016, than converted it to SU 2008. I brought the object in to ArchiCAD 19 and on the elevations it shows some kind...

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Flat Roof Upstand Options

Hi - newbie here. Basically I have an upstand that is more or less the same construction as the flat roof - same finish and fabric, different steel structure, think of it as the roof turning up at the edges with the outer skin of the wall below finis...

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project location viewing

Hi< I was wondering if there is a way to view plans on the site, after importing the project location, like with sketch up when you import the geolocation and it appears on the model? I managed to sort out the project location but I cannot see it in ...

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Losing default setting

Hi guys, I'm having a weird problem with a specific teamwork project. Everytime I log in i appear to have lost a number of default settings. Each morning when i start working on the project, I have to reset the default title for drawings and the defa...

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Replace Window Schedule

In the file I am working on, the Window Schedule shown under Schedules > Elements was completely messed up when someone else was previously working on this file. I have concluded that the only thing to do is delete it from the layout and from Schedul...

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Grid display off by default?

A minor issue but annoying... I prefer working generally with the grid display off. When creating new worksheets and details, the grid display is on by default, and I then go into menu>view>grid display (or use assigned shortcut key) to hide grid. Ne...

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Creating an excavation plan

I need to try my first attempt at an excavation plan in ArchiCAD. I have an existing topo survey with contour lines and a completed civil plan with finish elevations. I need to create an excavation plan to figure out how much dirt we need to excavate...

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Inclined Beams with rectengular endings?!

hi all, any chance to get inclined beams with rectengular endings. I am struggeling hard to build a steel structure with the included steel profiles as objects. thanks for hint!

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