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

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Fill scale

Hello! I would like to draw fill on my object, but because my working units are on milimeters, and my scale is on 1:1, when I insert a "common brick" fill on my obcjet it just turns out as a "full hatching"? like my object is just red, instead of red...

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17 ROCKS!!

After taking the leap from 14/15 (owned it, but really never used 15) to 17 I must say WOW!! Very Nice Graphisoft!! Doing details and was curious about trying this gas pipe detail in 3D.... was the easiest thing I'v ever done. Very cool.

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Renovation Filter nightmare

Plain and simple, I hate the damn renovation filter. I think I have it's ugly head turned off, then it pops up again. This time I have my default line type set to solid line and it shows up dashed. I then have to select it and then turn set renovatio...

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building fireplace

Hello. I am currently building a metal fireplace like the one shown in the picture. I have built the rear and the front plates, but I do not know how to deal with the lateral parts. It's a union of 4 points, which would be so easy in SketchUp. It's a...

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wall story settings - V. 17

I am doing a kind of split level plan and every time I try to lower the plate of the lower level it appears on the lower story and no longer on the original story. I want the wall with a sill plate that is -1'0" from the home story to still stay on t...

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more detailed window library

Hi, does anybody know about library of windows with at least handles. I am doing interior stuff and the basic library is quite horrible comparing to doors. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Wall base trim around arched opening

How does one get trim around easily. I know how to do it with profiles, morph, but it sure would be nice if the complex profile would wrap around.

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AC17 wall colour display

Hello I'm kinda new to AC and have been trying AC17 for a couple of weeks now and there´s something I haven't been able to figure out. If I create a new project, and draw a composite wall, the skins of the wall display in colours, ie. reddish for the...

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Walls show below door openings

It is possible to get the wall not to show up at door openings like this ? The threshold is turned off. I have the door set to the level of the underlayment. The wall is setting on the subfloor.

winding stair w/ railing:-) Create Morph boulders?

Okay, did the stairs & railing - still have model a single handrail that follows the railing and is just inside per code. Was trying to use the spring in basic shapes to do this, but gave up after an hour and a half of playing with the x and y axis s...

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