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

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Roof shown as overhead with outline selected

Hello. When we do roofs we usually want to show them as seen from above and rarely cut, so we use the outline option for floor plan display. However when roofs have a home offset of 1660 mm or more they still show as "overhead", that is they get a da...

Resolved! Material vs composite

Hello,When we set up a composites and we need to add / modify material, we need to close the composites window and open the material, do the changes and come back to composites. In revit, all of that can be done in one windows. Are there tricks to do...

Resolved! How Can I find the Tutorials in order?

Graphic Override Combinations - Archicad Training Series 3 - 42/84The example above is number 42 of 84...how do I find all of them in order please? Or isn't that how it works?Thanks.

Ode1 by Booster
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WALL JOINING

Is the only way to avoid two walls from joining to place them on different layers with intersection different? no easy as in Revit where you can select disallow join? Thanksp

Baseboard and Crown Molding

I'm not sure how other people model baseboard and crown molding, but here's a video outlining my methods and reasoning for using complex profile beams:http://www.shoegnome.com/2022/06/19/baseboard-and-crown-molding-in-Archicad/

Lock lines and fills to other objects

I’d like to see the possibility to lock lines and fills (among other objects like walls, floors, columns, etc.) and definitely trace references to other objects. So when you move, stretch, etc. the lines and fills adjust with it.

Rve by Booster
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Additional Levels (besides only stories)

Wouldn’g be great to introduce levels in Archicad (like in Revit). Now, Walls, Floors, Columns, etc. only have the story levels as bottem and top connector. I’d like to have additional levels to where I can connect object to. For instance: wall top e...

Rve by Booster
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Archicad 25 - Crashing

Hi There, I am experiencing significant crashing when performing certain functions. The most common occurrence for crashing is closing a tab window. Without fail, every time I attempt this, the file crashes. I've submitted case reports each time this...

ST_AUS by Participant
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Flat roof composites with a in built 1:75 fall /slope

Hi All,For my projects it is necessary for flat roof build ups to have a sloped element above the timber roof deck to ferry the surface water to a trough gutter. Currently I create this by having two roof composites that together make the full flat r...

ardy97 by Newcomer
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