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Composite Wall problem

I have a composite wall which has 2 layers of plasterboard on the inner face. The skins have a gypsum fill and a separator line, and the 'Use Skin Separator line' box is checked. So far so good. Now I have another similar wall, also with 2 layers of ...

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Composite Wall problem

I have a composite wall which has 2 layers of plasterboard on the inner face. The skins have a gypsum fill and a separator line, and the 'Use Skin Separator line' box is checked. So far so good. Now I have another similar wall, also with 2 layers of ...

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Turning the plaster in an opening

I have 2 different composite walls, one timber framed, one with masonry. I have a window in the timber framed composite, and the plaster turns nicely into the internal reveals. When I copy the same window into the masonry wall, the plaster refuses to...

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Shoegnome Blog Post 150?! That happened fast.

Kind of crazy I just hit #150. In this post I share my favorite Eric Bobrow video. The trick starting around minute 6 will make your ArchiCAD site models so much easier. http://www.shoegnome.com/?p=606 Enjoy!

Reflected Ceiling Plan Roof Objects

Not sure what's happening.........why are the skylights [labelled 03] showing as overhead [dashed] lines instead of solid contour lines ? Everything else, ceiling fans, lights, are showing solid as they should be. Anything I need to know about skylig...

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Door Opening Ghost Line

Can someone please tell me what am I missing here ? I am not seeing the door opening line on my drawing but the parameter seems to have it.

Llian by Advocate
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Sloping Wall

Hi, I'm trying to create a sloping external wall. I can create the wall and add a roof at a pitch that I want the top of the wall to be, and then crop using the roof crop/ trim tool. The trouble is when I then delete the roof the wall returns to its ...

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Navigator closes when I return to plan view

I'll go to Window>Show Palette,... show the Navigator palette, but when I click back to the plan view the Navigator turns off again. I am attempting Trace Element operation between Plan and Survey using a Worksheet for the Survey. I'm in AC 15 now, w...

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Identifying Non-Orthographic Walls in Plan View

I have several wall that I found to be not in the xy plane when adding dimensions. Like one end might be off by 1/64" I wish there was a way to enter a check mode and have non xy walls or those at an angle under a certain value show up highlighted so...