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

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AC filfe freaking out !!! dim tolerance, size of publ. files

not sure whats going on or if these two issues are related. hope someone can help. first. - i set the dim tolerances to 1/2" now when i edit anything it freaks out and lags terribly. not sure whats going on, but, while its lagging and the little cloc...

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How to model a....

... bullnose verandah. Not sure if this is just an Aus term but it is essentially a verandah made with curved steel roofing sheets. It is easy enough to model this with a complex profile then put a vectorial hatch on it to represent the ribs of the s...

Arcadia by Contributor
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Specific achicad settings

I have maybe an old question, still i'd like to know whether it exists in archicad. Can i change the default setting for gdl objects, walls, stairs etx, in that way which 2D lines, hatching, height, and other parameters will be specific type and colo...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Changing material of one wall/slab side?

Hi everyone, I am not sure why it is happening, but whenever I adjust just one material on a wall or slab side (such as the bottom of a slab, or reference side on a wall) each side will revert to the same material when I view it in 3D view. Strangely...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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BIM=Revit??

I went to a BIM seminar last week organised by the Australian Institute of Architects sponsored by Autodesk so very Revit centric. Not a bad presentation but aimed more at what BIM adoption means to your firm e.g. if the Client wants a full BIM deliv...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Fill problem

Hi to all! I'm very i will work A 6.5 - 7 - 8 and could build simple 2d hatch. And now in A12 i can't !!!! When, par example i built in 2D one rectangle and fill with any vectorial fill pattern with simple 2d design option only appears solid fill no ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Serpentine and Inclined handrail

Sorry for not doing and extensive search... But I am trying to wrap my head around whether the SHELL Tool can extrude a profile along a serpentine path with the elevation changing along the path... In other words a simple handrail for serpentine stai...

HOW TO ADD A JPG MAP to a solid slab or surface Archicad

Guys. I would really like to know how i can take a picture from google earth. plant it ontop of a solid slab or toposurface, so that it is visable in 3d. Also how can i set the map, so the slab and the map are to correct scale ? Thanks. Ian

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IMPORT OBJECT CANT FIND MATERIAL

i have a object created from cinema4d. i have a folder with the model and the textures. When i import the cinema file into archicad 15, its takes some time but shows on plan. BUT when i go to perspective, archicad tells me that all the materials cann...

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