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

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How many instances can you open?

My jobs tend to be small and I usually have 2-6 in queue. Just for brevity sake I usually start a job then leave AC running so I can quickly switch between projects, as I tend to work on or need access to all of them on a daily basis and I can save a...

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Door/window in plan view - AC 14

Hi folks. I migrated for AC 14 and i have some issues about the door and windows representation. They dont show the line of thresholds (door of picture) and the lines of the wall (window of picture). What i have to do? Link of picture: http://img600....

foundation stemwall intersections

I'm modeling a small slab-stemwall-footing intersection in section. AC shows lines between the three elements. I don't mind the line between the footing and stemwall, since that would be poured separately, but it would be nice if the line between the...

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How to clean up a file

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble working with an AC13 solo model. Is there a way to clean up the file, similar to the "purge" tool in Autocad? Thanks!

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Floorplan arrangement

Is it possible to arrange floor plans as this picture shows. I think it would be possible with 3D documentation but I dont know why...

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Walls on hidden layers intersecting with visible walls

There is something horrible that ArchiCAD does and it makes no sense to me, I have about 10 different marketing options on the same set of floor plans that divide up an office space into various different layouts. I have done this using dedicated lay...

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ArchiCAD - framing

Hello! Is there any possibilities to make fast projecting in wall framing in archicad. I am using objest elements, like post, block inclined and other, but it's going very slowly, and there is no possibilities to make some standart joing elements. Ca...

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Mac OS 10.5 toolbar icons

I just loaded AC on a Mac and much to my surprise do not see the toolbar at the top of the screen like a Windows machine has. I do not see the icons on the pull-down menus either. Does Apple not support the push-button icons like the scissors for cut...

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strange problem in profile manager AC 13 on mac OS X 10.5.8

Hello everyone, I have a strange problem in using profile manager on AC 13 mac. I create custom profile of beam, but when I draw it on a plan it disappears, actually it goes where it wants. After that, when finally I find my custom beam (usually I fi...

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creating a vaulted roof

I am making a vaulted roof using complex profiled wall and two roofs. The wall is the vault and is trimmed to the roofs. The finished product is rectangular but the building is a polygon. One roof corner is projecting through a wall where it shouldn'...

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