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

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Cornice and wall intersection

Hi! I`ve added a cornice (done as a custom profile wall) to another wall. These two walls doesn`t seem to intersect and there is a line between them in elevation. Can someone please give me a hunch how could I get rid off that line in elevations?

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Roof Tool Geometry Method icon

Hi Just changed to ArchiCAD14 and working on an older drawing for college. Some how when I come to draw a roof and want to select the geometry method, the icons are not there. I am sure there is an easy answer, but I have gone through all the toolbar...

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AC 14 incredibly slow cut/copy

Sorry if this has already been discussed... Tried to search but couldn't seem to come up with a specific enough search term... We are finding AC 14 to have incredibly slow cut/copy times... I've had 13 open at the same time an know that 13 is zippy w...

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how to make this kind of ROOF??

Hi all!! I'm building a building in ArchiCAD and I want to make a roof with a slight slope to one side... like in my "beautiful" picture here (just so you'd understand) How to make such roof???

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AC 14 Question

Can anyone please confirm if it is possible to save an ArchiCAD 14 .pln file into an ArchiCAD 13 .pln file? Also, will the layouts and title blocks/Masters that were set up in AC14 convert back as is or will they have to be worked on again in AC13? T...

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how to edit freely in 3d.

Guys, Let's say that I build a cube. I switch to 3d window, and I would like to manipulate each corner, so that I would be able to change its height (x,y axis as well so that when I come back to floor plan it wouldn't be a square). How should I do it...

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Align 3D Texture...only in 3D window ?

Is it possible to align the texture of a material on a 2D view ? Or do we really need to achieve this only over the 3D window ? On a 2D view we could at least set the origin point of the texture according to helpline. In the 3D view you would have to...

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error message #64 in 3D window

Hello, I'm getting this error when I try to move around in the 3D window in perspective mode. Specially when I get closer to the model. Does anybody knows how to solve this problem? ---- Internal cut error #64. Projection : Perspective Eye position :...

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Shadows showing incorrectly in elevations

The shadows in my elevations (view map & project map) show shadows based on the 3D model. The elevations on the layouts show the shadows @ 45 degrees (I had set the elevations to 45 degree shadows, looked at the layouts, didn't like it and went back ...

Thick lines in window in Complex Profile Wall

Anyone have any idea where the pen is that is creating the very thick line in this window? Another thing I've noticed is that windows in the wall with a complex profile are not scale sensitive, which I noticed as a result of the screen redraws taking...