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How to add extra downpipes
If you need an extra down pipe on your Cadimage Roof Covering? That’s easy, select the ArchiCAD roof and insert a new node. The Cadimage Roof Covering will allow you to attach two downpipes on every...
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Undo Limit
Want to increase the undo limit from the default 20 steps? Open the Data Safety & Integrity settings under Options > Work Environment > Data Safety & Integrity Increase the undo limit...
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Opening Layouts/Views on a single tab
In ARCHICAD 19, with the new Tab Bar feature, double clicking on different views/layouts opens new tabs. If you would like them to open in a single tab go to Options>Work Environment>More Options
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Interactive Schedule Zone Name and Number
If you want to include the Zone Name or Zone Number in your Interactive Door or Window schedule, use the Zone Name or Zone Number under the General settings rather than From or To Zone Name or Number...
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What type of files can ARCHICAD work with? Common Files Types. http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/?p=46860# .pln are your Solo Projects files and are the main native document type of ArchiCAD. .bpn...
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Cadimage Schedule Notes Part 1: Create Categories
ARCHICAD 18 Introduced the Schedule Notes tool for the Cadimage tools. In the following days the Tip of the Day will show different ways to use this tool. Create Categories before you start adding...
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Quick Key Tuesday – Undo Redo
The Shortcut Key for Undo is Ctrl+Z (PC) or Command+Z (Mac), for Redo it is Ctrl+Shift+Z (PC) or Command+Alt+Z (Mac). Of course you can use the Buttons in the Toolbar.
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Cadimage Schedule Notes Part 2: Add Notes with Categories
Once you have added the Categories to your project, start adding notes and assigning them with the right Category 2.1 In the Edit Schedule Notes Palette click the New note button 2.2 Type the Note 2.3...
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Cadimage Schedule Notes Part 3: Assign notes to Doors/Windows in Plan or 3D view
After creating the Categories and Notes, you can apply notes to the Door or Windows in Plan view. 3.1 Select the door or window you want to edit in plan or 3D view 3.2 Go to Cadimage>Doors and...
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Cadimage Schedule Notes Part 4: Add Notes in Schedule
Whether if you have added Notes to Doors or Windows in Plan or have assigned Note Sets, you can also work directly in the Schedule to add Notes instead. 4.1 Update or Create a Schedule...
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Cadimage Schedule Notes Part 5: Notes Sets
This is an alternative way to work with the Schedule Notes. 5.1 Go to Cadimage>Doors and Windows>Edit Notes Sets 5.2 Add a note Set 5.3 Click Add notes to the Set 5.4 Select the Door or Window,...
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Quick Key Tuesday – Elevate
Move a selected 3D elements vertically along the Z axis? MAC: Command + 9 WIN: Control + 9 Type the value by which you wish to raise or lower all selected elements. To allow the element’s Home Story to...
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Reference Lines
You can turn the Wall Reference Lines on and off by going to View>On-Screen View Options and clicking Wall & Beam Reference Lines.
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Find and Select Criteria Sets
In Find and Select is Criteria Sets. Sets allow commonly used Criteria to be used and imported and exported like Favorites. A great time saving feature.
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Simple Project setup
Generally for a single story house you need to create 3 Storys; 0.Sea Level/ Datum, 1.Ground Floor & 2.Roof. 0.Sea Level/ Datum is where you construct your 3D mesh and draw your site info. 1.Ground...
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Hide Doors and Windows in 3D
If you want to hide doors or windows in your 3D model bacause you may want to save the 3D model as an STL file for 3D printing or render a simple model, you can just turn their display off. Go to...
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20 Days of ARCHICAD 20
When ARCHICAD 12 was released we decided to adopt the 12 days of ARCHICAD 12 in the same vein as the 12 Days of Christmas. With each subsequent release we have continued this theme – increasing the...
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Intuitiveness – Refreshed UI
ARCHICAD 20’s key message is “A Fresh Look at BIM” The first impression of this “fresh look” is an updated User Interface (UI) ARCHICAD’s new interface provides a larger, cleaner workspace free of...
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Cadimage Tools – New Object UI
With the last couple of ARCHICAD Releases, GDL has been updated to provide a number of UI improvements, including a improved navigation system. Taking account of these new features and also the major...
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