Perhaps you are looking at an element in an S/E window, and want to find the element in the plan.
Select the element in the section. Drag it somewhere. Undo. Return to the plan. The element will be selected. Or, delete it, and Undo.
Caveat: The plan window must be on a story where the element is showing. Use Zoom to Selection to find it. If Zoom to Selection shows only the S/E element, you're on the wrong story.
Location: 15 Mech-Plumbing.
A 2D symbol for HVAC supply, return, or exhaust fan. There is an optional label for the size, generated automatically from the height and width. The height and width snap to whole inches.
Tech Meeting Notes, PlotMaker 3, July 29, 2003.
Tech Meeting Notes, ArchiCAD 8 Navigator, July 29, 2003.
Here's a summary of the single key commands in ArchiCAD. I didn't know some of them either. G & C will save you a lot of mouse milage.
** Broken in OS X. Too bad, epecially P.
A few Now Contact & Up-To-Date issues & tips.
The difference:
The backup routine ("Retrospect", you've seen the warnings) runs at night. If the machine is on.
We are set up to back up everyone's home directory around midnight. After that, you can come in and power down the machine.
In the sidebar of this page you will find a Downloads division, and under that a Template link, by which you can download the current zTemplate folder in Stuffit format.
Purpose and locations of the ArchiCAD and PlotMaker preferences, and why you care.
There is an issue in AC8 v3 where certain details can not be deleted or renamed. Graphisoft Tech Support has provided a solution.
I have fixed the templates, so this shouldn't be a problem for new projects, but I'm sure there are some running projects that need to be fixed.
When installing ArchiCAD, don't do the Easy install. Custom install is faster and saves space.
So easy anyone can do it. Unless it doesn't work.
You're in an S/E window and you want to change something in the settings of that S/E. Go back to the plan, right? Nope, double-click the S/E tool in the toolbox!
Update: In AC10, right-click in the section window and choose Section/elevation settings.
The toolbar in Finder windows is customizable. Certain customizations I have stuck you with, and when they malfunction, you need to be able to fix them.
I have updated the object Elev Marker JAM8. You can automatically display the elevation to Sea Level, as well as Project Zero. There is also an option for a break point when the symbol needs to bend.
In order to use Sea Level, select it in the Reference Level parameter. You must have your '1st Reference Level' set properly in Options|Preferences|Working Units.
To show a bend in the symbol, set the Break Point parameter to greater than 0. The height of the bend comes from the Height parameter. When Break Point=0, the Height is ignored.
1. Put the file in Project:2 Reference:Site Info.
2. In ArchiCAD, open it from the file menu. Doubleclicking it won't work.
I assume you have a CD burner.
Get a blank CD from the left most happy space cabinet. Put it in the CD drive.
1. What the hell is Teamwork.
Teamwork is rather elegant feature which enables more than one person to work on a project.
This is merely its primary benefit. We also use it because, as a side effect of the sharing process, it creates copies and automatic backups.
This is a reprint of the notes for the Libraries & Objects tech meeting a while back.
I have updated the object Gutter JAM8. You can display the position of the downspouts on any/all of the three stories below, at heights you specify.
The primary purpose of this is to show slab penetrations.
I have announced this before, but just to reiterate, emphasize, clarify...
New projects should be begun in ArchiCAD 8.
In my latest attempt to not 1) expect everyone to remember everything, 2) expect myself to remember to tell everyone everything, 3) talk 9 hrs/day, I have begun this website.