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Inported drawing slightly rotated

Rastko Pecar
Booster

Hi everyone,

 

Soon after starting a new project in Archicad I've noticed that upon placing external drawing in an independent worksheet the geometry is slightly rotated. The declination does not register on measure/rotate tool but is perceptible visually as you can see from the attached images below.

 

Since this is a fresh project my first thought on where the problem might lie is the template file from where I started. But which option/setting could do this, since project north (my first suspect) - I assume - does not effect worksheets, or it does?

 

Has anyone experienced this problem?  Suggestions appreciated!

 

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Solution

It is not a problem with Archicad.

It is just the default setting you have for the drawing tool.

Change the angle to 0° before you place the next drawing and they will all be at 0° when you place them.

The software only does what you tell it to. 😁

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
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Barry Kelly
Moderator

Check your drawing settings.

 

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Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Rastko Pecar
Booster

Thanks you, here we have the culprit:

 

RastkoPecar_0-1702627140934.png

 

Ive imported 2 different drawings (one CAD of mine and one downloaded from a producer) and the angle is the same on both. So the problem is in Archicad.

Do you think its the program in general or something in the template file?

 

 

 

Solution

It is not a problem with Archicad.

It is just the default setting you have for the drawing tool.

Change the angle to 0° before you place the next drawing and they will all be at 0° when you place them.

The software only does what you tell it to. 😁

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Okay, thank you for your help and rapid response.

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