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copy, mirror and elevate

Anonymous
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I have a unit site that I have built the first unit of and I need to copy, mirror and elevate each unit individually (they are all the same and are two storey).
The problem is, when I try to do this for multiple levels I can only do one storey at a time. I usually use the multiply option but that only seems to work on one level at a time. Is there a way to 'grab' all storeys and do them together?
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Anonymous
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u need to use the bold marquee tool, instead of the standard one. that will select all storys, not just the active one
Anonymous
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What version of Archicad?

You can mirror, copy, elevate etc in 3D window. But a better alternative would be to use hotlinked modules for the units, thereby keeping them intact. AC11 abd 12 handle multi-storey hotlinks, 10 and earlier have each storey inserted separately.
Anonymous
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Thank you for the quick replies.
The bold marquee worked perfectly.
I needed a quick method but I will be looking more at the hotlinks when I have time.

Thanks again, really helped.
rocorona
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s2art wrote:
What version of Archicad?

You can mirror, copy, elevate etc in 3D window. But a better alternative would be to use hotlinked modules for the units, thereby keeping them intact. AC11 abd 12 handle multi-storey hotlinks, 10 and earlier have each storey inserted separately.


All correct but, if I remember correctly, COPY doesn't work in 3D window.
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AC18 - ITA full on Win10
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Anonymous
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In my experience copy does work in 3d window but you first have to duplicate it (click a copy on the same spot) and the use the drag command. Copy doesn't work in section though.. too bad.
Erika Epstein
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rslt wrote:
Thank you for the quick replies.
The bold marquee worked perfectly.
I needed a quick method but I will be looking more at the hotlinks when I have time..
If you are using 12 mirrored hotlinks are buggy. I didn't see the fix listed in the latest hotfix posted earlier this week.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
rocorona
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We can use "Drag a copy", "Mirror a copy" and the "Multiply" commands, but the simple "Copy" command is disabled in Model windows
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--Roberto Corona--
www.archiradar.com
AC18 - ITA full on Win10
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Anonymous
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I'm using Archicad 11.
Erika Epstein
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rslt wrote:
I'm using Archicad 11.
This information belongs in your profile.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"