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Interior Elevation TOOL in ArchiCAD

So yesterday I recorded a video on how to create beautiful interior elevations in ArchiCAD. Today I want to add to that video by sharing another video on the Interior Elevation Tool itself. A lot of us have avoided using this tool because it has some issues, but I’ve been using it for years now and rarely get foiled. So here’s a slightly less than 9-minute video showing you how-to (and how-not-to) use the Interior Elevation Tool in ArchiCAD.

Oh and by the way, see if you can catch the mistake I make in the video before I realize it. Rewatching the video, it’s so obvious to me now, but when I was recording it took me like a minute before I saw the error and fixed it. I left the error and the correction in the video because it’s a good learning moment.

Enjoy!

Bonus Addendum to the Bonus Video

I always forget things when I record videos. When you use the Interior Elevation Tool, here’s what I recommend for your Marker Head’s Inner Text and Outer Text: Layout ID on the inside, Drawing ID on the outside. When you do this, you’ll want to place your views immediately (don’t worry about arrangement, just get them on a sheet), otherwise you’ll see that fun ArchiCAD placeholder gibberish of #DrgID and #LAYID all over the place.

Interior Elevation Marker

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Comments

  • January 7, 2014
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    Patrick May

    I love the marker graphic you use! going to incorporate something similar in my favorites!

  • January 13, 2014
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    Both Layout and Drawing IDs appear gray and are not selectable. What am I missing?

  • January 22, 2014
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    Wayne

    Hi Jared. First, thank you for all the great info and advice. You are a great resource! To the point, I’ve found that when deleting views from an interior elevation marker, say from four elevations down to two or three, everything works fine UNLESS one of the deleted views is the “north” view. If I delete the “north” view then the text at the center of the marker does not stay linked. So if I then move those elevations from one sheet to another, the old sheet number remains. At that point I have to manually enter the new sheet number, which can obviously lead to problems. To keep the sheet number linked, I have to keep the north marker (even if I’m not using it) and mask the marker’s “north” view number with a fill, which itself can lead to other issues. Admittedly, I am on an older version of ArchiCAD, version 12. Is this still an issue with the newer versions or is there a workaround in 12 that I’m missing to fix this?

  • December 2, 2014
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    Claudia

    Hi Jared. Is there a way to show your interior markers (or even Section / Elevation markers) of a hotlink in your Main file. My problem is we have a multi story building with different apartments. In the typical Type 1 file we have interior markers, but they do not show in the Block 1 file where they are hotlinked to. Any suggestions?

      • December 2, 2014
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        Claudia

        Thanks for the quick response! I did search but did not find anything yet. It would be great just to see the markers….they do not have to “bring in views” maybe Graphisoft can make a hotlinked marker “static” ? Anyway. The only workaround I can think of is to draw a 2D Marker….

  • March 20, 2017
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    mark fischbach

    Hi Jared,
    Great video! I’m having trouble setting up my marker to show layout i.d. in the center of the circle. I can get the drawing i.d.’s correctly shown at the exterior, but I’m getting stuck with a split circle in the middle instead of just a single circle with the layout i.d.
    Cheers, Mark

  • September 20, 2022
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    Katy

    For some reason my drawing ID #s do not show up correctly around the perimeter of the Interior Elevation Marker. It always seems to start with the number 2, instead of starting with 1, which seems very strange because then there is not number 1interior elevation view. Is there a way to change this and ensure the count starts at 1?

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