topic Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug? in Project data & BIM

Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:37:26 GMT

Hi,

Is this a confirmed bug? I have experienced this on a few machines at my office where a saved view shows up with a "Custom" layer combination. Even after I manually right click the View, set the layer combination in the View Settings to a saved layer combination, then double click into the view, it still shows as "Custom". This is happening across all Views.

Goes away after a restart of ARCHICAD.

Ben

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Bruce — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:27:59 GMT

Do you go to another view first, then come back to the problem view?

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:00:53 GMT

Yes - it affects all views.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Barry Kelly — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:47:23 GMT

So you change the view settings to a layer combination then press OK and not CANCEL (I have done that a few times!).
Then open the view settings again straight away - is it still showing the layer combination or is it back to 'custom'?

Is the view part of a clone folder by any chance?
It shouldn't make a difference as even cloned views can have individual settings.
Just curious about this.

Barry.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 05:06:00 GMT

I'm pretty sure I clicked OK, and it still says Custom.
No - not part of a Clone.
It was happening to ALL my views (over 30) which is why it led me to believe it may have been a bug. Plus it has happened to a few of my colleagues as well on their machines.
A close and re-open of AC cures it. But if it happens again I will investigate a bit more.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Marc H — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:53:37 GMT

I just experienced the same issue. Checked my View Settings, tried several views, but my LC kept resetting back to 'Custom' no matter what I tried. Looked up the issue and found this post. So, after a few checks, re-started AC21 (which I just updated last week so I expect it has all bug-fixes). On re-start the 'Custom' appeared momentarily, then reset back to the correct LC.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:34:35 GMT

I've been having the same problem! Any solution??

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Daniel Kovacs — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:18:26 GMT

Hey guys,

This is a known issue we are currently working on fixing. The problem comes down to adding new Layers.
When new layers are created (either by you or by an XREF import or something else), they might still not have a state saved for existing Layer Combinations. As a result, when ARCHICAD checks which combination is active, it sees that the settings are not a 100% match, and considers the current state to be "custom".

We are working on a fix that (if everything goes well) goes out in a later update of ARCHICAD 21 (70xx), and AC22 Beta 4. Until then, you should be able to fix this, by applying the "faulty" layer combination in the Layer settings dialog, changing the visibility of any layer on and off, and then pressing the "Update" button. This should update the Layer Combination with a proper setting for each Layer, so the problem should be gone.

Regards,

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2018 08:03:54 GMT

That tip to update the combination worked just fine. For now that's more than enough. Thank you

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

sma2bim — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:00:23 GMT

Hello

we are having the same problem with ArchiCAD 26 INT 4019 Win64 Full

project file AC 25 updated to AC 26.

and even AC26 blank file (ArchiCAD template) same problem when importing layer combination.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Karoly Horvath — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 05:39:03 GMT

Problem is still there in AC25.
Actually worse.
I set the desired Layer combo in the Quick Options Bar.
It flicks the name up for a split second, then turns to "Custom"
I publish a set of layouts with this cutsom layer combo setting.
half the drawings are OK, the other half has the title block layers turned off!!!!!!!!!!

GS pls fix this problem ASAP!

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RWARCHPC — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:21:49 GMT

I am having the same issue. It appears to have happened after importing layer combinations with the attribute manager.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Karoly Horvath — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:03:46 GMT

I doubt it has anything to do with importing layer combos. I never did that, yet the problem is there.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

BJC — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 01:36:52 GMT

Same problem occurred for me after importing layer combinations from another file.

It seems the layers combinations got a bit confused and every possible change reverted to "Custom".

The fix for me ...

I created "New" combinations based on each existing one and appended "2" to the name. Then deleted the old ones and finally renamed the new combinations without the "2". Need to then reassign the layer combinations to each view.

AC26 MAC

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MIXD — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:29:03 GMT

Same on AC-27. After deleting a bunch of unwanted layers, after import of layer combinations.

Updating won't solve the issue.

1) Yes , in the layer combination are references to deleted layers. But hey, importing layer combinations is a a common workflow, and deleting unwanted layers also. So..

2) Yes this is an official bug.

3) Since how many years already ?

4) Workaround is time consuming. 🙁.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

SSharma — Thu, 02 May 2024 07:59:30 GMT

This is how, I have solved it:

Just, refreshed the layer combinations (after switching off and on one of the layers- anyone) one by one.
Then saved and closed the file.
Reopened it with 'Open and Repair selected file' option ticked.

Thanks,

Shrutiniwas Sharma

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

Gerry Leonor — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:39:14 GMT

can confirm Open & Repair worked.

Re: Layer combinations stuck on "Custom" - Bug?

narcis — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:17:16 GMT

Problem persist in Archicad 28 as well and is really annoying. Graphisoft didn't came with any solution?