topic Re: Default Line Settings Changing in Project data & BIM

Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:42:17 GMT

I was at work today doing some very tedious line work (2D). I wanted all the line work to be on the same layer, however, the default setting I set for the layer of the line would not stick. Sometimes two or three times it was okay. After that it defaulted to a layer I did not ask for, What's the problem?

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:01:07 GMT

I had a similar problem in AC11 that I brought up in THIS THREAD but never got it resolved. Haven't had it happen recently so it might have been a problem with a particular file or two, or fixed with a hotfix. Can't help other than to say I feel your frustration.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:21:09 GMT

Thanks. I read the thread. I've used ArchiCAD since 6.5 & this has never happened. I simply did a Find & Select on all the lines that went to the wrong layer & moved them to the correct layer. There's always a work around an ArchiCAD problem. I'll stay tuned to see if anyone else has encountered this problem.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:49:35 GMT

I've not seen this behavior, but I see Stuart had even tried Active Layer in that old thread... 😞

Perhaps I've not run into it due to my use of the Eyedropper when switching tools for this kind of task... might be an OK workaround for you, Jack?

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:20:28 GMT

I don't know if this is related, but there is a pesky little button in the settings of lines, splines etc. that, if checked, keeps the settings between elements. Personally I leave it unchecked. If I'm drawing a dashed line with a certain layer and weight, and I click the spline tool, the layer, weight and line type stay the same.

Most of the time (for me anyway) this is not desirable.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:40:24 GMT

Dam I am having this problem at the moment, the default layer keeps reverting to MISSING, no matter how many times I change it back, after a few clicks on other things it's gone again
Not much chance of a hotfix now!

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:24:58 GMT

Maybe you are applying a Favorite which loads settings stored in it to the Line Settings Dialog. And the Layer stored in the Favorite does not exist in your current Project File.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:26:31 GMT

No I don't use favourites for drafting, but changed them all anyway to the layer that I do want them to default to.
Restarted AC & PC. Still happening!
I will see if I can get tech support to help on Monday. I hope it can be fixed!
Really annoying!

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:44:50 GMT

Same problem as Rogerdodge. Happens in multiple files and multiple users on multiple machines. No favorites have the 'bad' layer. Even using the eyedropper it only holds the new layer for a few mintues. Haven't yet determined if some specific action changes it...switching between tools and back to lines or something of that nature.

Any solutions from your end Rogerdodge?

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:16:01 GMT

I think I just discovered when exactly it occurs. When in the line tool with the layer that I want, pen, etc. I switch to a fill, any fill and use the fill tool, then use my keyboard shortcut back to the line tool and the layer has switched to the same off layer every time. I erased the layer in question and now it's missing when I go back to the line tool. Appears to only be a problem with the line tool and only when I use fills....I'm at a loss. Happens in plan, elevation, and section, like clockwork.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:40:10 GMT

I cured this problem by moving from AC17 to AC18. Touch wood it did not re-occur in 18, I am just switching to 19 & if it happens in that I will go back to 18.

It was so annoying, it would be worth an upgrade fee just to get rid of it.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Katalin Borszeki — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:50:01 GMT

Hi all, We’ve contacted Rogerdodge and Rippledesign, but unfortunately we couldn’t get sufficient information to reproduce the issue.

Re: Default Line Settings Changing

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:28:11 GMT

I had a short gotomeeting screen sharing with Akos Karocczkai a technical support engineer this morning and have sent him some information to look into it a little further. It does appear to be an issue stemming from keeping settings from previous archicad versions. When I opened a new AC 17 file and used all the default settings and template the issue wasn't present. From now on I intend to have all shortcuts, templates, etc. that we use in our office built from scratch to make sure we don't have a leftover glitch. In any case, no issues in 18 or 19 for now.