topic Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update in Project data & BIM

Changes in Module Text not showing after update

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 11:15:16 GMT

I have placed a drawing (originally a dwg saved as an ArchiCAD file and edited/changed/saved/etc.) as a hotlinked module into another solo project.

Everything is fine, it scales correctly and everything looks right, but some of the text is the wrong font, color & size.

I have gone into the original, selected those items, changed the font and size -- they change on the original, but they won't change when I update. I have looked for locked layers and other settings that might affect it, but to no avail.

What am I doing wrong?

Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:32:03 GMT

What do you mean by 'it scales correctly'?
As far as I know a Hotlinked Module cannot be modified, it cannot be scaled, it is treated as a locked group.
Maybe it is not a Hotlinked Module anymore.
Could you clarify this for me?

Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update

__archiben — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:30:47 GMT

siteline wrote:
I have gone into the original, selected those items, changed the font and size -- they change on the original, but they won't change when I update. I have looked for locked layers and other settings that might affect it, but to no avail.

more questions:

is it a dwg 'xref' or a PLN 'hotlink' module that you are linking into your project file?

are you using teamwork? -> you need to be signed into ALL the elements of the external file to update it.

when you say change in the "original", do you mean the dwg or the modified PLN? -> your translator could be mapping fonts and colours incorrectly if it is the dwg you are making the changes in.

are you sure it's updating? -> you could have set the modules to "manual update" in your preferences and therefore need to use the hotlink manager to carry out the update

~/archiben

Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:30:41 GMT

By scaling, I meant that if I changed the plan scale the module changed scale correctly as a whole. Sorry for the confusion.

As it turns out, I am just an idiot.javascript:emoticon(':oops:') I found that there were several layers from the original dwg that had text on them unexpectedly and I had to find all of them and change them. It all came out right.

I apologize for taking up valuable space on the board, but I learned a couple of things from your replies.

Thanks!

Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:12:50 GMT

Thanks for letting us know, we are at least not left in a mystery of what could have been wrong.

Re: Changes in Module Text not showing after update

Djordje — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:20:52 GMT

siteline wrote:
I apologize for taking up valuable space on the board, but I learned a couple of things from your replies.

Don't

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