topic Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers... in Libraries & objects

disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Achille Pavlidis — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:23:03 GMT

i'm experiencing the following problem: when placing dimension markers on doors and windows with AC10 and AC10 library, the numbers and id's of doors and windows often disappear. To make them appear again i have to 1) reload the library 2) rebuild the view 3) go to the layout and update the drawing
what have i done to deserve this???

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:09:27 GMT

Achille wrote:
i'm experiencing the following problem: when placing dimension markers on doors and windows with AC10 and AC10 library, the numbers and id's of doors and windows often disappear...

Are you using the latest build of archicad? I believe this was addresed in build 1010

Dan K

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Achille Pavlidis — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:30:54 GMT

really???
i'm using AC10 build 1010 INT on a PowerPc G5 mac

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:56:15 GMT

Achille wrote:
really???
i'm using AC10 build 1010 INT on a PowerPc G5 mac

Sorry, but I was referring to labels not showing up in section and elevation views...I was thinking it might also apply to markers in plan views...guess not.

Dan K

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

__archiben — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:11:35 GMT

Achille wrote:
... what have i done to deserve this???

nothing - you just haven't read up about your 'model view options' dialogue.

model view options control the display and output of model elements. things like fill visibility, wall hatch control . . . and door and window ID markers! these 'model view options' get saved with your views - so if you open a view where these have been turned OFF, they disappear!

you shouldn't need to re-load your libraries: simply double-clicking on your saved views where these markers are present will bring them back.

look at View>Model View Options to see what's going on. this is a hugely powerful and useful feature when set up correctly. it also has a whole host of future potential . . .

~/archiben

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

__archiben — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:28:35 GMT

ok - looks like i might have sold you a dummy there. i hadn't noticed that the markers were showing but that it was the text information that was disappearing . . .

is this happening in the floor plan window, or a layout window . . . or both?

~/archiben

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Achille Pavlidis — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:46:53 GMT

is this happening in the floor plan window, or a layout window . . . or both?

both... the annoying thing is that when i open the file the layout appears correctly with the text in the dimension markers... then it automatically updates and the text disappears! Then i have to reload libraries, rebuild the floor plan and update the view in the layout...

the local reseller to whom i have sent the file says it opens ok at his computer...

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

__archiben — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:57:37 GMT

is the text pen mapped to white in any of your pensets, causing it to seemingly 'disappear' against a white background?

~/archiben

Re: disappearing numbers in dimension markers...

Achille Pavlidis — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:50:47 GMT

@archiben: no it wasn't...

the problem has been solved after uninstalling Archicad, and re-installing it again... now it works ok. Apparently the first installation was not good.