topic Re: Can't see what I am drawing till I place it in Installation & update

Can't see what I am drawing till I place it

Anonymous — Sat, 03 May 2014 18:13:28 GMT

Really weird issue. Archicad 16 on PC.

I've done hundreds of projects up to now with no issue.

And now when I start a new project everything is ok.

After a while as I design, I just stop seeing what I am designing. It appears only after I design it and it's there.

The wall doesn't show up as I design a wall, same with slab and almost everything.

Any ideas?

The weirdest thing is that when I start it is just fine, then after a while it does it (i think by itself).

I use dwg attachments if this has anything to do with it.

Re: Can't see what I am drawing till I place it

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 03 May 2014 22:54:11 GMT

Do you mean that you do not see the rubber banding (dynamically stretching/ moving) wall ... only the final wall when you click the end point?

See if these old threads help - perhaps a new driver was installed (or needs to be installed to be compatible with OS updates)...

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=8027

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=35443

Re: Can't see what I am drawing till I place it

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2014 20:57:03 GMT

Hello and thanks for your reply.

Yes, I guess it's rubberband what it's called.

I tried a trick I found in some forums, switching to 3D view and then back to 2D view and it worked.

But it's really annoying and also weird.

I've been using the exactly same version of archicad in the exactly same machine with no issues.

And now it started happening.

Any ideas? Maybe a setting? The weird thing is it might happen and it might not and it may happen after I am working in a specific project for a while.

Re: Can't see what I am drawing till I place it

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 07 May 2014 14:40:39 GMT

Try to upgrade your graphics card drivers and see if that helps.
Also you can experiment with the 2D Hardware acceleration settings in the Work Environment Dialog.