topic stepped diagonals in Installation & update

stepped diagonals

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:16:16 GMT

Hi all, I have a problem with diagonal lines stepping in elevation, section and 3 d views. this is very pronounced and is not limited to the screen view but also to printing and powerpoint etc. This only recent and not usaul, very sudden! Hope this sounds like a prob someone can help with Archicad 12 student edition is what I have

Re: stepped diagonals

David Larrew — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:01:33 GMT

Sounds like a video card / display driver issue. Have you checked to make sure you are running the latest display driver for your video card?

Re: stepped diagonals

Ingolf — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:22:51 GMT

Hello 3chorddelta!

Think about attaching a PrintScreen of your problem so we can understand it better. And: What does "stepping" mean?
Besides from that, I agree with David Larrew. It may be a videocard problem. Is it for instance a Nvidia card, you can go to the Nvidia website and upload the latest driver.
Of course it may also be a sign of too little RAM. I have experienced similar problems when my ArchiCAD model has become to complex for my RAM. ArchiCAD goes slower and I get lines wrong in both screen and paper.

Re: stepped diagonals

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:37:41 GMT

Ingolf wrote:
It may be a videocard problem. Is it for instance a Nvidia card, you can go to the Nvidia website and upload the latest driver.

This is wise advice regardless of the manufacturer - updating the driver - if the user is on Windows, which we do not know. That is why it is important for everyone asking a question to post what kind of machine, OS, etc they are using in their question or preferably their signature (accessed via the text link "Profile" near the top right of this page).

If 3chorddelta is on a Mac, then Apple's software update will provide whatever is the most up to date drivers and firmware for cards delivered with the Mac.

3chorddelta, I really think we need some kind of screenshot - as the fact that you see this when printing also suggest something more than just video. Unless what you are printing are screen images.

Thanks,
Karl