topic Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set in Installation & update

AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:59:07 GMT

As you could read in the topic's title, my ArchiCAD 13 EDU Version crashes down (and the Bug reporter appears) when I try to change a colour of a pen in an existing pen set.
I would like to have a B&W preview of my drawing so that I can print it easily in good quality. So I need to create a pen set with only black pens, right?
well... it does not work... just crashes! is that a bug? can I do it in another way?
waiting for help!

Thanks,

Hugo

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

David Maudlin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:53:23 GMT

hugo_archi wrote:
I would like to have a B&W preview of my drawing so that I can print it easily in good quality. So I need to create a pen set with only black pens, right?...
... can I do it in another way?

Hugo:

I just check the "Black and White" option when printing (plotting also has this option).

You should add a Signature to your Profile (click the Profile button near the top of this page) with your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum.

David

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:22:56 GMT

The problem with choosing "Black and White" at print time is that you eliminate the possibility of printing any grays or colors at all.

ArchiCAD should not be crashing when you try to change a pen color. I have never heard the likes of this before so it is probably something peculiar to your situation. As David says, you need to provide more information to have much hope of a useful response.

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:46:53 GMT

well, there are my hardware details...

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:06:29 GMT

Probably not a hardware issue. Have you tried reinstalling ArchiCAD?

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

SeaGeoff — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:29:04 GMT

My coworker (AC13, new iMac w/ Snow Leopard) is having the same problem. I think the crash occurs when he OKs the color picker.

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:48:41 GMT

Geoff wrote:
My coworker (AC13, new iMac w/ Snow Leopard) is having the same problem. I think the crash occurs when he OKs the color picker.

Geoff, you are right.
There is a recent article on wiki about this bug and how to solve it.
http://www.archicadwiki.com/Bugs/MacColorPickerCrash

Re: AC13 crashes down when changing pen colour of a pen set

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:18:23 GMT

aaah!

thanks guys! this solved my problem!
regards,

Hugo