topic Re: Vanashing Objects in Installation & update

Vanashing Objects

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:10:42 GMT

Hi i'm new, can anybody help me, i have created a new building for me uni work, but when i view the render objects such as the roof have gone.
can anybody help.
thanks

Re: Vanashing Objects

Dwight — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:09:59 GMT

When an entire type of element disappears in 3D, it is usually because that element type are not included on the "Elements To Show In 3D" list, found in the menu items.

Re: Vanashing Objects

Djordje — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:16:22 GMT

mk wrote:
Hi i'm new, can anybody help me, i have created a new building for me uni work, but when i view the render objects such as the roof have gone.
can anybody help.
thanks

Is anything selected in the plan view?

Do you have a marquee active?

Are all the relevant layers on?

This on top of what Dwight asked ...

Re: Vanashing Objects

rocorona — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:23:34 GMT

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Is the Roofs layer set to wireframe?

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Re: Vanashing Objects

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:50:47 GMT

I have a similiar problem
My windows and doors have disappeared in plan & elevation
All layers on
If I seclect where they should be I get a dialogue of the particular door or window previously installed
SPOOKY

I would appreciate any explanation

regards

Re: Vanashing Objects

Richard Morrison — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:55:35 GMT

Check your Display Options.

Re: Vanashing Objects

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:33:34 GMT

mk wrote:
Hi i'm new, can anybody help me, i have created a new building for me uni work, but when i view the render objects such as the roof have gone.
can anybody help.
thanks

Again no answers, but we are having problems in v9 where all windows and doors within one or a few walls display correctly in plan but in elevation the wall holes are not cut, so you simply see the rectangle of the opening. Once a wall becomes 'afflicted' there is nothing that will change it - we have tried relaunching AC.

Since the same windows in a different wall are unaffected, it seems the particular wall is somehow corrupted such that wall cutting doesn't work correctly. An image is attached showing a first floor 'afflicted' wall and ground floor (with same library parts) showing correctly.

Does anyone else have experience of this? Any ideas?

Re: Vanashing Objects

Ben Odonnell — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:18:31 GMT

Are you sure that you haven't used "Empty opening" in just that particular wall?
If not what is the name of the door/window?

Re: Vanashing Objects

Djordje — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:56:01 GMT

Nigel wrote:
Again no answers, but we are having problems in v9 where all windows and doors within one or a few walls display correctly in plan but in elevation the wall holes are not cut, so you simply see the rectangle of the opening. Once a wall becomes 'afflicted' there is nothing that will change it - we have tried relaunching AC.

Do you maybe have double walls at those places? Check doubles.

Try selecting the door/window; go to 3D. If it shows, along with a wall it is placed in, then there IS another wall without a door or a window at the same position.

Do the S/E maybe have a different Display Options than the plan - maybe they are in Reflected Ceiling where you do not see the doors and windows, just openings?

And many more ...

Re: Vanashing Objects

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:47:22 GMT

Thank you for the responses.

I am embarrassed to say the solution to this most recent problem is very simple - that the wall underneath was increased in height (whether by user error or other reason I don't know), so there were indeed two overlapping walls.

This was the second of two problems that I was confusing in my haste to get a solution. The first problem was on a different machine with a different user, where windows and doors appeared correctly in plan but as empty openings [ie you could see through them] in elevation and 3D. This was specific to a couple of walls, but others were unaffected. My guess is that it was to do with the video card - the computer in question is a few years old with an under-powered card, but generally does a good job of running AC, PM etc. We will have to wait for a recurrence before taking this any further.