topic Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing in Installation & update

Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:21:28 GMT

I've just updated some layouts in Plotmaker and most (not all) of the doors have dissapeared. I've redifined views, checked display options etc but does not correct problem.

Is this a bug or am I missing something.

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

aahatimo — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 16:38:17 GMT

maybe libraries did not load?

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 23:45:21 GMT

Are the drawings linked from the ArchiCAD file? There have been some problems reported with BGArchiCAD not loading all the libraries. Try a search on the subject, I know it's been discussed.

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Gorazd — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 08:05:23 GMT

I had the same problem with one project. The file seem to be corrupted somehow, since three day old version worked fine. I also posted a question here on ArchiTALK but didnt fix the problem.

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 08:21:31 GMT

Tried re-loading libraries but to no success, if a library was not loaded properly why would some doors appear but not others? I'm inclined to think this is a serious bug, how can I get around the problem

PS the client wants revised drawings asap!

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:24:18 GMT

Just tried injecting properties from doors that work - still no success. Also tried creating new doors and new doors with Window/Door maker, this also does not work. Could it be a problem with the walls rather than the doors?

Graphisoft are not saying much - is this a bug they are aware of????!!

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:24:08 GMT

Just discovered waht the problem was:

The doors which were appearing, were on a different layer to those which did not. Some how, unknown to anybody working on the project, an extra layer called "Doors in Interior Walls" appeared, which was invisible in the layer combination list for the setting out drawing. However, the doors were still visible. Once this layer was turned on for the combination everything appeared as it should.

Does anybody know if Theometrics Window/Door Builder could create this problem, however, it has only happened on one project so far??

Any comments Graphisoft?

Re: Plotmaker - Doors dissapearing

Greg Kmethy — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:41:51 GMT

The "Doors in Interior Walls", "Windows in Interior Walls" , etc. layers are created during importing the file into PlotMaker. These layers should only appear in PlotMaker, and definitely not in ArchiCAD. If these appeared in ArchiCAD just on their own, it is a bug.
As new layers are hidden in all layer combos, your output in PlotMaker will also have the doors and wall ends - which are on "Windows in Interior Walls" layer in your case - hidden.
The workaround of course is to make these layers visible in the layer combinations, once they appeared. Or simply delete them.

Greg