topic Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"? in Modeling

Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:02:46 GMT

I saved some favorites from my floor plan of a hotlinked module, but when I wanted to use them, they appera grayed in the favorite list, any guess what is wrong?
Thanks!

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Link — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:14:56 GMT

Do they require library parts that you have not loaded?

Where n Mexico are you, Mario?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:28:21 GMT

Hi Link,
The library parts are loaded, any sugestion?
by the way, I am located in Guadalajara, Mexico, have you been here?

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:44:00 GMT

If the favourites were created in a previous version, you need to load the library of the same version
HTH

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:22:02 GMT

They were all created in the same version AC12 and they are mostly doors and windows

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Link — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:09:09 GMT

I don't recall seeing this for anything else apart from a part that is not loaded. Would you mind showing us your Window>Palettes>Library Loading Report, with any lists expanded?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:18:53 GMT

Sure, here it is,
thanks

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Link — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:43:58 GMT

Yep, it's as blank as a whiteboard in an Autodesk 'Integrity in Sales and Marketing' meeting.

So what is the chance of you creating these greyed out favorites in a separate project where a different library was loaded?

Check your PM.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:51:08 GMT

Thanks Link,
I think what I'm going to do is to re-do them, fortunately they're a few and not so many, thanks anyway,

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Djordje — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:07:20 GMT

Link wrote:
Yep, it's as blank as a whiteboard in an Autodesk 'Integrity in Sales and Marketing' meeting.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

JaredBanks — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:02:29 GMT

Anyone find anything more about this? I've come across this issue as well with the D1 entrance doors in version 11.

But I've also found a solution (bizarre as it is). If you get a grayed out favorite, open the favorites palette, then double click on the grayed out favorite. It will stop being gray. This doesn't work if you access the favorites from the tool settings.

Strange.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Rick Thompson — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:22:51 GMT

Look at his screen shot. Autocad is running right beside AC. AC's freaked out and turning grey. An identity crisis for sure.

Re: Why some of my saved favorites are "grayed"?

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:09:36 GMT

I think this happens when the Library Part that is referenced by the Favorite cannot be found in the loaded libraries.
I don't know whether Favorites identify library parts by name or by GUID but I would suppose it is GUID.
I suppose when you double click the Favorite it applies the Favorite settings to become default settings of the Tool. At that point it will realize that there is such a Library part in the library, although with a different GUID. So the Favorite turns enabled. I think at this point you should resave that Favorite, overwriting the previously greyed one.
Please note that this is a theory on my part, I don't know if this is really the case, I have not digged into it that much.