topic Re: 2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28 in Modeling

2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28

Graeme — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:41:07 GMT

I am trying to make a Fill that shows the stone coursing for an ashlar wall.

When I copy and paste the 2d lines, the fields for the overall dimensions display ***** not the dimensions.

Is it me or is it ArchiCAD 28 or is it because I'm on a PC not my beloved Mac?

See screenshots below.

AC versions 3.41 to 28.
Using AC28.3.2 (6200) UKI FULL
Windows 11 Pro Intel(R) i7-10700K 48Gb RAM

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: 2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28

Barry Kelly — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:15:26 GMT

You are at 10000% zoom.

Try zooming out and see if that helps.

Barry.

Re: 2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28

Patrick M — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:28:24 GMT

yeah, either zoomed out too far, or you selected elements that are farther from the group of copied elements than the fill can process. You have a stroke length of about 600 miles (100000000000.0mm). that makes me think maybe you copied a group of things, and part of the group is WAY off to the side.
Try suspending groups, re-select and copy the contents again

Re: 2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28

Patrick M — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:29:09 GMT

also, I dont think this is the issue, but make sure your fill primitives are limited to lines and fills... I know using polylines causes weird things, but not seen it do the **** thing

Re: 2d Fill dialogue is acting weird AC28

Graeme — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:09:50 GMT

I ran "linework consolidation comand" on them again and it worked! I had exploded the polylines and ran linework consolidation previously and when I did the zoom to selection nothing weird was happening but running "Linework Consolidation" fixed it this time.