topic Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black! in Modeling

HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:53:42 GMT

This is very frustrating, and I think it could be a possible bug or a problem with my file. My linked elevation markers (on the floor plan) fill themselves in black. It is not consistent from one to another, it happens completely randomly and may affect only one or two or three at a time. It will not happen every session, I may go a week without it happening, and then one goes black. I have selected all the elevations, changed the background fill to transparent, and turned the background fill off as well. Still every couple of days one turns solid. Using AC11 in Teamwork on a PC with a file I imported from AC9. Has anyone else seen this?

Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:05:38 GMT

So, did the Markers themselves come from the AC9 Library? And on that note, what Markers are you using?

Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:08 GMT

Yes, they were originally created in AC9. I am using the "Built-In Section-Elevation Marker."

Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:40:48 GMT

Update: it just happened again, to the two elevations I am working in.

Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:03:11 GMT

So, it's happening with random Markers within the same file (in other words, it's not all of the Markers at the same time?).

I've had a similar situation with elevation markers in AC11 changing their pens, seemingly at random, and I've had to reset the Marker Object (in other words, set the Marker head to a different one, and then back again) to the default settings. I believe I've only seen this with the new Interior Elevation Markers.

The "Built-In" Markers are typically hard-wired, so if it's a problem with the GDL code, you wouldn't be able to fix it, anyway. Depending on the number of Markers you are talking about, you may want to replace them with AC11 Markers.

Re: HELP! My Elev. Markers fill themselves black!

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:08:23 GMT

No, it is not all of the markers, nor is it all of the time. I guess I will choose another marker and change them over, see if that works. Unfortunately easily 150 or more. I am hoping I can do them all at once.