topic Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION? in Documentation

LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:41:20 GMT

SEE ATTACHED.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:38:45 GMT

AND....before anyone suggests "Have you downloaded the latest 7000 fix for AC22?"..............YES I have.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

Barry Kelly — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:30:17 GMT

Is it a file that you have migrated from say version 20 to 22?
Or did it start it's life in version 22?
I am wondering if there is a new setting in the label that wasn't there before in the old version library.
Editing the label may force this new option to activate.

Barry.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 05:40:23 GMT

I believe it was a file brought up from AC21

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

Barry Kelly — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:31:03 GMT

I don't see any different label options between 21 & 22 (there are new options in 23).

When you select one of the 'bad' labels and before you move it, what does the connection point settings show (see attached image).

Interestingly I can't make the line join the bottom of the text box as shown in your 'bad' examples.
So I am not sure why they are showing like this.

Barry.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

M Cochran — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:43:08 GMT

I have encountered this label bug in ARCHICAD going back to version 11! I don't know exactly what causes it but I have found a way to quickly fix the labels when this happens.
- Select the labels that are showing incorrectly
- Reserve them if working in a teamwork file,
- Open the Label Selection Settings
- When the settings box opens, click OK. You don't have to change any of the settings, just click OK.
- Your labels should go back to the correct settings.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:59:26 GMT

I'll try that but I've noticed that it doesn't matter how many times you do that....the labels seem to revert back to the "line at the bottom" of the label tag. yes, you can move them back and forth and yes, you can select them all and click "OK" but......they seem to 'graphically' (visually) go back to the line at the bottom but on the sheets they appear correct? Very very odd behaviour.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

Minh Nguyen — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:00:24 GMT

Hi Rob,

Thank you for sharing the issue and I am sorry about the experience!

I have tried to replicate the problem myself (create a simple file in ARCHICAD 21, then migrate it to ARCHICAD 22), but unfortunately, the issue did not happen to me. Since we haven't received any similar record so far, I'm wondering if you are willing to share a sample file with us for a closer look? Let me know here or by PM if you'll need a link to securely forward the file for investigation!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:43:52 GMT

sure..just tell me where to send the PLA file and we can go from there.
thanks for the help.

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

Minh Nguyen — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:33:36 GMT

Hi Rob,

I have sent you the link via PM. Let me know once you have the file uploaded!

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

Minh Nguyen — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:34:41 GMT

Hi All,

Thanks to the file, I was able to identify what is causing the issue. This is a known defect with the Property Label object. Due to the incorrect migration process from AC21 to higher versions (it happens on both AC22 and AC23), the pointer location “jumps” to a wrong position upon file reopening. Luckily, it seems like this affects the Views only, in Layouts the labels are still in their correct position.

This defect is scheduled to be fixed in the second update of AC23 (build 5xxx) and the last update for AC22 (build 8xxx). Until then, the workaround has been mentioned by Margaret (thank you very much for your help!), which is to select all the labels, open their Settings and click OK without modifying anything.

I am very sorry for the inconvenience of the defect! Once again, big thanks to Rob for reporting the issue, and I hope that the fix for this will come soon!

I wish you all a great day, and take care!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: LABEL OBJECT - POINTER STRANGE BEHAVIOR? MOVES FROM BOTTOM TO CENTER LOCATION?

rob2218 — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:05:23 GMT

Was just told by GRAPHISOFT that it’s a known bug.
I mentioned to GS that they need to announce it...openly.