topic Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey in Documentation

Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:50:04 GMT

Hi all,
I have a strange problem which I can't figure out.
When I put text on a dimension, "<MeasuredValue>¶win" to denote that the distance is the width of the opening, it will occasionally disappear if I change to the subfloor storey and then back to my ground floor storey.
It only disappears when I use the View Map, if I use Ctrl+F2/Ctrl+F3 to go up and down storeys it stays there.
I should also mention, it doesn't happen to every piece of text on the same dimension string.

Does this happen to anyone else?

AC21, pretty sure it's up to date, Windows 7 Pro

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Lingwisyer — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:33:07 GMT

If it is disappearing only when you used the View Map, it sounds like a layer display issue... though I did not know that text within an object could be on multiple layers, more so text within a single line... I do not recall there being a MVO option for text. So, check whether the relevant text layers are active in your Views Layer Combination.

Ling.

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:39:41 GMT

It only happens to certain pieces of text on the same string of dimensions, so I doubt it is a layer issue?
Also, if I were to go to the first floor and then back to the ground floor in the view map, everything is still there.
It only seems to be when I go to the subfloor (storey No. -1, elevation -325) that some text disappears.

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 05:34:21 GMT

Does anyone else have an idea of what could be causing this? It doesn't present well on construction drawings when text is missing.

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Richard Morrison — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 05:37:16 GMT

It's just a guess, obviously, but I'd look at your dimension styles, which are saved with the View Map. It could be that the View where the dimension goes missing has acquired a strange dimension style, which gets changes when you access it through the View Map, but wouldn't change when just go up or down a story.

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

JaseBee — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:25:58 GMT

Dimension text positions can display in different positions at different scales... could be that, or maybe a Reno filter option... seems odd though.

Re: Dimension text disappearing when changing storey

Daniel Kovacs — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:55:29 GMT

Hello FroDaddy,

I think this might be what you are looking for:
https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=58638

Regards,