topic Re: rubber band disappearing in Documentation

rubber band disappearing

David Bearss — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:27:21 GMT

This has occured on several occasions now in r9. I have not been able to determine what triggers it but it occurs with all tools and in both 2d and 3d windows. rebuild, refresh, redraw, adjusting display options, tec.... Everything else seems to work fine but the rubber band line just does not display. I have to restart ArchiCAD to clear correct.
Hardware related possibly??
Dell Dimension 4600
dual monitors
Win XP SP2
pentium 4 - 3GHz
1 gig ram

Re: rubber band disappearing

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:28:37 GMT

I have had this same problem. I can not replicate it though. I also loose the visibility to the selection and marquee box. ???

Re: rubber band disappearing

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:00:23 GMT

What are the specs on your video cards?

Manuracturer, model, RAM?

Have you checked the Video Card database elsewhere on this forum?

woodster

Re: rubber band disappearing

Ben Odonnell — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:23:44 GMT

David wrote:
This has occured on several occasions now in r9. I have not been able to determine what triggers it but it occurs with all tools and in both 2d and 3d windows. rebuild, refresh, redraw, adjusting display options, tec.... Everything else seems to work fine but the rubber band line just does not display. I have to restart ArchiCAD to clear correct.
Hardware related possibly??
Dell Dimension 4600
dual monitors
Win XP SP2
pentium 4 - 3GHz
1 gig ram

David,
Are you using OpenGL acceleration in 2D? You can find it in your Work Environment--->2D Redraw options.

If you are you should turn it off, don't forget to redefine your profile, otherwise the settings will be lost.

HTH.
Cheers.
Ben

Re: rubber band disappearing

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:45:22 GMT

I am not.

Re: rubber band disappearing

Djordje — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:56:23 GMT

Most probably drivers, if you are ulucky, video card model. Check the video card database, download the test, and see for yourself. The link is at the bottom left of the main Talk screen.

Re: rubber band disappearing

Tom Krowka — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:59:03 GMT

I've had some problems with video cards also. Go to the desktop, select properties. When the screen dialogue box comes up, go to screen settings, select advanced. Set the hardware acceleration to none, be sure write enabling is clicked on. With the GL turned off in the 2D screen, those three things solved my problem.

Re: rubber band disappearing

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:52:38 GMT

I have actually not had this problem lately, but I did notice that the Hardware acceleration of my Video Card was set to Full.

Before I change this to NONE. I was wondering what other functionality many be Gained or Lost by setting this to "None".

Re: rubber band disappearing

Tom Krowka — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:13:20 GMT

Per information from my reseller, the hardware accel on the screen properties has something to do with gaming video. I was hesitant as well, but have had it set that way for about two weeks now and have not noticed it changing any other programs. Of course, I don't have any games on this computer, so I can't speak to that issue.

I figured I can always change it back.

Re: rubber band disappearing

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:22:37 GMT

We have the same problem. We have a Dell Dimension with dual screens as well.
I too loose my rubber band and marquee box after working on a project for about 3 hours or so. Video cards are all Nvidia based.
As far as turning off hardware acceleration.....that seems like a bad idea to me. I mean if we paid $350.00+ for a video card Im sure as hell not wanting to use "software" acceleration only and have a total system drag.
Could be drivers I hope.

Re: rubber band disappearing

David Bearss — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:04:16 GMT

using NVIDIA GeForce FX5200
integrated RAMDAC
128 MB

open GL acceleration is OFF

I will try turning acceleration off but don't like the idea. I will give it a whirl and also check driver compatibility.

Re: rubber band disappearing

Tom Krowka — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:08:52 GMT

My video card is Nvidia based as well. I tried the card compatability test and did not have any problems, except for weak text fill.