topic Re: Can't see anything at 3D View in Documentation

Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:33:31 GMT

Hello Friends,
I am experiencing issue with my 3D view.
I am working on this project for more than a month. From yesterday I am having a problem with the 3D view. Nothing is shown in 3D. I performed the primary checking, for example.
1. I checked all layers. They are on. (see Fig-1)
2. Also checked the 3D filter. (See Fig-2)
3. Clicked in the fit to window.

But no way it's getting right. Can you please suggest to solve the issue.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:50:36 GMT

Check that the renovation filter you are using is not hiding everything.

Barry.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:10:43 GMT

Barry wrote:
Check that the renovation filter you are using is not hiding everything.

Barry.

Dear Barry
I checked every possible way. Even set the new camera to see this but nothing seems working.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:20:09 GMT

Here is a list of things that may cause elements not to be visible in 3D:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=235941#p235941

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:16:59 GMT

LaszloNagy wrote:
Here is a list of things that may cause elements not to be visible in 3D:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=235941#p235941

Laszlo Nagy
I already checked all the options u suggested. Actually I am working on it for the last 4 days. This item I am really worried about my design completion within the time frame. Can you please check my file with a secure link?

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:51:54 GMT

Is it just that one file that has no 3D or is it all files?
I notice in your image of the 3D screen, the axis letters (x, y, z) are there but not the axis lines, which is odd.
They should always be visible as far as I know.

Barry.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:56:30 GMT

Have you checked the 3d cutplan?

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:42:04 GMT

avishiplu wrote:

LaszloNagy wrote:
Here is a list of things that may cause elements not to be visible in 3D:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=235941#p235941

Laszlo Nagy
I already checked all the options u suggested. Actually I am working on it for the last 4 days. This item I am really worried about my design completion within the time frame. Can you please check my file with a secure link?

If you put the PLA file on Dropbox or something similar and send me the link in a private message, I may be able to look at it.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:07:37 GMT

LaszloNagy wrote:

If you put the PLA file on Dropbox or something similar and send me the link in a private message, I may be able to look at it.

Dear Laszlo Nagy
Thanks for your interest to check the file. Here is the link for pln file.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_EbnJ35TKSpgxco3M9NHeRQdZm8qaTJr?usp=sharing

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:33:56 GMT

Avi,
That is not a private link so you may want to remove it.

I had a look at the file and it seems to me you have something a very, very long distance from the origin.
Exactly what it is I haven't had time to explore and find out.

But if you place an all storey marquee around your plan and then view that in 3D you will see the model.
However if you remove the marquee and view all in 3D and zoom to extents, it will zoom so far out it does not respond.

There is something very far away on storey 0 and/or storey 1.
View those in plan and "fit to window" and you will see it zooms very far out.
Al the other storeys seem OK.

Sorry but that is all the time I have to investigate at the moment.

Barry.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:38:35 GMT

LaszloNagy wrote:

If you put the PLA file on Dropbox or something similar and send me the link in a private message, I may be able to look at it.

Dear Lastly
Have u got time to check the file? It would be really helpful if you can make some time

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:49:39 GMT

Barry wrote:

I had a look at the file and it seems to me you have something a very, very long distance from the origin.
Exactly what it is I haven't had time to explore and find out.

But if you place an all storey marquee around your plan and then view that in 3D you will see the model.
However if you remove the marquee and view all in 3D and zoom to extents, it will zoom so far out it does not respond.

There is something very far away on storey 0 and/or storey 1.
View those in plan and "fit to window" and you will see it zooms very far out.
Al the other storeys seem OK.

Sorry but that is all the time I have to investigate at the moment.

Dear Barry
What you done within ur time frame I am really grateful for that.
It's true y model have distance from the origin. But this distance is not so big. It's only 915'. This distance should not be an issue.
I already tried it using all floor marquee. That's not working. I planned to select all and moved them towards the origin. But the plan failed.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:50:47 GMT

avishiplu wrote:

LaszloNagy wrote:

If you put the PLA file on Dropbox or something similar and send me the link in a private message, I may be able to look at it.
Dear Lastly
Have u got time to check the file? It would be really helpful if you can make some time

Avi,

I have not looked at the file after I saw that Barry already answered your question.
You should follow his instructions and find that element that causes Archicad to zoom way out when you show all elements.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 03:55:47 GMT

Avi,
This is what I see on ground floor with 'fit to window'.
It zooms so far out that you can't do or select anything.

Move up to the 1st floor and fit to window and the plan shows up fine.

I have narrowed it down to something in your 'Text and Labelling' layer in the '0.GL' storey.
And the 'Beams' layer in '1. Ground Level' storey.
Turn those of and the plans display OK.

So does the 3D, but you may need to change to axonometric view then fit in window.
When in prespective view the fit in window does not always work.

How you are going to figure out what the problem is I am not sure.

Barry.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:02:32 GMT

OK I seem to have it working.
This is what I did.
Go to storey 2 in plan and fit to window - all should be good.
Now change to storey 0 and turn all layers off except the text & labelling layer.
Do not zoom yet - but CTRL+A to select all and then remove the text and labels that you can see on screen.
This should leave a few still selected that are way off in the distance - delete them.

Now go to the storey 1 and turn of the text and label layer and turn on the beams layer.
Do the same thing - select all and remove those beams you see from the selection.
This will leave some beams still selected that are far away - don't zoom just delete them.

Now you can turn all your layers on and view in 3D.
Fit to window - if that doesn't work change to axonometric view and fit to window.

Barry.

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:25:56 GMT

Dear Barry
Superb .................. Just Awesome. It works . I can't believe it.
I don't know how to say thanks for this support. Ur instruction was so easy to follow and worked perfectly.
It made me upset in last few days. I am really happy to get this support.
Love & Respect.
Sincerely
Avi Shiplu

Re: Can't see anything at 3D View

Barry Kelly — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:56:25 GMT

You are welcome.

Barry.