topic Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries in Documentation

Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Rex Moore — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:39:18 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a way to lock the horizontal and vertical boundaries inside the section elevation?

When I'm working close to the edges (inside the section elevation) normally when trying to lay the dimensions, I often pick up the vertical or horizontal boundaries. It starts to move them, is there a way to lock this so it doesn't happen?

PS: I am not talking about - Horizontal and vertical Range limited/ infinite, in the settings.

Operating system used: Windows

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Barry Kelly — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:58:15 GMT

That is (in your image) the limited vertical range that you see in the settings.

The horizontal limited range can only bee seen in the floor plan view (or the settings).

The width is simply the width of your section/elevation markers.

The only way these can be locked is to lock the actual section/elevation line in plan.

Or you can right click in the section/elevation and turn off the option for the section/elevation range.

You will still see the limited rang but will no longer see the range lines or the difference in colour between the inner and outer ranges.

Barry.

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Rex Moore — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:31:54 GMT

Thank you muchly

Turning off the Elevation Range from within the elevation was definitely the answer 🙂

However, you mentioned,

"The horizontal limited range can only be seen in the floor plan view (or the settings)."

Yet, I can see and adjust from inside the section elevation if "Elevation Range" is turn on. See below.

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Barry Kelly — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:58:48 GMT

That is the width of the elevation markers.

The horizontal range is the depth that you can see in the elevation.

Barry.

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

MitchD — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:27:51 GMT

Locking the layer that the elevation/section markers is on works too.

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Rex Moore — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:26:35 GMT

Yes, you are right, Horizontal Range is what you were talking about not "Horizontal Boundaries".

Your ArchiCAD knowledge never ceases to impress me.

Thanks again for the solution. 😀

Re: Lock Horizontal and vertical boundaries

Rex Moore — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:33:07 GMT

True, but then you keep getting this message ..