topic Broken Dimension style in Documentation

Broken Dimension style

runxel — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:25:14 GMT

I have recurring weird issue with dimension styles. I wonder if anybody ever had the same problem?

Some of my dimension styles are "broken": If you want to assign it to a view it won't stick no matter how hard you try.

Happens in every version to my knowledge, even in 30.

I recreated the affected dimension styles, but it keeps happening, so I'm really wondering what is going on here.

Re: Broken Dimension style

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:37:11 GMT

Strange glitch.

For me, it works in Archicad 29 without a problem.

So, what I see is that after you modified the Dimension Settings, then you try to redefine the settings of the View with the current settings (00:11 in the video), and instead of the View picking up the current settings ("2|..."), the Dimension Setting in the Option Bar at the bottom changes to the Dim setting stored in the View ("3|...").

What happens if you go to the View Settings Dialog, and instead of changing the Dimension field as you do in the video at 00:16, you click the Get Current Windows's Settings button at the top? Does the setting stick then?

Re: Broken Dimension style

runxel — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:14:20 GMT

No, this style is just broken and it can not be set in any way (except for when you generate a complete new view with that style).

Re: Broken Dimension style

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:34:06 GMT

I have reported it to Support.

Re: Broken Dimension style

Patrick M — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:35:21 GMT

thats a strange one... I'll keep an eye out for it. I have seen glitches with layer combinations, and especially with MVO's (those STILL go missing). So it's not surprising that dim styles also bug out