topic Re: 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

Re: Broken Dimension style

Laurentiu — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:45:10 GMT

I tried this and I actually could recreate this, but it's not very clear where the problem is. It's definitely a bug somewhere.

I recreated it with a simple new file in the base INT template. So I don't think it's file based.

It's a bit hard to spot why it behaves like this though, because sometimes it randomly starts working again.

My best guess so far, is that this behaviour happens when you open a file and try to change a view map without having any project map engaged, meaning you didn't click the ground floor before making the view map.

Another giveaway is the fact that you don't have the warning ⚠ symbol on the right side (view map side) after you change the view point settings.

It normally notifies you that the view map is different from the selected view point.

Re: Broken Dimension style

runxel — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:23:00 GMT

I'm "glad" you were able to recreate this! Thanks everybody for checking – I thought I was going insane.

Sadly I also don't know what the culprit is, or if there is a reliable way to trigger it, but it happened to me in all the past versions.

Thanks @Laszlo Nagy for reporting it to Support. I can also send a .pla with this error.

Re: Broken Dimension style

Lili Nyiregyhazi — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:35:31 GMT

Hi runxel,

Please help to submit a technical support ticket on support.graphisoft.com so we can collect the sample file and further information to investigate the issue you are experiencing.

Best regards,

Lili

Re: Broken Dimension style

runxel — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:21:45 GMT

Hi Lili, thanks! I've put you in CC for #318178.

Have a great day!