Brad wrote:
Gerry, It's the auto ID assignment from (or to) the zone that I have so much trouble with. The door will show the correct zone and ID number but then the schedule will have the door assigned to a different zone or no zone at all or it will change the next time I open it which is what happened going from 20 to 21. If I have a step up or a step down then the door no longer works with the zone tool. But mainly it's the erratic action of the zones that has broken me.
Hello Brad Elliott,
If it worked fine in ARCHICAD 20, and now you are having trouble in ARCHICAD 21, that might be because of a known issue in ARCHICAD 21: Doors will only belong to a zone, if the zone touches the edge of the wall they reside in. If the Door is entirely inside the zone, it will not be able to recognize it. We are working on solving this issue as soon as possible.
This thread is about this issue (mostly).
Until then (or regardless of this), you can create a Property for Zone ID and list the Property instead of the actual Zone Parameter. You can make this Property even a full ID including both the Zone and the Door ID (like it is RO01-DO02 ), but the ID of the Door itself should be fine regardless of this bug, so you can list that separately (in that case it will be automatic).
If this is not what your problem was about, please upload a few pictures explaining what it is that you see, and what would you expect to see.
Good Luck,
Daniel Alexander Kovacs
Professional Services Consultant
GRAPHISOFT
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