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AC21 Stairs not showing in Section/Elevation windows

TDabney
Enthusiast
Hello,

I have used the new stair tool in AC21 with moderate success, but for some reason in this new project, stairs created using the stair tool are not rendering properly in either the section or elevation windows. They are there physically, but not visually in that they will throw a shadow, but no lines show their outline or indicate their presence etc... It's as if I have chosen to show them in the section/elevation windows using a white pen (I work w/a white background). The object is there, I can select it as normal, but if not selected, it's not visible...

The floor plans & 3D window seem to be acting as normal.

Hope that makes sense.

Anyone else running into a similar issue?

Thanks,
Tom
TND Architects P.L.L.C.
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2021 16" MacBook Pro
Apple M1 Max
ArchiCAD 26/27
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Could you attach a screenshot or two to illustrate the problem?
Could there be two instances of the same Stair element at the exact same location?
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TDabney
Enthusiast
laszlonagy wrote:
Could you attach a screenshot or two to illustrate the problem?
Could there be two instances of the same Stair element at the exact same location?
Thanks for help Laszlo. I did check to see if there were duplicate objects and there is only one. I am trying to add attachments, but they are not loading. I've saved them as jpeg & pdfs to try different formats and they are small sized too... arrrg!
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Barry Kelly
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TDabney wrote:
It's as if I have chosen to show them in the section/elevation windows using a white pen (I work w/a white background). The object is there, I can select it as normal, but if not selected, it's not visible...
Change your background colour to test your theory - you can always change it back.

Barry.
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I wonder if it's related to this issue: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/troubleshooting/3d-modeling/floor-plan-display-settings-of-stairs-...
Richard
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TDabney
Enthusiast
Barry wrote:
Change your background colour to test your theory - you can always change it back.

Barry.
Hi Barry,

I did just try that and no change...

Tom
TND Architects P.L.L.C.
macOS 12.7
2021 16" MacBook Pro
Apple M1 Max
ArchiCAD 26/27
TDabney
Enthusiast
Trying to resize my attachments so they will post...

First is a floor plan image.
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TDabney
Enthusiast
second is from the 3D window.
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TDabney
Enthusiast
third is from the section shown on the plan, without the stairs selected.
TND Architects P.L.L.C.
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2021 16" MacBook Pro
Apple M1 Max
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TDabney
Enthusiast
last is the same section w/the stairs selected. Sorry for the multiple posts, I could not get more than 1 attachment per post to work...
stairs-section-selected.jpg
TND Architects P.L.L.C.
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2021 16" MacBook Pro
Apple M1 Max
ArchiCAD 26/27
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