3D view placed on layout is blank
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2020-10-01
04:33 PM
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2023-05-09
01:25 PM
by
Gordana Radonic
I have a problem with 3d views showing up as white/blank when placed on a layout. I have tried Fit frame to Drawing, Full Precision Preview etc and they are on Auto-update. If I right-click and pick "Open source view" it looks just as it should in the 3D window. They also appear blank when I publish, which is a big problem. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
Thanks in advance for any response!
Archicad 23, Windows 10 Pro, graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro P4000

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2020-10-01 07:34 PM
For some strange reason, without my interaction, the drawing's layer visibility had been changed to hidden.
Even after changing the layer to visible the publisher resulted in empty layouts. My solution was moving all drawings to the default Archicad layer, which is always on.
I hope your solution could be that simple.
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2020-10-02 03:27 AM
Not sure about being blank on publish... are you able to share the file, or a cut down file where the problem persists?
Ling.
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2020-10-02 11:09 AM
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2020-10-06 10:58 AM
Lingwisyer wrote:I did that as well, but it didn't work until I restarted Windows Explorer.
Update your graphics drivers?
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2021-07-03 01:39 PM
canvea wrote:
Lingwisyer wrote:I did that as well, but it didn't work until I restarted Windows Explorer.
Update your graphics drivers?
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2021-12-06 11:27 PM
this is apparently one of those "forever bugs" that we are just going to have to deal with, I guess. It's been an issue for as long as we've been able to place 3d views onto layouts. I hear all the responses deflecting this to an OS problem, but I can recreate it randomly on several computers. So far, the only solution I have found is to restart the computer, try again, then restart again, then try again, then duplicate or save as and open that file and try again, then throw my computer through the window out of pure rage and kick the wall until my toe hurts and I forget about my frustrations for a hot second... then go buy a new computer and repeat until it works again.
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2021-12-06 11:41 PM
I think the randomly self-altering layout book layer combo is another bug all together. The OP is talking about the drawing's contents showing blank. If you "open source view", the 3d looks right, but won't show on the layout within the drawing frame.