ArchiCAD 20 Updated Text

[Anonymous]

Has anyone else, after updating to ArchiCAD 20, had the issue of typing text and when you're finished it automatically resizes itself much smaller to the point you can't read it? Not sure if there's a new setting we need to adjust or if this is a bug.

[Karl Ottenstein]

It sounds like you are describing normal behavior. When you edit text, the text editing window displays the text at a size that can be read. When you finish, the text is placed/replaced at the font size specified in the settings and at the current scale/zoom of whatever view you are in.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully this screenshot helps clarify. Once finished typing or correcting text I click out of the text box and it resizes to size 0.29 when everything else is typically at 6.00. And this text was typed and started out at size 6.00 as well. Text I'm referring to is in the selected box on the left hand size. Everyone in our office is having same issue, so I wasn't sure if anyone else has noticed it.

[Brett Brown]

Yes, this is happening to me also but not every time

[DGSketcher]

If this is TEXT rather than a LABEL then there is a setting for paper or model size in the tool settings. Paper will set the font to actual size e.g. 2mm whereas Model size will scale up the font from 2mm @ 1:50 scale to be 100mm so it prints out at 2mm.

[Dave Jochum]

I have this problem as well and it is definitely a glitch. It happens in both text boxes and labels and only with the first edit in a particular window. Extremely annoying. This is occurring under Yosemite as well.

[NCornia]

Hi All,

This is an issue which seems to affect only selected users and so far has been extremely elusive to try and figure it out since we cannot reproduce the conditions that lead to the problem.

I am assisting in gathering information on this matter for the USA and Canadian markets. I will reach out to any users in the USA or Canada who post here to gather some information from you. If you are located outside the USA or Canada, please contact your local distributor with a reference to Defect # 216179.

Sorry for the inconvenience. We will do our best to track down the root cause of this issue.

Best regards,

[Anonymous]

Thanks for looking into it Nick! I will follow the instructions in the email you sent.

[jakubc7]

I can confirm that this happens to me. Australian Subscription, International Version of ARCHICAD 20 with current hotfix (and prior also). Very annoying bug.

[Dave Jochum]

In addition to the text re-sizing, formatting can also be lost, though not in every case. The best workaround is when selecting a text box or label to revise, if it is the first such revision in a particular window, immediately de-select it, then undo the shrinkage. Re-select and continue with revision. At least in my experience, the formatting is never lost with this method.