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Issue with label and MEP elements

strangeday
Enthusiast

Hello,

Have any of you ever encountered problems with the labels associated with MEP elements in section views? in particular with zero depth sections, when I try to label MEP elements(with a generixc text label), such as tube or duct routing, AC crash every time.

The only workaround I found is to set the section depth to infinite, label the elements, and then set back to zero depth(and its quite a little waste of time...🤣)

 

Operating system used: Windows 11 24H2

 

Francesco De Meo | Architect | AC 6.5-28 | Latest build | Win 11 Pro 64 | AMD TreadRipper 1950x 3.4 Ghz | 64 Gb RAM | AMD Radeon 5700 XT 8GB
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rakurs
Enthusiast

I have encountered something similar but it tells the story of MEP.

 

On floor plans, I label my pipe routes that go through several stories. They appear on layouts, on views, but when I export to dwg, they only appear once, probably related to the route element which they are connected to. Basically, labels show and they don't show. Schrödinger's labels.

 

I think it is related to their anchor point and is obviously a bug. It would explain why ArchiCAD struggles with zero depth sections - label's anchor point maybe is not in the plane which you define with your section, so they shouldn't appear, in true ArchiCAD logic.

 

Why do I bother with MEP at all...


ArchiCAD 28 | INT - Cro | Forward | WIN 10 / 11

I might be onto something: when I disable "Hide with associated element" checkbox inside label, they now export!

 

Try it, @strangeday, if you haven't given up completely.


ArchiCAD 28 | INT - Cro | Forward | WIN 10 / 11

Hello @rakurs , I've tried to disable "Hide with associated element", but archicad continue to crash, agree with You that the bug seems related to the anchor point of the tube.

Francesco De Meo | Architect | AC 6.5-28 | Latest build | Win 11 Pro 64 | AMD TreadRipper 1950x 3.4 Ghz | 64 Gb RAM | AMD Radeon 5700 XT 8GB

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