Level Dimension hidden but still selectable on plan?

[MinhNguyen]

Hi everyone, one of our team members pointed out a very weird behavior in Archicad that we would never think of: with Labels and Level Dimensions, you have the option to "Hide with associated element". Logically, once it's hidden, you shouldn't be able to select the element, right? Not with Level Dimensions. Here is how to reproduce it:

With everything visible, on floorplan I have 1 slab, 1 associative level dimension, 1 label, and 1 static level dimension.

Now with only the slab hidden using layer (layer for annotation is still visible), pressing Ctrl + A gives me 2 elements selected:

To make sure that I don't select anything else, using Find&Select will give me the same result - the hidden level dimension is selected.

Same behavior in AC21, 24 and 26, which makes me think it's not a bug. But it's against Archicad's logic and I can't find any documentation/discussion regarding this. Could someone help me to explain this?

[Barry Kelly]

Seems to be because the level dimensions are in the same layer.

The slab layer is turned off, but the dimension layer is not.

However the dimension set to hide with element disappears (as expected), so it is just not visible, but it is still there in the same layer as the other dimension.

Archicad can still select it - although you see nothing selected - just the info that it is selected.

And it is indeed selected, because if you make a change (font colour) and turn the slab back on, the associated dimension has also changed.

If the dimension is in the slab layer, then when the slab layer is turned off the dimension will not be selected.

But of course that does not help if you want to turn the dimensions off and still show the slab.

I say bug.

Because, if you think you can select all dimensions not associated to an element by hiding the element layer, and then deleting ALL dimensions - surprise, they have all gone.

Barry.

[MinhNguyen]

Hi Barry, 

Agree, this is what I thought as well. But the strange part is: as you can see in my example, I dropped a label there for a purpose: its layer is visible, it's hidden with the slab similar to the level dimension, but it's not selectable when the slab's layer is turned off. It could be a bug with the level dimension, however no one noticed it until now, so could there be a reason that I didn't know?

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

I didn't try with the label, but you are correct, a hidden label does not get selected.

So definitely a bug I say.

Barry.

[MinhNguyen]

Time for a support email then. Thanks Barry!