Moving Interior Elevation Markers to a New Layer

[Anonymous]

I am working on a project the has all of the interior elevation markers shown on one particular layer. I would like to separate the standard interior elevation markers from the ones that I want on the enlarged plans. When I select any of the interior elevation markers the layer setting is greyed out and will not let me move the marker to a different layer. I do not know if this was set-up this way be the previous person working on the project (who is no longer with this employer) or not. Can you have interior elevation markers on separate layers?

[Barry Kelly]

Interior Elevations that are placed as a group can't have separate layers.
The whole group belongs to a single layer.
You will have to place separate Interior Elevation (or just use the Section or Elevation tool).
Barry.

[Da3dalus]

I think it's even more complex than that. I had a SINGLE elevation marker that I put on the wrong layer. It's not in a group at all, and the layer settings were still greyed out. Here's what I found after clicking randomly:

1. It's best to activate the Interior Elevation Tool and select the marker. The layer is no longer greyed out, and you can change it, but changing it does NOT stick!
2. In addition, use the Edit Selection Set dialog (Opt-Cmd-T) to change the layer. This seems to work.
3. While shift-clicking wildly, I got it to select correctly once, but I don't know what I did. There may be another way.

Feature? Bug? I don't know.

[Barry Kelly]

You have to select the extents of the interior elevation and not the marker or elevation line.
Selecting the extents the layer will be editable.
The same applies for when you want to edit the ID or name or show on storey.

Barry

[David Maudlin]

Another screen shot to reinforce Barry's advice.

David

[Anonymous]

I'm in version 19... And frustrated as hell with this bug once again. It doesn't ungray the layer.. no matter which point I select. Tried everything here. Clearly this tool is buggy and the interface for changing interior elevation layers is a best poorly designed. This should be a non-issue. I don't see people coming on the forums to try to figure out how to change the layer of any other tool..

Fix this already ArchiCad

[Barry Kelly]

Yes this tool has changed again in 19 (and 18 apparently as well) and you now need to select the end of the boundary lines instead of the line itself.
I'm not sure exactly what it is all about as I don't use them myself.

Barry.

[Barry Kelly]

I notice also if you can separate the elevation extent line from the elevation boundary line then you can still select anywhere on the boundary line and be able to change the layer.

Rather than separating these lines you can make the elevation infinite rather than limited and this allows you to select the elevation boundary.
You can always change it back afterwards.

Barry.

[rob2218]

Allz I can say is "What a freakin' disaster these interior elevation markers people".

They NEED to behave JUST like any other "elevation" or "section" marker............PERIOD!
that's what they are......just merely INTERIOR section and elevations...just shorter...............what is wrong here!

Why can't these markers get fixed for Petes Sake!

[Katalin Borszeki]

Hi,

The full Interior Elevation Group needs to be on the same layer, so if you choose only one segment, the Layer-chooser pop-up is grey. You can only change Layers, when the full group is selected.

Selecting all of the segments is not the same as selecting the group. If the visibility-limitation distance line is under the dashed line, selecting with the Arrow tool means the following (and this didn’t change from ARCHICAD 18 to 19):
- Click on the corners: the group is selected;
- Click on the line (which is covered by the dashed line); one segment is selected.

If you select the dashed line, the full group will be selected and if you change the layer here, all of the segments will be on the new layer.
Best,

[rob2218]

thank you for your explanation.
still don't understand "why" it's not like the other elevation markers but ok.....I can accept that.

thank you.