Views placed on Layout keeps updating

[ahmad525]

hey all

i have a problem with most views placed on layout and its constant updating.

when i open a layout it start updating all views and this happen twice before i can use the file.

this is happening to certain files so im assuming it has to do with work environment.

on some sheets i have like 15-18 views and this is starting to take some time since it gets updated twice in a row. 

please find attached

[Barry Kelly]

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@Botonis wrote:

BUT THEN.... I checked my design options and some of them were "Custom".  After setting a certain design Option hte drawings stopped updating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess this has to be checked some how by others who are facing the same problem of constant updating.

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That is a good point.

No view settings should ever be 'Custom'.

The only time anything custom should be allowed is while you are working on the project.

The views in the view map that you place on the drawings should always have fixed settings, never custom.

Barry.

[Botonis]

I still cannot figure out how on earth this wasn't realized for so long..........

"Custom" settings in the background are just not saved. As long as they are not changed why do they have to be updated?

It feels like Archicad is updating the layouts with "custom" settings because there is no mechanism to check any changes when "custom" is set....

At least I learned something new today!

[Botonis]

Barry, this updating is not triggered though when the layer's  setting is set to custom.

I think this should have been the case for the rest. Why Design Option, why penset and NOT layers.

In my opinion if those "custom" settings are not altered when you save a view , there is no need for updating. Only the internal checking should be performed in Archicad which is instant. 

[Martin Jules]

I get the same issues anytime in ArchiCAD 28. Even though I put it on manual while there is nothing to update. It's ridiculous!

[Martin Jules]

I can't believe this:

[Laszlo Nagy]

Sorry, what is on your image?

I can only see a short horizontal green line. Maybe the image upload was not successful?

[Martin Jules]

It's updating or freezing anytime, and I have to wait for it. Thus, I'm wasting my time using this software.

[Botonis]

Post started at 2022 and still we are the same point.

If a drawing placed on a layout  has a custom setting like layer,design option, pen set, etc this affects all the rest of the drawings to rechec and  update several times when you open the layout or change tab or even open antoher app and go back to Achicad with this layout open and active.

For the moment the drawing manager does not show Design Options so it is difficult to check also this setting directly for the whole project.

This whole behaviour looks like a distortion or a malfunction in the updating process but as long as it does not crash Archicad it won't be considered as a bug.

[Botonis]

BIMDOTS came up with a solution that checks and finds all the views which have certain "custom" settings.

Check this out:

December 3rd, 2025.

• Project Health Check can now detect Views with custom Layer Combination, Model View Option, Pen Set, or Design Option.

https://bimdots.com/product/project-health-check/

I have asked for an optimized check for "Placed Views with "custom" view settings" so I hope they will manage to solve this problem for good.

[Botonis]

Just for your info BIMDots did it.

Searching views with custom settings within the placed views!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://bimdots.com/info/updates/

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Can't get better.