Walls disappearing in Interior Elevations?

[Anonymous]

I've had this happen before- sometimes with Interior Elevations, a wall will disappear and I'll see the walls. windows, etc beyond.

I've attached a picture of the problem- you should see solid wall behind the cabinets.

Any ideas on how to fix this? It doesn't happen all the time... It's definitely not caused by the renovation filter, and I've tried changing the wall priority to see if that has any affect (nope).[/img]

[Barry Kelly]

I wonder if it could be related to the bug with composite walls (and slabs) at the limits of the section lines.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=209986&highlight=#209986

If the wall is a composite wall then try changing it to a solid or vectorial fill wall to see if it comes back.

Or try increasing the limit of your section past the wall so it is not actually touching it.

Other than a bug the only thing I can think of is the wall is in a layer that is being turned off.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Barry-

Thanks for the reply. It is a composite wall, but changing it made no difference. However, moving the limits of the elevation did do something, though it was the opposite of what you suggested. The limits were well beyond the wall, but moving them to just at the wall made it show up. I'm going to leave the limits where they are, though (and just re-draw that elevation, which I usually do anyway to add more detail and clean up errant lines) because I am using the rectangular geometry method and I need the other elevations to pick up a larger area.

So I guess to clarify the question, why does a wall sometimes disappear in an interior elevation when the limits of that elevation are beyond that wall?

I suppose I will report this as a bug to my local Graphisoft people.

Thanks again!
-Adrienne

[Anonymous]

Bet you dollars to donuts that it is the "Renovation" tool???

designade wrote:
Barry-

Thanks for the reply. It is a composite wall, but changing it made no difference. However, moving the limits of the elevation did do something, though it was the opposite of what you suggested. The limits were well beyond the wall, but moving them to just at the wall made it show up. I'm going to leave the limits where they are, though (and just re-draw that elevation, which I usually do anyway to add more detail and clean up errant lines) because I am using the rectangular geometry method and I need the other elevations to pick up a larger area.

So I guess to clarify the question, why does a wall sometimes disappear in an interior elevation when the limits of that elevation are beyond that wall?

I suppose I will report this as a bug to my local Graphisoft people.

Thanks again!
-Adrienne

[Anonymous]

I have the same problem (see attached pic). There is a wall that should be obscuring the more distant stair flight. It is on the same layer, and has the same renovation status (new) as the wall in front of it (under the lower flight of steps). Here's the things I've tried:
1. Another thread suggested using a renovation override for the fills on the wall faces, which I've tried and which didn't work.
2. I've tried moving the limits both further backwards and forwards, with no result.
3. I've tried adjusting the wall so that its base is sitting on the floor (that particular wall extends down to a lower floor level)
4. I've tried adjusting the wall so that its edge hits the side wall
5. I've tried copying the wall that IS showing, but the copy disappears (in the IE view only)
6. Finally, because the wall had a solid operation on it to slice off the diagonal I tried removing that slice, but still the wall didn't show up in the IE view.

I'm out of ideas now. So unless someone has some other ideas, I'd be calling this a bug. Archimamamia, I think you just won some donuts 😉

[Anonymous]

SOLVED!!!

Ok, I spoke too soon - it's not a bug. This is what solved it for me:

In the view map, Right click on the interior elevation view, then choose
-> interior elevation settings -> Model display -> Uncut elements ->

There are TWO settings to check...

1. What are your uncut surfaces pen settings (is your wall transparent)

and, more likely...

2. UN-CHECK the "Exclude view-blocking wall" tickbox (why ON EARTH would that be ticked by default!!!?)

[Anonymous]

Thank you for this! This issue was driving me insane too, and that little check box fixed it all! And also caused it all really...