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Layer combinations not toggling when changing view in AC9

Anonymous
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Hi,
We have experienced an odd phenomenon. We are using ArchiCAD V9 2045, for a Teamworks file across both Mac & Windows platforms.

We had all the views set up to change the layer combinations for each drawing. Then one day when we logged in, the views stopped toggling the layer combinations. It seemed to start when we started adding elevation & detail windows. We were pasting in old details with layers that weren't in the new drawing.

The views do remember the display options etc, which is why the fact that it decided to stop toggling the layer combination only, is so odd.

We have since cleaned up the drawing, removed the old non standard layers & redefined the views. I don’t want to have to repeat that again.

Is this a known issue? Or are we doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Karl
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Anonymous
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Additional Info from AEC Infosystems:

There may be a bug here, but I am not sure.
It might me related to the fact that teammates cannot add Views to an existing View Set.
So if the new Sections and Details were made after the project was shared, these might be treated differently.

Are you keeping the LBK linked to a PLN?
Do you have the same problem if the new detail content is pasted into a PLN?
Since there are certain things that can only be done as Team Leader with exclusive access, we recommend that those
kinds of operations be done when everyone signs out and it can be worked on as a solo project.
Anonymous
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Even more info:

Here is the scenario:
1. I set up all the plan views & a few elevation & sections as the team leader w/ exclusive access.
2. Then, a team member started creating some additional details.
Since in the view set, the details are in a cloned folder, the views were getting added to the view set.
Those views could not be redefined (for scale, layers, etc) until the team leader did it.
3. The content of the details was pasted in from some of our old standards, with old layer names.
Once again, those layer couldn't be deleted until the team leader did it.
4. Then another team member signed in. All the plan views lost the layer combination toggling when changing the view.

Note: all the views created by the team member are visible to everyone else (unlike in V7 where they seemed to get lost).

We are linking to the PLA in the LBK. The views, when updated, do reflect the fact that the layer combination is now wrong / not toggled.