Opening object expands Archicad window beyond screen, no way back (24US, MacOs 10.14.6 laptop)
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ā2021-04-02 05:09 AM
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ā2021-04-03 01:52 AM
Could you post a screenshot of this so it is easier to see the exact issue?
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac28
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ā2021-04-03 02:14 AM
Screen video in
LaszloNagy wrote:
I will report this to GRAPHISOFT.
Could you post a screenshot of this so it is easier to see the exact issue?

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ā2021-04-07 08:39 AM
Thank you very much for the report and I am very sorry for the experience!
I tried with different Archicad versions and builds on both macOS and Windows and believe that this is the limitation on macOS. Archicad will automatically expand its window to the largest required size by any opened dialog, and with macOS, this accidentally pushes the lower part down to the dock's area. Unfortunately, the only way to get around it is by undocking the object editor as you mentioned.
Please let me know if it answers your question!
Best regards,
Minh
Minh Nguyen
Technical Support Engineer
GRAPHISOFT
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ā2021-04-07 09:03 AM
mnguyen wrote:
Dear Ignacio,
Thank you very much for the report and I am very sorry for the experience!
I tried with different Archicad versions and builds on both macOS and Windows and believe that this is the limitation on macOS. Archicad will automatically expand its window to the largest required size by any opened dialog, and with macOS, this accidentally pushes the lower part down to the dock's area. Unfortunately, the only way to get around it is by undocking the object editor as you mentioned.
Please let me know if it answers your question!
Best regards,
Minh

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ā2021-04-07 09:42 AM
Thanks for the feedback!
I was unable to replicate the blank palettes at the bottom though. In your video, the Dock covered the bottom part of Archicad interface, so we couldn't really see what happened. When you moved the window upward, we saw that the bottom palettes were still visible in the floorplan, so they certainly were not empty. Or maybe I misunderstood something?
Best regards,
Minh
Minh Nguyen
Technical Support Engineer
GRAPHISOFT
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ā2021-04-07 04:11 PM
The problem is the unified window gets larger than screen size, regardless of Dock. When all the windows get shown (āMission Controlā, whatever) they show content that was previously beyond screen. Closing the object window will restore the unified window dimensions too. It will be clearer with hidden Dock:
That didn't happen in 22.

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ā2021-04-08 02:16 PM
Thanks for the clarification!
Unfortunately, it was the same for Archicad 24, 23 and 22 in my test. The total window size will still expand towards the bottom when you open the object editor, if the available space is not enough on top. I couldn't keep the window size even with Archicad 22

Best regards,
Minh
P/s: I made a small video here, showing my reproduction on AC23 and 22:
Please let me know if I miss anything!
Minh Nguyen
Technical Support Engineer
GRAPHISOFT