Missing lines

[Anonymous]

Apologies if this has been covered - i think i remember reading something about it but can't find the thread.

I'm having some problems with AC9 windows displaying correctly in AC10. All the lines dividing the sash from the frame, in elevation, are missing. Any body know why? How can I fix this? Should I load the AC10 library and replace all my windows?

(P.S - I've tried it with different styles of window, and the same thing happens.)

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it is pretty strange.

But no, he didn't mention any reason as too why...

It's not an object specific problem though, he said that was the recommended GS fix for all objects which have the same display issues.

[Anonymous]

Hello Tom,
Thanks for posting back.
No explanation. This is frustrating.
Do the elements of the "fixed" window object
appear solid in section ?
Thanks,
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Hi Peter,

Yeah, the section seems to be fine. I've attached my edited part if you're interested.

[Anonymous]

Hello Tom,
Thank you very much for the library part.
I will see what I can learn about the missing line issue.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Hello Tom,
I opened your RWA_Sliding Sash 1 in the lib part editing environment
and commented out the model wire command and the repeat
macro calls with the model surface command.
I un-fixed it to try to reproduce the missing lines.
After doing this I could not get the joint line between the upper sash
and the window frame to disappear.

This object has some strange behavior.
In the lib part editor the 3D view shows the material for the
the frame and sash the same (as I had set them in the parameters)
In the 3D preview they show as the same.
In the 3D window the frame is the material I set but the sash material
is what appears to be "Wood Pine" even though the sash material
is set to " Paint-Whitewash".

In the 3D window and in the section/elevation window
the lines that are missing in your .jpg are present.
Also, the window you show in your .jpg image
is different than the window object RWA_Sliding Sash 1.
(see attached image)
The window in your .jpg image has coped tails on the
upper sash side frame members.

Anyway, I can't study the missing line issue because
I can't reproduce it on my machine.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Curiouser and curiouser...

I deleted my changes to the part, and it still behaved like the edited part instead of the original Sliding Sash 1.

The image shows the 4 variations of the window:
- the AC10 part (different name but basically the same part)
- the AC9 'W Sliding Sash 1' part
- my edited 'RWA Sliding Sash 1' part
- my re-edited 'RWA Sliding Sash1b' part, with the MODEL WIRE and MODEL SURFACE and duplicate lines of code removed.

Sorry - the window in my orginal post is different, it's the Edwardian Sash window (woops) but they behave the same.

[Anonymous]

Hello Tom,
From your image, the only part that has missing lines
is an AC 9 part. Is this part inserted in a wall in
an AC 10 project ?
I wonder if a "virgin" W Sliding Sash 1 is edited with a
completely inconsequential change like
addx 1
del 1
and then saved will the window suddenly show the missing lines.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Hi Peter,

Yip, the parts in the image are inserted in AC10. The part was edited in AC10 also. I'll try adding some nothing code as you suggest and see what happens.

[TomWaltz]

Found this in the .plist file.... thought it was interesting...

[__archiben]

TomWaltz wrote:
... thought it was interesting...

very. now they need to break down the 'GDL' into high-level subtype-based preferences . . .

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