Hi all,
Did you have any resolution on this issue?
I am having issues with my dimensions also. Yesterday dimensioning was fine, today I almost can't dimensions at all. For me it has something to do with the renovation filters. At one stage I was only able to dimension in the demolition plan, no other filter would allow me to dimension (I could take each step for dimensioning, selecting points, placing the dimension chain line, but then nothing would appear after the final click). I tried placing a dimension in the demolition plan then changing it's setting to show on the 'planned status' filter only- it would disappear from the demolition plan, but would not appear on the planned status plan.
For what it's worth, this is what I think happened: when I was originally dimensioning in my demolition plan, i placed the dimensions as 'existing elements' and set them to show only on the 'demolition plan' renovation filter- i didn't want them set as demolished elelements because then they would have the demolished element overide on them. Then when I came to dimension the 'planned status plan' I used the pick up parameters tool to select and set the dimension tool- before placing an element it is impossible to set it's 'Show on renovation filter' status in the tool settings dialogue box, you have to place it first and then change it (you can use the reno palette before placing it, however that's only related to the current filter). So i was wondering if perhaps the dimension tool was defaulting to 'show only on demolition' because that is the parameter that I picked up before starting to dimension, then when I placed it I suppose archicad got confused because that's not the filter that was currently shown and so no dimension was placed.
This is just my first impression of what may have gone wrong. I've had major issues with renovation filters in the past which were supposed to have been fixed with the first hotfix, unfortunately they weren't.
The issue is now resolved and I can dimension again, but I'm not completely sure what I did to fix it. Basically I just cycled through the renovation filters, stories, layer combinations etc (using the project map, not the saved views) and eventually I found one of the dimensions that had never appeared and managed to set it's show on renovation filter status to 'show on all relevant filters', I then picked up it's parameters and now placing new dimensions seem to be ok.... that tells me it's a reno filter issue.
I don't know if any of that rambling helps or is useful, but I thought I would just throw it in there.
Did you have any resolution on this issue?
I am having issues with my dimensions also. Yesterday dimensioning was fine, today I almost can't dimensions at all. For me it has something to do with the renovation filters. At one stage I was only able to dimension in the demolition plan, no other filter would allow me to dimension (I could take each step for dimensioning, selecting points, placing the dimension chain line, but then nothing would appear after the final click). I tried placing a dimension in the demolition plan then changing it's setting to show on the 'planned status' filter only- it would disappear from the demolition plan, but would not appear on the planned status plan.
For what it's worth, this is what I think happened: when I was originally dimensioning in my demolition plan, i placed the dimensions as 'existing elements' and set them to show only on the 'demolition plan' renovation filter- i didn't want them set as demolished elelements because then they would have the demolished element overide on them. Then when I came to dimension the 'planned status plan' I used the pick up parameters tool to select and set the dimension tool- before placing an element it is impossible to set it's 'Show on renovation filter' status in the tool settings dialogue box, you have to place it first and then change it (you can use the reno palette before placing it, however that's only related to the current filter). So i was wondering if perhaps the dimension tool was defaulting to 'show only on demolition' because that is the parameter that I picked up before starting to dimension, then when I placed it I suppose archicad got confused because that's not the filter that was currently shown and so no dimension was placed.
This is just my first impression of what may have gone wrong. I've had major issues with renovation filters in the past which were supposed to have been fixed with the first hotfix, unfortunately they weren't.
The issue is now resolved and I can dimension again, but I'm not completely sure what I did to fix it. Basically I just cycled through the renovation filters, stories, layer combinations etc (using the project map, not the saved views) and eventually I found one of the dimensions that had never appeared and managed to set it's show on renovation filter status to 'show on all relevant filters', I then picked up it's parameters and now placing new dimensions seem to be ok.... that tells me it's a reno filter issue.
I don't know if any of that rambling helps or is useful, but I thought I would just throw it in there.
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