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AC 16 Bug?? - Layer won't stay hidden

kevin b
Contributor
We have one project (so far) that we have discovered that there is one layer that is showing up as visible (Show) when it should not be, based on the Layer Combination in the view set. (and this is the case regardless of the view set or layer combination) When an object on that layer is selected and the layer hidden using the Quick Layers toolbox, it hides but then reappears once you zoom or pan. Tried making a new layer combination with the layer hidden and it still reappears once you zoom/pan.

Anyone else running into this? Know the cause?

Will try to duplicate and/or see if it occurs in any other projects or any other layers.
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Does this problem still occur after you rebuild the Floor Plan Viewpoint?
If it does then it may be a graphics card issue.
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AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Erika Epstein
Booster
Is it part of a module?
Erika
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kevin b
Contributor
Not sure how you rebuild a plan viewpoint. When I reselect the View, the layer appears to be hidden but zoom/pan immediately cause the problem.

I have found another layer that is locked and can not be unlocked at all. This is more problematic as I can't make changes to anything modeled on this layer. Any view, layer combination, etc.

I have a brand new Mac with an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB video card.

No not part of a module.
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram
kevin b
Contributor
And everything works fine when Saved back to AC15
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
kevin wrote:
Not sure how you rebuild a plan viewpoint. .
View\Refresh\Rebuild menu command.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
kevin b
Contributor
Rebuild does not resolve, the offending layer still visible.
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Seems to me that maybe it is the file itself that is the problem here.
The forward merge method (where you merge you project file into a new file started using New & Reset) may solve this layer problem.

Can you unlock the layer in the Attribute Manager?
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AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
kevin b
Contributor
So it is not file specific, it happens in all files I have tested, so I went back to our template file, it seems to impact 4 layers, 2 that can't be hidden, 1 that can't be unlocked and 1 that can't be hidden or unlocked.

These are part of our standard template. Changing their status in attribute manager has no effect.

An interesting/odd note is that they are layers with attribute numbers 2 thru 5, so it's the first four (the Archicad layer is #1).

I have also found that the zooming/panning really is not part of the issue, it just lets you see the problem. If I go into the layer dialog, select all, hide all and unlock all, click OK, then immediately go back into the layer dialog box those 4 layers have reverted to their stuck state, without having zoomed/panned, or anything else for that matter.
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram
kevin b
Contributor
I have also found that if I start new from the Default Archicad 16 template file, the layers #2-5 always stay unhidden and unlocked regardless of how I try to change them.
kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa



AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram