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Basic drafting question

Anonymous
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I am learning ArchiCad and somehow I shut off the preview line that appears as you start to draw a line or draw "fence". I don't see anything until after the line is finished. What did I do?

Thank you.
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Restart Archicad and it should go back to normal (for a while).
It has been mentioned before and seems to be a video card driver issue.
Do you have the latest drivers for your card.
Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Anonymous
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Well, I know there is a way to turn the "ghost line" on or off as I did it accidentally three weeks ago. I just can't remember where I finally found the settings box to check. I learned my lesson, next time I'm writing it down!

Gayle
Barry Kelly
Moderator
The ghost line is in the Work Environment (More Options - in version 10 anyway, similar in other versions).

This will only effect bounding box of objects, coulmns, figures and drawings.
It has nothing to do with the stretchy rubber-band lines as you stretch or being able to see the marquee as you place it.
That is a video card / driver problem.
Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Anonymous
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Barry,

You were right, re-booting fixed it. The setting was never changed as I had suspected. Thanks.