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Finding where a pen is used

Anonymous
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I've been trying to fine tune my pen sets, and I've noted that the attribute manager gives a useful little tick to show whether a pen is being used in a specific project, which has been very useful.
As a part of that process, I saw that a pen is ticked that shouldn't be, and I'm now trying to find the rogue element(s) that is/are using that pen.
It seems impossible!

I've searched all views, turned on all layers, zoomed to "fit in window", used the "Find & Select" pen option, all to no avail. I even defined a custom pen set where everything is white, and that one pen is pink.... still can't see it.

Finally, as an experiment, I saved the project off to a new file and started deleting things....everything that's allowed to be deleted (master layouts, views, all building elements, text, fills, favourites, etc.)..., only to find the attribute manager is still showing ticks against quite a few pens, implying they're still being used somewhere (although a lot less ticks than before, as you'd expect)

What's going on? Are these pens actually being used somewhere? Am I wrong that the ticks mean the pen is "in use"? If not, how do I find where those pens ARE being used, because I'd like to make sure my pen sets are as robust as possible.

Thanks for any tips,
Chris
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Barry Kelly
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It can also mean that the pen is set as the default in one of the tools.
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Anonymous
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Thanks Barry,
Yes I'll admit I was avoiding checking that, but I've now gone down every element, and scrolled past every pen setting (with all pens set to white except the one I'm looking for is pink), so I'm 98% sure that's not my answer.
The good news on the side is that as a result I've rediscovered there's a corner window tool sitting down under the More button - I need to look into that!
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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I might be wrong but I think you may also need to check the Favorites and the Pens they are referencing.
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Anonymous
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Thanks Laz, but as a part of the experiment I deleted them all, and it didn't seem to make a difference. Is there a command in Archicad similar to Autocad's PURGE command?
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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Yes, there is, in the Attribute Manager Dialog.
The Purge Unused button in the lower left corner it is.
You can use it only to certain types of attributes pr to all attributes depending on which Tab Page of the Dialog you are on.
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