Guide lines missing

[Anonymous]

Hi

I'm using Archicad 17, and i'm having a problem with my guide lines. The Instant Guide Lines During Input just disappeared, i'm tired of reading forums and posts but I just can't find the solution. I start drawing a line, and to make it parallel to X, I have to press Shift, the instant guide line don't appear. I think I checked every options but them refuse to appear. I'm a student, in the last year of Architecture and I need this madly.

[Link]

Sorry to ask the obvious, but do you have them enabled? Check under View>Guide Lines.

Or push the Guide Lines On/Off button in on your control box.

If that's not it, we may need more information.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

First of all, thanks for the help. Yes I checked and double checked that, but they continue missing. I don't know what to do more.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Just to be sure again about the obvious. Are guides on (see image)?

If so do a restart of your computer that might clear things up. For example today AC17 decided to stop recognizing the "space bar" as a shortcut for the Magic Wand and for the Magnet. Nothing I did would fixed it until I gave up and did a restart.

Another obvious item would be if you are running the latest version of AC.

Another long shot if none of the above work is to check your Video Card drivers.

[Link]

Do you have the following options checked on?

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Yes and yes. I've talked to a friend today and he said he got the same problem. I'm using student version, maybe it's bug, I don't know.

I've just reinstalled archicad 17 and updated my graphic card drivers, and the guide lines are still missing. And I forgot to mention that I also have another problem, when I draw a wall or a slab, I can't change the surface/material in the model menu, the 3 options buttons are grey/disabled.

[David Maudlin]

Mephistopt wrote:
And I forgot to mention that I also have another problem, when I draw a wall or a slab, I can't change the surface/material in the model menu, the 3 options buttons are grey/disabled.

Surfaces (Materials) are handled differently in AC17. From the Help files (User Interface Reference > Tool Settings Dialog Boxes > Slab Tool Settings):
Slab Model Panel
This panel affects the 3D display of the slab.
Override Surfaces: Click the toggle button of any or all three pop-ups if you wish to override the surface assigned to this element (in its Building Material). You can override the surfaces of the Slab faces, and/or all Slab edges.

David

[Anonymous]

Thank you David Maudlin, I can now change the materials. And to resolve the guides problem anyone got a idea?

[Eduardo Rolon]

The guideline issue looks like is particular to your version since others have not reported problems on it.

Another longshot is to do a "New and Reset" (File-> Press Alt while you select New) to AC to see if the guidelines show up. If they do then it is a problem with a setting in the file.

Obvious question is your AC an international version using the latest hotfix or is it a Portuguese version? If the second it might be a bug particular to that release.

[Anonymous]

I did a "new and reset", but the problem continues, yes I'm using the portuguese version, I'll try english.