Tool changes from 8.1 to 17 (what happened to the shortcuts?

[Anonymous]

I just upgraded from Version 8.1 to 17. (Big leap, yes, I know, but it suited me well for 10+ years.) At this point I'm sorry I had to upgrade. For example, what happened to those handy shortcuts for navigating the stories (command-6 to go up a story; command-5 to go down; command-8 to hide or reveal the ghost story; command-4 to show story manager window, etc)? Is there some substitute or are they gone?
If there are no shortcuts how do we hide/reveal the ghost story w/ Version 17, anyhow?

[Barry Kelly]

A few shortcuts would have changed in that time.
Check your Work Environment to see what the new ones are or reset them to the shortcuts you are familiar with.

SHIFT+F2 is up storey.
CTRL+F2 is down storey (CMD+F2 on mac?)

Ghost storeys I can't remember but it is now Trace & Reference.

Maybe this will help with the new features of each version.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/archicad-versions/

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Hello, Barry
Thanks for the tip and the prompt reply.
I have a Mac.
This is what I have learned:
Command-F1 nada
Command-F2 is down a story.
Option-F2 is up a story
Option-F3 is show 3D-ALL
Command-F3 is also show 3D-ALL (oddly)
Command-F4 is also show 3D-ALL (oddly)
Command-F5 is voice over (and annoying feature!)
Command-F6 nada
Command-F7
Command-Option-F2 reveals "Go To Story" window
Could not find a short-cut key stroke, unfortunately, for hiding and revealing the ghost story.
However, right-clicking on a selected story in the Navigator-Project Map window makes it a ghost story. However there's no pro-active option to hide that story as the ghost story (that I could find) once selected! All you can do is re-select the story you're working on in order to get rid of the "ghost" image.

[Anonymous]

Randall wrote:
Hello, Barry
Thanks for the tip and the prompt reply.
I have a Mac.
This is what I have learned:
Command-F1 nada
Command-F2 is down a story.
Option-F2 is up a story
Option-F3 is show 3D-ALL
Command-F3 is also show 3D-ALL (oddly)
Command-F4 is also show 3D-ALL (oddly)
Command-F5 is voice over (and annoying feature!)
Command-F6 nada
Command-F7
Command-Option-F2 reveals "Go To Story" window
Could not find a short-cut key stroke, unfortunately, for hiding and revealing the ghost story.
However, right-clicking on a selected story in the Navigator-Project Map window makes it a ghost story. However there's no pro-active option to hide that story as the ghost story (that I could find) once selected! All you can do is re-select the story you're working on in order to get rid of the "ghost" image.

If you go to Options> Work Environment> Keyboard Shortcuts there is a button within that dialogue to "Show shortcut list in Browser" from where you can print out your entire shortcut list.

You don't really want to have the Trace Reference (formerly Ghost) turned on unnecessarily as it will slow things down. My shortcut (default as far as I am aware) to turn Trace on and off is Shift+F2 (in AC18), or click on the button the arrow points to in the image below.

[Karl Ottenstein]

And don't stress out learning the new default shortcuts. If you work efficiently with the ones you used to use, redefine them all in your Work Environment to be what you know. Just be sure to save that shortcut scheme with a name and export it so you have a backup in case you need to restore your shortcuts in the future. Read the Helo sections on Work Environments.

As mentioned, ghost story is gone... So no easy toggle other than to toggle the trace reference on and off.

[Anonymous]

Great information. Thank you all very much.

Now I have one more related to the giant leap from 8.1 to 17. There is an odd distortion of objects as I view them on my screen: Plans originally drawn in 8.1 when opened in 17 exhibit distorted proportions ON THE MONITOR. For example:
a circle shows up as an oval with the long axis in the horiz direction.
a 6x6 post shows up as a rectangle with the long axis in the horiz dirrection
When I measure these two objects on the monitor they have identical H : V ratios of 1.434 : 1 --so it's not my eyesight!
BUT when I measure them w/ the measurement tool of the program the ymeasure correctly along both the abscissa and the ordinate!

There's one other form of distortion on the screen: A rectangular object such as a table shows up on the screen as it should EXCEPT when it is place at any angle other than perp/parallel to the grid. If at an angle it appears as a parallelogram on the screen. Yet it, too, measures correctly along each side using the measuring tool

~And when I print, none of the above described distortions appear on the paper copy. GO FIGURE!

This is really annoying. Can anyone tell me how to correct this?

P.S. I am using a new cinema screen (ASUS) but this did not occur when I used a cinema screen (Apple) with V8.1.

[Barry Kelly]

I would look at your screen resolution settings (in your operating system/ video card settings - not Archicad).
Sounds like you need more horizontal resolution now you have a wider screen.
With your original settings you are basically stretching your programs to fit the new screen.
I can't tell you what resolution to use as I don't have a cinema screen.
Currently I am running 1920 wide x 1080 high on my laptop.
If this was a wide screen I would have to increase the width resolution leaving the vertical as it is.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

thanks once again.
you have confirmed my suspicion.
I'll let you know what I find.
It must be morning in Perth, eh?

[Barry Kelly]

Randall wrote:
It must be morning in Perth, eh?

Mid morning and a lovely 24°C (75°F) - not like Seattle at 5°C (41°F)!

Barry.

[Anonymous]

adjusting to 1920 x 1080 did the trick!