elevation problem

[Anonymous]

when i try to open an elevation in a specific file archicad 8.1 will shut off immediately. this is happening only in the file i am working right now. I tried to open a new one and to merge with the old one but the problem remains. thank you

[Anonymous]

Although it is a sometimes work around, try deleting the elevation plan reference and making a new one. Sometimes it is faster and easier to start over when a view gets to be difficult.

Lew Bishop
P42.8 AC8.1

[Djordje]

Michael wrote:
when i try to open an elevation in a specific file archicad 8.1 will shut off immediately. this is happening only in the file i am working right now. I tried to open a new one and to merge with the old one but the problem remains. thank you

Select the section line of the elevation that is making trouble, Cut, and Paste. Open now - it should be OK.

If you have any 2D linework done in the elevation, it will go, so - drag a copy of the elevation first, make it zero depth, and later you can drag the linework over to the new one.

HTH,

[Anonymous]

I took a look at the file. After tediously copying and pasting everything minus the sections into new file and testing to see if it worked (apparently the 3d view was crashing also), I found out that the culprit was a roof+gutters assembly. I didn't have the patience to explore futher (if it was the roof or the gutters, though there were only 2 gutters and 4 roof planes). So after locating it, I just duplicated the problem elements with new ones (did not match the problem ones).

Everything appears to be back to normal now. Hope it's an isolated case, but I seem to remember encountering something like this in the past. I'm surpriesed that merge into a new file didn't work here. I thought that was supposed to fix stuff like this.