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‎2007-11-07
12:23 AM
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‎2023-05-25
04:59 PM
by
Rubia Torres
When I go to edit the module, I re-save the file, and then go to the Hotlink manager and update the module. It updates the model fine, but the elevation data for each copy gets removed and the models go to 0' elevation, which effectively "flattens" my model.
Shouldn't the hotlinked modules remember their placed heights in the new file?
Imagine I am creating a custom tread for a set of stairs. Once the tread model gets updated, the treads all flatten out to a constant elevation. Please help!
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‎2007-11-07 01:18 AM
Evan wrote:Yes they should. I have never had a problem with this.
Shouldn't the hotlinked modules remember their placed heights in the new file?
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‎2007-11-07 05:38 PM
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‎2007-11-07 05:41 PM
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‎2007-11-07 07:30 PM
There is one quirk I noticed. I tested with walls and moved them up and down in 3D. Since the walls' home story setting was "Automatic", when I updated the modules they shifted their elevation relative to their new story assignment. I don't see how this could be the source of your problem though.

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‎2007-11-07 07:35 PM
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‎2007-11-07 08:19 PM
Erika wrote:I haven't seen any difference between making copies and placing new instances. In all cases they are updated according to any relative changes in the original. There is a new setting when saving the module: "Apply offset/rotation of most recently broken hotlinked module", but it doesn't seem to do anything as far as I can tell.
Could it be because you are making copies of the module instead of placing new instances of the module? New instances remember their custom placement (rotation, mirroring etc.). Copies will be updated per the original.
BTW: I twiddled around with my test walls some more and found that if the walls are set to "Automatic" home story they jump around in strange and (so far as I have tested them) unpredictable ways.
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‎2007-11-08 02:03 AM
Anybody have any suggestions on setting the stories to accommodate a 4 foot split for half a project - it is not big enough to make two projects to externally place.
Lew Bishop
Jon Worden Architects
MBP 17" OS X 10.5
AC 1112 US

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‎2007-11-08 02:07 AM
Even from the moment the first hotlinked module is placed, selecting it and checking the elevation, shows up incorrectly. Then when multiplied, they will all each show the wrong elevations. Then when updated they all flatten out. And they still show incorrect elevations.
This definitely didn't happen in 10. I'll report it to GS and see what we get back.
Cheers,
Link.
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‎2007-11-12 08:06 PM
Anyone else having this issue.
Or is there a solution other that placing Module at a negative Dimension to stroy placed in.