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Attributes in AC19

Anyone else pulling their hair out over Attribute contamination in AC19? Attached is a screenshot of a straight-forward example of what has been happening with my Line Types, Fills and Building Materials.

Line Type Attribute #4 out-of-the-box is “Dashed”. For some reason, in the example below, it’s been replaced with “Solid Line (2)” even though “Solid Line” exists and is Attribute #1.

I'm creating our AC19 template, and have been careful not to cut/paste or otherwise import foreign elements, so I do not know where these rogue attributes are coming from.

Rogue Line Type.jpg
MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max, 96 GB of RAM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004
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David Shorter
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Hi Laura
Laura wrote:
Nope -- we don't use add ons. Let me clarify -- this is not the first time I've migrated a template -- I've done this over 10 times over the past 10 years. This is a new problem.
I'm not doubting your expertise just trying to help.....
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Anonymous
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Hey Laura

Purely because I had a similar situation in the 16 to 18 days, have you got any old complex profiles still in the template?
Yes. They've all been re-created now, so it will be interesting to see if this problem persists. Thanks for the suggestion.
MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max, 96 GB of RAM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004
Anonymous
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Keep an eye on the other attributes too mate! Most of them have the nice little associated attributes option of some kind!
Took me a full day to find a rogue line in a composite when I was migrating/updating!