Conflict between Demo & New Layers.

[Anonymous]

I am relatively new to archicad and fumbling my way through a bit.

I have set up existing, demo, and new layers for text, dimensions and walls.

I am running into a problem.

If I have a wall on the new layer that overlaps a wall on the demo layer ,which is turned off, I end up with a hole in my new wall. It is trying to reconcile I suppose or automatically clean up the intersection.

I need to stop this from happening. Any ideas?

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

!?!

[No offense! I was trying to say exactly what you are saying, that you are right and that my proposed solution can make a huge mess in some situations!]

[Thomas Holm]

OK. I'm over-sensitive sometimes and quite numb at others. That's life.

[KeesW]

The Demo/New Layer issues raises a fundamental archicad 11 problem; why should a layer that a user chooses to hide EVER interfere with a layer one chooses to show?

[Anonymous]

KeesW wrote:
The Demo/New Layer issues raises a fundamental archicad 11 problem; why should a layer that a user chooses to hide EVER interfere with a layer one chooses to show?

It used to work that way (wall intersections defined by layer visibility) and it was limited and problematic in many situations (it's been so long that I can't remember the details). The correct term is not interfere but interact and there are many reasons not to tie this interaction strictly to layer visibility. It is a complex problem that was finally resolved after years of tweaking by separating wall intersection from layer visibility. The current system allows for the most control and versatility, though there is always room for improvement.