layer combos keep resetting layer priorities please help!
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2013-06-28
09:45 PM
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2023-05-26
03:21 PM
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Rubia Torres
so i was working on doing some minor maintenance on my template today. mainly layer and layer combos. however i cant seem to figure out whats going on. everytime i try to use the element attributes to update my other drawings, or even a copy of the template. well the layer priorities reset. and not only that but when i open the layer dialog every priority is set to 1. if i click a combo the layers themselves flash the correct priority number. but then go back to 1. if i try to use the quick settings after using the element attributes it keeps me on a custom layer combo. if i select a different one, it jumps back to the custom. if i double click on a story in my view map it flashes the correct combo but then just goes back to the same custom as before. i rely quite a bit on these priorities and it has cost me most my day trying to figure out why they arent working. any help would be so much appreciated.
EDIT:if i open a drawing before my updates, and i create an aat file for just layers and layer combos, then save the drawing and close it. reopen and import the exact layers and combo's i just exported. the same issue arises rendering the drawing un editable with out recreating the combos or going back to the original before the updating of layers. i hope graphisoft gets this fixed soon. or i guess i hope im not the only one having this issue. going to go back to the previous build (3002 from 3013) to see if the issue exsists there as well and was just un noticed.
edit #2: even going back to b3002, and even with the stock archicad setup the issue is constant.
If anyone could test this issue for me it would be much appreciated. just to i can confirm if its somehow my machine or not. the issue also happens on another machine here at work but i would like to be 100% sure its not user error
thanks
EDIT #3 i thought i should add that if i down save to 16 then the same behavior in the file still happens. also that drawings that have not been touched by the element attribute manager do not have the issue of defaulting to a custom layer combo.
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2013-07-01 06:54 PM

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2013-07-02 09:20 AM
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2013-07-07 01:51 PM
All behaviors of layers and priorities are fine. No resets. I am able to use, close, reset individual priorities and also sort by priorities without any odd behavior.
Secondly I used Att Mgr to import ONLY the layer combos from an AC14 file. Still no odd behavior. NOTE: I am importing attributes from the full pln, not a saved aat file. I presume you are importing atts from a plt file, could be the plt behaves differently than a pln in this instance.
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2013-07-07 05:40 PM
MarkMoscrip wrote:try opening the default ac 17 template file. then open the layers and change one or two of them to have different priorities. then open the attribute manager and save the layers and layer combos in an .att file. close and reopen the attribute manager, open the newly saved aat file and overwrite the layers and then combos. does it still be have properly?
I just opened a blank project with AC17 default template and used the default visualization profile. Using Attribute manager I opened an AC16 file and overwrote all layers and layer combos of the AC17 originals with my AC16 aat values.
All behaviors of layers and priorities are fine. No resets. I am able to use, close, reset individual priorities and also sort by priorities without any odd behavior.
Secondly I used Att Mgr to import ONLY the layer combos from an AC14 file. Still no odd behavior. NOTE: I am importing attributes from the full pln, not a saved aat file. I presume you are importing atts from a plt file, could be the plt behaves differently than a pln in this instance.
but thank you, when i use a pln and not an aat file everything works perfect a very simple work around
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2013-07-07 09:04 PM
I saved L and LC out to an aat file, reopen att mgr to re-import save and close att mgr, then in the Layer settings window changed priorities to 9 on various layers - hit the update button on the layer combo side and all is well. Re-opened layer settings again, changes still as per recent changes no mickey mouse. Used the organize by priorities column a couple of times - still rock solid.
Only thing I can add is that this is a totally empty file opened just for this test. Only contents is whatever the default AC17 template loads.
My machine is a Dell 8100, couple years old
Intel i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
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Primary hard disk 481GB Free (916GB Total)
Windows 7 Professional 64b
AC17. fix=3002
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2013-07-07 09:10 PM
HTH
PS when I request an update status on my AC USA version I am informed that the 3002 is "up to date". You seem to have a 3013 update, is that right?
What locality version is your AC?

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2013-07-08 03:56 AM
thepsyntyst wrote:When you are changing the layer priority number are you also updating the layer combos as well?
try opening the default ac 17 template file. then open the layers and change one or two of them to have different priorities. then open the attribute manager and save the layers and layer combos in an .att file....
If not then the AAT file you are saving will have layer combos with the old priorities so you will just be re-importing the old settings.
Barry.
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2013-07-08 03:04 PM
MarkMoscrip wrote:The thread announcing ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix 1 (build 3013) is here:
PS when I request an update status on my AC USA version I am informed that the 3002 is "up to date". You seem to have a 3013 update, is that right?
ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix 1 (build 3013) released
I don't know why the Check for Updates... does not work on your end.
David
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2013-07-08 04:51 PM