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grid on fill

Anonymous
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Hi all,
sorry for my english, it might be difficult to understand.

When creating a fill with transparency, a 'helping' grid appears marking the center of the screen (vertical and horizontal axes). When I move the view, the axes move always along. I attach a picture.

It is very annoying for clients to see this on the screen. I have tried to turn off all the View---Trace/Guide/Grid Options, but it is still there.

Does someone have any suggestion on how to turn it off?

Thanks in advance,
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Brad Elliott
Booster
Yep, on my Mac as well. I also just ignored it though now I'm seeing it again after reading this.
Mac OS12.6 AC26 USA Silicon
M1 Macbook Pro
Erika Epstein
Booster
Same here on my macs. I only see the grid when a fill(s) is selected. Not visible when printing as pointed out by others.
My graphics card is
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Anonymous
Not applicable
This is an unacceptable issue in a DRAFTING PROGRAM. PHANTOM lines are a HUGE distraction when in plan section or elevation. This needs to be addressed soon. I have been told that it was a Mac OS issues from tech support. That was like two years ago(VERSION 18). Happens on all my Apple machines (iMacs, Laptops, Towers, Cinema Displays and Retina displays. We work with lines all day. The last thing I need are a bunch of crap confusing an already complex drawing.
A preemptive thanks for making an awesome product better.
A LOYAL user since 8
Stress Co_
Advisor
Appeared when I upgraded to AC 18.

I just tested and it doesn't occur in AC15, AC16 or AC17,
but it does in AC 18, AC19 and AC20.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.2.1 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Anonymous
Not applicable
I have noticed that this occurs when % fills are used.
Have not noticed it on my PC but have on Mac (differing OSs with different display subsystems), similar issue also visible when viewing transparency on PDF in Acrobat so probably not AC problem
Scott
Katalin Borszeki
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Hi All, this issue is caused by a bug. Its entered into our database to be fixed with a high priority! Thanks, k
Katalin Borszeki
Implementation Specialist
GRAPHISOFT

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com - the ArchiCAD knowledge base
Stress Co_
Advisor
Disappointing to find this is still an issue with AC21.
Somewhere along the line, it got worse... instead of just the X & Y axis, there
is now: A axis & multiple Y axes.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.2.1 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Stress Co_
Advisor
Fixed with AC22
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.2.1 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)