Apparent bugs in AC15 TW

[Laura Yanoviak]

I'm posting to the TW forum because I haven't yet used AC15 on a solo project, and I suspect these issues have something to do with TW. Also, I'm coming to AC15 from AC12 and this is my first experience with TW2.

First, my trace references are not being stored. Every time I open the TW project and Reserve All, I have to recreate (Show as Reference, Drag Reference, Rotate Reference) the Worksheet containing site topography. It seems that trace references created prior to the project being shared are OK.

Second, all Viewpoints default to the Existing Renovation Filter -- so when I open the 3D window or a Section/Elevation from the Project Map, I end up with an empty window and have to set the filter to New Construction.

Two very frustrating [I can only assume] bugs -- anyone else experiencing this?

[David Maudlin]

Laura wrote:
Second, all Viewpoints default to the Existing Renovation Filter -- so when I open the 3D window or a Section/Elevation from the Project Map, I end up with an empty window and have to set the filter to New Construction. -- anyone else experiencing this?

Also the case with solo projects, this is similar to all elements being tagged as Existing when opening an older file. The Renovation Filter setting for each View needs to be set as part of your AC 15 template, but this does not help when opening an older file in 15. Multiple Views can be selected at once in the Navigator to change this setting which helps to speed up the transition.

David

[Laura Yanoviak]

I did notice in the Migration Guide that all elements' Renovation Statuses are set to "Existing" by default, and the Renovation Filter is set to "Existing Plan" by default. I guess the reasoning here is "even if you do not use any of the Renovation functions in ArchiCAD 15, all your elements will behave and be displayed as usual." In TW anyway, every time you join a project the Viewpoints default to "Existing", so the first time I open the 3D Window, I have to set the filter to "New Construction" or I see nothing. I understand the View Settings are easy enough to fix, but the Viewpoints defaulting to "Existing" is annoying.

I find it more logical to default to "New" and "New Construction," as one's typically adding New elements to a model and desires to view the New (not existing) conditions.