PhotoRendering Setting Palette does NOT appear! please HELP!

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone! I am working on Windows, on a laptop and have the educational version of Archicad 18.

While I can see the button of the PhotoRendering Settings Palette when I click it the palette does NOT open! Nor from the drop down menu either!

I can render if I push the render button but I can not change the settings or the render machine as the window for the render settings simply DOES NOT APPEAR.
The button seams pressed and unpressed when I click it but nothing is happening.

Also, I have tried to change workspaces, I have done all the updates I could, closed and reopened the program and nothing seams to work. I have used that palette in the past, so it is a new problem!

Could somebody please help me with that?


Thank you very much in advance 🙂

[Anonymous]

OK fixed it... just needed to reboot

[Anonymous]

AC23 here.....bug still is still represent. A reboot fixes it

[runxel]

Sometimes your palette just might be offscreen.
So it opens – you just can't see it!

I wrote an article on how to fix that.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Runxel for that workaround. It does seem like a complicated workaround for something ARCHICAD should fix!

[Odd Goderstad]

“This is a known issue set to fixed in a future update and/or release: Certain Palettes (e.g. Photorendering Settings and Renovation) can’t be opened

To fix it in a more precise manner :

Quit ARCHICAD

Press the Windows key on your keyboard to initiate a search

Type "regedit.exe" and double-click the Registry Editor or RegEdit icon when it appears.

In the Registry Editor window that appears navigate in the tree structure on the left to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > GRAPHISOFT > ArchiCAD-64 > ArchiCAD-64 XXXX YYY R1 > Dialog Manager Custom Data (Where XXXX YYY is the version number and language you are using.)

5. Find "RenderingSettingsPaletteRect"; click on it to highlight it and press the Delete key on your keyboard. 6. Close the Registry Editor window 7. Launch ARCHICAD and activate the PhotoRendering Settings palette.”

[Anonymous]

The best decision.
Simple and complete

My Respect to Odd

[Odd Goderstad]

Another possible solution:
Quit all Archicad
Change the resolution
Open Archicad
Open the hidden palette, it should appear.
change resolution back.

[Nadia7]

I am having the same issue now and just googled solutions but none of them work. I have been using the second monitor but now I am in position where I cannot attach the second monitor, I simply have no access to it. Is there no other solution?

Thank you

[Barry Kelly]

Try applying a standard work environment, or apply just the part to do with Workspace Schemes if you don't want to reset all of the other sections (shortcuts etc.).

This should reset the dialogue positions.

Barry.

[HSC Building Design]

This worked for me.  Thank you so much for sharing.