"Errors Occured During Last Operation"

[Dave Jochum]

While changing materials on a number of walls today, I received the above less than helpful error message. Ever since, the 3D window has bogged down and I'm receiving the same message whenever redrawing. Anybody have an idea of how to fix this?

[Petros Ioannou]

there is a topic in archiguide
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/Errorsduringlastop.html

HTH
Petros

[Dave Jochum]

Petros wrote:
there is a topic in archiguide
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/Errorsduringlastop.html

Thanks, Petros. The explanations are quite detailed--until you get to the last one: "6. It is also possible that what happened is unimportant, as it has no real effect on the operation of ArchiCAD."

It does have an effect (with my screen redraws) so I believe it's "something". I've turned on the "Interupt with Error Messages" and "Write Report" preferences and tried to recreate the error with no luck. Screen redraws are still extremely slow, so I'm at a loss at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Dave,

Have you tried modeling only parts of the building to isolate the problem? A binary search might do the trick; i.e. model the upper half of the building, if no errors occur then the problem is in the lower half etc... Of course if the error does occur, you will have to check both halves. And if the error is pervasive you may have trouble excluding parts of the building. You could also test by layers, find and select, and by the heavy marquee to get different selections of elements.

[Petros Ioannou]

Did you try to merge your project into a "new&reset" pln?
Sometimes it solves those mysterious uknown problems

Petros

[Dave Jochum]

Petros wrote:
Did you try to merge your project into a "new&reset" pln? Sometimes it solves those mysterious uknown problems

I merged the project following Eric Batte's method at http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=973 . Unfortunately, it didn't help. The problems are in several of the 8.1 library casement windows. I'd rather not have to delete and re-create all the windows (obviously). Any other ideas?

BTW, I can't find the explanation someone gave a few weeks ago on how to format text in your post as a link (as I could have done above). Can someone point me to that post?

[Geoff Briggs]

Try turning on the preference to write a report. There is a slider that controls how verbose the report is. The results are still a bit obtuse but it can narrow down the problem. It help to frequently clear the text log that the report writes so you can more easily distinguish what was written during the last operation. HTH.

[Dave Jochum]

Geoff wrote:
Try turning on the preference to write a report.

Geoff,

I've looked at the report, but since I don't know GDL, I don't know how to interpret the report or what to do about it. I've attached it below. Oops--the site won't let me attach a txt file--I get a security alert, so I'll paste it in below.

Thanks for any help you can lend.

Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 324 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 889 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 324 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 889 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 324 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 889 of file Casement_a 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 874 of file Casement_f 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 325 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.
Cannot DEL transformation above TOP
at line 873 of file Casement_e 81.gsm.

[Link]

Dave

Can you upload or email a PLA of this project?

My email address is link at archilink dot net. I'll be happy to take a look at it if you like.

Cheers,
Link.

[Dave Jochum]

Link wrote:
Can you upload or email a PLA of this project?

For those following this saga, I sent Link the pla and he found no problems with the file. So our guess is a corruption in AC somewhere. I'm going to reinstall AC--a pain since the latest CD needs the "+" update. If I trash my AC folder, and install a fresh version, will the install overwrite all the files not in the AC app folder (since I'll be installing an older version)?