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Properties for AEC objects not displaying in Properties Palette
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A user showed me today that she cannot see any properties for a wall, door, or other AEC object in the Properties palette.
Some options like height, width, etc. are shown, but not layer, style, etc. from the General portion of the Basic tab.
Is this going to be a reinstall scenario or is there a fix for this?
Thanks,
Matt
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Can you post us a screen capture? www.jingproject.com is a free download that does a great capture.

Joshua Benoist, PE
Senior Support Specialist
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.
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Apologies for not getting back sooner. I've been swamped on some deadlines and as the problem is on another user's computer, I haven't had a chance to get a screenshot yet. I have left myself a note to do so and will post back as soon as I have it. Thanks!
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Bump. ;-)

Joshua Benoist, PE
Senior Support Specialist
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.
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FINALLY! Sorry this took so long. Below is what we see when we click a wall to see its properties. As you can see, the properties palette shows nothing for Layer, Style, etc. Obviously I can just reinstall. But, I thought if this were something someone knew a fix for, I could save some time.
Thanks!
P.S.: This image also shows another issue two of our computers are having. We have shared palettes stored on our server and these two computers initially show no thumbnails for the tools. Refreshing the palette brings them back. More of an annoyance than anything. But, still troublesome.
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bump! - i'm having exactly this problem - please take a close look. i've done the reinstall and still has the same issue. thanks.
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The palettes seen in the image look like core AutoCAD palettes and not AutoCAD Architecture palettes. The core AutoCAD palettes and objects inserted off of them, do not have Architectural properties like layer key etc. You need to use the Architectural palettes. Are you running Architecture as Core AutoCAD?

Joshua Benoist, PE
Senior Support Specialist
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.
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These are the Architectural palettes.

Joshua Benoist, PE
Senior Support Specialist
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Autodesk, Inc.
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The palettes shown are our custom built 2D palettes. What is placed in the drawing by using these tools is NOT the issue. As you can see in the screen shot, there is a stock AEC wall selected and it is showing no properties as it would on any other machine in our office.
The tool palettes not showing thumbnails is an entirely separate issue.
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CCAP has it correct - that is the same problem that I'm having. It has nothing to do with the Architectural palettes, is the PROPERTIES palette not displaying wall/window (any AEC object) properties. Many of these properties (Style, Layer, Sizes, etc) are the primary editing interface to select and set the correct AEC object properties.



