Can not select windows?

[PhillipsDesign]

Can not select windows after they are placed in a wall. Hitting the next button does nothing. Can anybody help.

[Helavagal]

Are you using the select object tool? If you have the wall tool selected it will not select the window. Use the button that has an arrow on it.

HTH

[Ben Palmer]

Is the layer locked? (v10)

[lbuttery]

Use the button that has an arrow on it.

Or, tap the space bar.

I have the habit of tapping space after each operation as I will invariably move on to another operation and end up dropping another door or window on the plan, etc. or just not being able to select until I remember that I am still in the last "mode".

Lew

[Ben Palmer]

If you don't have the arrow active, you should still be able to select the window with a right mouse click, even if you need to use the next button (or tab)...

In version 9.xx, if you have made the wall snap distance smaller then the default 5 1/2, then windows and doors become increasingly difficult to select...you need to be precisely in the center of the wall and opening...otherwise increase this number close to the default...(I assume this works the same in 10).

HTH

[gmohr]

I just had this happen to me. Using 10.04a.

The only thing that was selectable were rooms. I couldn't select windows/doors/walls/etc. If I chose the window tool, then tried to select the window (or door tool and select door, etc), it selected nothing. Right clicking selected a room.

Ben hit this one on the head. The layer was locked. Somehow the Terrain Set was chosen. I didn't change it or hit the terrain button, but somehow the layer sets changed. Changing it back to architectural makes things work.

Anyone else seen spontaneous layer set changes? Seems odd.

Grant

[WendyWelton]

We've had the spontaneous change to Terrain. It has never changed to anything else, just Terrain. Weird. I don't think it does it in 10.05.

W

[gmohr]

They still show 10.04a as the latest blessed version on chiefarch.com, but my 10.04a just imploded (hard hang, not just the usual "error, save as new file" crash) so I'm going to update, hopefully it fixes some things.

Grant