firstimpression Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 When I click in any room on my 1st floor plan it highlights the entire plan instead of opening the room for specification. I can select objects in the room but not the room. However, the rooms on the 2nd floor are working fine. Up until now all was working. This is a problem that just developed when I was adding dimensions to the plan. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Make sure all your walls are connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 And whatever you do, please never ever post the plan. We all like to just guess at what the problem is instead of actually helping. If you posted the plan then we would be able to help and we wouldn't want that would we? Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Sorry, just yanking your chain a bit. Now Lew will call me a bully so before I forget...give me your lunch money. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Until you figure out what wall connections are poor you can left-click where you want to select an object or specific room and then depress the "Tab Key" or "Next" button in the Edit Tool bar to select a specific object or room dialog. When you have straightened out your poor or incorrect wall connections that will end the unwanted behavior. In X6 or Home Designer 2015 titles you should also get a "circle" icon on your cursor and at the exact poor wall connections which makes repairing such situations easier but if you have X5 or earlier you do not have this feature and then have to check all wall connections manually, one at a time until the situation is found and handled. DJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 And whatever you do, please never ever post the plan. We all like to just guess at what the problem is instead of actually helping. If you posted the plan then we would be able to help and we wouldn't want that would we? Andy. Andy Gump, that might be Andy Grump..... hey Andy, I am Mister Grumpy, please don't tread on my territory........ but thanks Andy for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstimpression Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yes, all wall are connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Try posting the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 At the risk of being ostracized from the community for not giving a rats a$# if you post the plan or not...I can tell you FROM EXPERIENCE that your walls are not connected somewhere. Or you have for some reason chosen a wall type that is checked for no room definition. Do a little searching around the the first floor and you will find the offending wall corner that is causing the issue, or perhaps you added a wrap around porch and the exterior walls have become reversed. Not sure why these things happen, but they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 At the risk of being ostracized from the community for not giving a rats a$# if you post the plan or not...I can tell you FROM EXPERIENCE that your walls are not connected somewhere. Or you have for some reason chosen a wall type that is checked for no room definition. Do a little searching around the the first floor and you will find the offending wall corner that is causing the issue, or perhaps you added a wrap around porch and the exterior walls have become reversed. Not sure why these things happen, but they do. You might have guessed correctly, however there have been 9 posts and no answer...you might not give a rats @$$ but you have to admit if the plan were posted it may only take 1 "guess". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Half of the posts have been the usual rabble about posting the plan. I, however, along with Larry at least gave him a starting point. If there is no plan attached, move on so as to not become so offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Half of the posts have been the usual rabble about posting the plan. I, however, along with Larry at least gave him a starting point. If there is no plan attached, move on so as to not become so offended. We're actually just trying to be helpful Joey, I've seen probably hundreds of posts that never get answered simply because the OP never posted the plan. Its just a simple request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 We're actually just trying to be helpful Joey, I've seen probably hundreds of posts that never get answered simply because the OP never posted the plan. Its just a simple request. I agree with this 100%. Not only are we trying to help out the OP, we are also trying to learn something. Is it user error? Is it a bug? Is this an issue that we have never seen but a situation we can solve and learn from? While it is great you may have given the OP a place to start (BTW, he stated a non defined room was was not the case), I think we have all seen threads that go on and on, and since some of us monitor all posts, it becomes more of a burden for us. I don't know what the answer is...... maybe the answer is to simply ignore any posts that do not come with a plan....... and while this is a viable approach, it really helps no one. So I have decided to suffer through these posts that go on and on in the hopes that one day the world will be at peace, we will have no more wars, no more famine and no more questions without plans attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I used to (kindly) scream at this kid in the studio where I worked. He spoke girl. He just strung words together in sentences with no subjects. I would slam down my fist on the desk "I need NOUNS": Kinda the same way with the plan files but no one can hear my fist. I was going to throw out the reversed wall guess earlier but I was on a deadline and I am a fan of the peanut gallery. How about that thread with the electrical item hack. That is some good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 And if I can say one more thing at the risk of having tomatoes thrown at me, I have learned more from solving newbies questions than I have learned from power users. It's just that it sometimes takes a little bit more of an effort to extract the information needed to actually learn something new. How about them Cowboys? And how about them Chargers...... I sure am glad I don't live in Alaska where they don't even have a team....... Or LA for that matter........ Sorry P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I used to (kindly) scream at this kid in the studio where I worked. He spoke girl. He just strung words together in sentences with no subjects. I would slam down my fist on the desk "I need NOUNS": Kinda the same way with the plan files but no one can hear my fist. I was going to throw out the reversed wall guess earlier but I was on a deadline and I am a fan of the peanut gallery. How about that thread with the electrical item hack. That is some good stuff. I just love to hear what Mumbles has to say, thanks Alan for the levity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Perhaps it might help to check and see if the poster is new if so, kindly suggest they post the plan save the rants for those who "should know better" Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kMoquin Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I had a similar thing happen. When I clicked the plan the entire screen highlighted. It was an image i was selecting. The image didn't appear in my view because it had become disassociated from the file, but the object was still there and selectable. When the whole screen highlights, hit CTRL-E and see if a dbx pops up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdesign Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I need NOUNS THAT is funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdesign Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The OP could create an exterior room polyline when Chief highlights the exterior room & then look for where the polyline "jumps" inside the house or there are a bunch of short segments all bunched together. That would very likely be where the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 @1st Impression, sometimes when making a selection with the mouse you get something else that is in close proximity and has a higher selection priority. You can click then hit the tab key to scroll through the items that the mouse has clicked over. Also, this could be an issue of how your preferences are set regarding whether you select the room first or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I used to (kindly) scream at this kid in the studio where I worked. He spoke girl. GROAN!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 That took longer than I expected. I was hoping the dig would drive Wendy out of hiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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