| Application | PLAXIS 3D |
| Issue status | ✔ Solved |
| First Affected Version | PLAXIS 3D AE.00 |
| Found in Version | PLAXIS 3D AE.00 |
| Fixed and Released in Version | PLAXIS 3D AE.01 |
| Issue # | 23611 |
| Date created | 15 May 2015 |
| Date modified | 24 October 2016 |
Problem description
When loading a project in PLAXIS 3D AE.00 that was created in the PLAXIS 3D 2013.01 version you may encounter one of the following issues:
- visibility and selection issues in Mesh mode, see image below
- bug report when switching to Structures mode (range check error or component error)
- bug report when switching to Flow conditions mode (access violation error)
The problem is caused by a conflict in the visualisation settings only, without affecting any other data of the project.
Solution
This issue is now solved in PLAXIS 3D AE.01
For PLAXIS 3D AE.00: To fix the problem, the file containing the visualisation settings for the specific project should be removed, by following these steps:
- open the project folder (folder with the same name as the project, i.e. example.p3dat)
- search for the file called data.visibilities.plxml
- delete this data.visibilities.plxml file
- load the project in the PLAXIS 3D AE version
Note that the deleted file only contains visibility settings for all items in the program (status of the eye in the Model explorer) and nothing else. This means that when removing this file, it will only have an effect on these visualization settings and it will not change anything else in your model.