topic Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything in Installation & update

Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:04:47 GMT

Since we got Archicad12, the marquee tool when used in polygonal (free form) mode, does not stretch everything that is within it's area. It will stretch almost everything, but there is always a couple of lines or fills that do not get stretched.

If I use the marquee tool in rectangle mode, everything gets stretched.

Does anyone else have this problem? I can't seem to find any info on it.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:29:02 GMT

No problem here. Please change your 'location' field in your profile from 'work' to your country, as some behavior is country specific.

Karl

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:22:56 GMT

dohboy24 wrote:
Since we got Archicad12, the marquee tool when used in polygonal (free form) mode, does not stretch everything that is within it's area. It will stretch almost everything, but there is always a couple of lines or fills that do not get stretched.

If I use the marquee tool in rectangle mode, everything gets stretched.

Does anyone else have this problem? I can't seem to find any info on it.

Can you post a screenshot of the specific situation you are having? Maybe there is something there that causes this behavior.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Djordje — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:23:13 GMT

Can you post the scren shot of what are you EXACTLY enclosing in the marquee?

Is your Grouping off?

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:41:47 GMT

I did not question grouping status, or locking (locked layer, or locked element), since the post said that the rectangular marquee worked ... but we should confirm that it works in exactly the same circumstances that the polygonal marquee does not. (E.g., if you draw a rectangle with the polygonal marquee, does something different happen from drawing a rectangular marquee in the first place?)

More info please...

Karl

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:15:19 GMT

I have had similar issues. All stretches fine if marque is kept in rectangle form only problematic when using polygon configuration. This doesn't happen all the time so hard to figure. Latest problem was with 2d worksheet where circle/arch lines moved but straight lines would not stretch - again the rectangle works all the time - not an issue of layer being locked and it's not teamwork file.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:54:22 GMT

Just a follow up on this!
We've encountered the same issue here! No grouping, no locked layers, nothing that would normally cause this kind of thing to happen!
To make it even stranger is the fact that in this particular .pln all that existed was walls all on the same layer! The walls that were horizontal (0º and 180º) moved and stretched as expected but the vertical walls (90º and 270º) did not move or stretch at all!
After changing views it worked properly again!

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:08:49 GMT

One person in our firm has started seeing this behavior. All layers unlocked and groups suspended. (Actually none of the elements are grouped) The strange thing was that when stretching lines and arcs, most of the elements stretched, but one line did not.... when we changed our zoom the previous line that did not stretch, moved correctly. It seems to be dependent on your zoom level.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Barry Kelly — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:26:02 GMT

Someone here has also just had the same problem.
He found switching to the rectangular marquee and stretching something then going back to the irregular marquee seemed to fix the problem.
Very hard to pin it down as it seems intermittent.
I haven't noticed any problems and can't reproduce it myself so I can't say if this is a solution or if it is just intermittently working again.
Barry.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Barry Kelly — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:42:16 GMT

Here is an image with the marquee before the stretch.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Barry Kelly — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:45:13 GMT

And after the stretch.
All the walls have stayed as they were.
No layers or elements are locked.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Barry Kelly — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:57:35 GMT

Did any one else having this trouble have multiple copies of Archicad open at the same time, or maybe other programs that aren't usually running?
My colleague who was having trouble just tried again and all was fine.
but remembered he had to other Archicads running last time.
Started up two more sessions and the problem was back.
Barry.

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:41:36 GMT

Barry wrote:
No layers or elements are locked.

In your screenshot, it does not look like you suspended grouping. Perhaps that is related to the problem?

Karl

Re: Polygonal marquee tool does not stretch everything

Brad Elliott — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:52:34 GMT

Hi,
I missed this topic back in December. I actually posted this as a bug back in beta testing. The biggest problem is it is almost impossible to duplicate. It also seems to go away when switching between computer platforms. Or if a line in the marquee area is modified sometimes that would fix it. I have not had the problem since we got out of beta.

My recommendation is that you take the file hot spot the corners of the polygonal marquee write which direction you were drawing it and where you were stretching and send it to your rep. Maybe if enough people do this they can track down the bug.