topic Re: My magnet stopped working in Modeling

My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:17:18 GMT

I love my magnet but the space bar no longer turns it off & on.
I restart day after day & still it won't work. Does anyone know why this would happen?

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:57:13 GMT

Still not working! Why would that happen & how can I fix it? Might seem like a small problem but it's driving me crazy!

Re: My magnet stopped working

Barry Kelly — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:40:36 GMT

Have you tried re-applying the standard Work Environment?

Barry.

Re: My magnet stopped working

David Maudlin — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:18:57 GMT

Jack:

I could not find a way to turn it off. With the Arrow Tool selected, can you change the Quick Select option (Magnet icon) in the Info Box?

David

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:35:31 GMT

I tried applying the ArchiCAD 17 Standard and the space bar would not turn off the magnet. If I click on the magnet in the tool bar I can turn it on & off, but, it was so easy when my space bar would do it. Thank you.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Barry Kelly — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:02:47 GMT

Quick Select is a non-customisable shortcut so it shouldn't be possible to deactivate it.
The only thing I can think of is you have another program running in the background that is 'hi-jacking' the space bar shortcut.

Barry.

Re: My magnet stopped working

David Maudlin — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:16:21 GMT

Jack:

Does the Spacebar work to invoke the Magic Wand? (Also a built-in shortcut.)

Here is a thread with a similar issue:
Spacebar and Esc functions won't work

David

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:55:15 GMT

Good idea to check! The space bar does not work the magic wand either. Space bar works normally when I'm typing. There are no other programs running.
Thanks.

Re: My magnet stopped working

rgarand — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:46:23 GMT

This is a long shot, but could you assign the "spacebar" to another shortcut by mistake?

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:58:47 GMT

The space bar is not used as a shortcut so there is no way it could have been assigned to a different command. I wish I knew what the problem is & how to solve it.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:03:04 GMT

The space bar does not work for the magic wand either. 886+ people have looked at this post & no one has come up with a solution. I don't know if it's a Graphisoft bug or not. Help!

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:00:58 GMT

1392 people have viewed my post & no one, NOT EVEN GRAPHISOFT! has come up with the answer as to why "MY MAGNET STOPPED WORKING"

Re: My magnet stopped working

Barry Kelly — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:12:39 GMT

Maybe not quite 1392 people but 1392 views.
I have viewed it at least 10 of those times - every time a new post is added.

I don't know anything about Macs.
Is it possible to start the machine in a default clean mode with no other programs running except for the operating system itself (you may want to disconnect from the internet while you do this)?
Then start only Archicad and see if you still have the same problem.
Do you have other versions of Archicad you could start to see if they have the same trouble?

Have you played around with any settings for foreign languages/keyboards?

Have you tried re-installing Archicad as a last resort?

Barry.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Barry Kelly — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:15:41 GMT

Is updating your operating system an option?
10.8.5 is not the latest version I think?

Barry.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:09:19 GMT

Hello Jack.

Another long shot...

I'm not familiar with Macs but in windows, it is possible to turn on feature "sticky keys" that causes certain keys (Shift for example) to "stay pressed down" until pressed again. It could be done without changing the computer settings from control panel (has a global keyboard shortcut) Can you check if it is possible that such "ease of access" features have been turned on by accident.

Indrek

My magic wand is still not woking

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:42:36 GMT

My magic wand is not working. No one has replied since I asked for help many months ago. Any help would be appreciated. Also, the space bar does not turn the magnet on & off. Thanks!

Re: My magic wand is still not woking

Barry Kelly — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:11:39 GMT

jcrarch wrote:
My magic wand is not working. No one has replied since I asked for help many months ago. Any help would be appreciated. Also, the space bar does not turn the magnet on & off. Thanks!

I have merged your new post with your old one as it is essentially the same so we don't go through all the same solutions again.

I wouldn't say you had no replies.

Have you checked that there is no other software running that is taking over your spacebar?
I am not a mac user so I probably can't help that much but I still suspect you have another program running or a keyboard/language configuration that is stopping the spacebar from working as it should.

If you go into the Work environment and go to the KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS section and press the "list them in browser" button do you see this?

Barry.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:47:45 GMT

Yes. That's what I see. Also, no other programs are running.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:41:59 GMT

I just saw this with one of my students and one of the culprits was that he had activated a default Mac shortcut for changing the system language (from spanish to english) which uses the Spacebar as part it. While this shortcut is enabled you will not be able to either use theMagic Wand, Spotlight or override the Magnet.
If this is the case you will need to go into Mac OS "System Preferences -> Keyboards -> Shortcuts" and verify that the spacebar is not used as part of one.

Re: My magnet stopped working

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:17:18 GMT

My space bar is not used in any Mac Keyboard Preferences.