topic Re: AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure in Modeling

AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

Stress Co_ — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:49:07 GMT

If I select a composite structure (a wall for example)
and eye-dropper it (option-click) to make it active in the info box,
it should be the composite I see when I open:
Options> Element Atributes> Composites...

The process works as expected for line-types and fills,
just not with composites.

Has anyone else noticed?

Re: AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

Erich — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 03:01:06 GMT

Not until you pointed it out. I have a project just starting in AC19 let the bug search begin.

Re: AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

James B — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 08:15:16 GMT

This isn't a bug but a modified behaviour. The Composites dialogue now behaves as per Building Materials and Surfaces, where the last viewed Composite is remembered when reopening the dialogue. To access the current Composite Wall, we recommend using the context menu item to edit the selected Composite. Which is available for single selected Composites and Profiles.

Re: AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

Erich — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 12:53:12 GMT

I was always annoyed that complex profiles didn't behave the same way as lines, or fills, or surfaces, or composites (at least in the past). In that you couldn't use the eyedropper to inherit all the properties of an element active and then edit the complex profile Somehow I missed the context menu item. Thanks for pointing it out.

While the new method seems faster, the lack of consistency in the methodology is off-putting. I liked being able to use the eyedropper on an element and then having all aspects of that element be available for editing. Now it seems there is one way of working for 2D elements and another for 3D...at least for some of the 3D aspects. Surfaces still behave the older way.

Re: AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

Stress Co_ — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:34:51 GMT

James wrote:
To access the current Composite Wall, we recommend using the context menu item to edit the selected Composite.

Ah, that works for me.
I must admit... Took a minute to realize,
the "context menu" is the "right-click menu".