topic Re: AC9 Polygon test in Modeling

AC9 Polygon test

Rod Jurich — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:03:18 GMT

Greetings all,
First post. If what I ask has been addressed before then point me in the direction of results, thanks.

Please test the polygon tool in either the line or fill or slab or wall tools. (AC9)

By test I mean try beginning a irregular polygon line/fill etc by typing in 'x' & 'y' coordinates then enter to begin task and see what happens. On my Mac after entering, the 1st node flashes but it is not possible to continue the chosen task.

If you want to place and extend a single line or a regular fill rectangle by this method then all is ok.

Let me know if this is a bug in apple only.

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Djordje — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:24:33 GMT

Rod wrote:
By test I mean try beginning a irregular polygon line/fill etc by typing in 'x' & 'y' coordinates then enter to begin task and see what happens. On my Mac after entering, the 1st node flashes but it is not possible to continue the chosen task.

On my PC I move the mouse and can continue ... try typing another x and y value or moving the mouse and see what happens.

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Dwight — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:08:22 GMT

Have tested your problem as best as I understand your posting - by entering coordinates using the keyboard only to create an irregular slab, polyline or fill on Mac:

seems to work fine.....

are you sure you have the irregular form turned on in the dialog?

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:05:18 GMT

I can't reproduce your problem on a Mac (OS 10.3.7) or PC (WinXP)

Woody

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Rod Jurich — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:48:50 GMT

are you sure you have the irregular form turned on in the dialog?

Thanks to all for replies. Djordje's suggestion has same result, and I'm not sure what you mean Dwight. Fill & slabs give you just 3 choices to draw and yes I have selected the irregular box to draw an irregular shaped fill/slab/roof or a polyline. I am glad that Woody has no problem either, so I may trying to reinstall AC9.

Re: AC9 Polygon test

__archiben — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:54:40 GMT

Rod wrote:
Let me know if this is a bug in apple only.

i haven't rushed back to my laptop to test, but what you are describing sounds very much like a bug we found in our office during beta testing and one which must've slipped the net.

if i recall correctly, you can't type the second node into the coordinate box when a really obscure series of eventualities are all met at the same time (kinda like a total eclipse of the sun by way of the moon, venus and mercury).

i'll trawl back through my emails and see what i can find later, but off the top of my head try it without the pet-palette set to 'follow me' ???

i'll be back . . .

~/archiben

(one to go dwight - make it a good one!)

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:49:13 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
try it without the pet-palette set to 'follow me' ???

Setting the pet palette to "Follow Cursor" does not replicate the problem on Windows XP

Woody

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Rod Jurich — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 01:54:04 GMT

Rod wrote:
Let me know if this is a bug in apple only.

~/archiben wrote:
i'll trawl back through my emails and see what i can find later, but off the top of my head try it without the pet-palette set to 'follow me' ???

Thanks Ben, setting Pet Palette movement to:- Jump to preferred position, rectifies the problem. I would appreciate other Mac users to test again with Pet Palette set to :- Follow cursor, to confirm that it is a bug in mac only.
By the way reinstalling 9 again changed nothing.

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:56:53 GMT

I'll test it on a mac tomorrow.

Woody

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:10:26 GMT

Tested this on my Mac this morning. Went into the WE and set the pet palette to Follow Cursor... still worked fine. But when I called up a new drawing (use last settings; so WE is still set to Follow Cursor) I replicated your problem.

I had not thought of calling up a new drawing before testing this on my Windows XP machine yesterday but when I did today after trying it on the Mac, I replicated the problem on the PC as well. However, after quitting ArchiCAD and restarting with the same settings, the Follow Cursor worked.

Tried playing around on the Mac and got it to work in Follow Cursor mode but something seems to be wrong here.

Woody

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Rod Jurich — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 04:20:18 GMT

woodster wrote:
Tested this on my Mac this morning. .......
Tried playing around on the Mac and got it to work in Follow Cursor mode but something seems to be wrong here.

Thanks Woody, appreciate your response. Incidentally, what Mac hardware do you use?

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:14:46 GMT

Rod wrote:
woodster wrote:
Thanks Woody, appreciate your response. Incidentally, what Mac hardware do you use?

It's a Mac G4 Mac (OS 10.3.7).

BTW... just for the heck of it try drawing a polygon by clicking after setting the palette to Follow Cursor; then try the keyboard entry. I think that's what toggled it to work.

Woody

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Ben Odonnell — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:45:11 GMT

Guys,
Just tryed it on my MAC and got the same results. Must be one the they let slip through, as ben said.

Cheers.
Ben

Re: AC9 Polygon test

Rod Jurich — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:50:15 GMT

woodster wrote:
BTW... just for the heck of it try drawing a polygon by clicking after setting the palette to Follow Cursor; then try the keyboard entry. I think that's what toggled it to work.

Makes no difference, Woody. Having more real estate prompted me to try Follow the Cursor. The funny thing is that if you have F/C on and you try any poly type action on a hidden layer it works fine after selecting "Show layer". It's a minor bug compared to others. It would be just great to be part of the beta testing team. I enjoy looking at things in fine detail. Doing some tuition with various offices has opened my eyes as to how little some operators are willing to explore the potential in ArchiCAD.