topic Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug? in Modeling

Bearing/Angle readout bug?

TDabney — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:31:48 GMT

Working in AC10. I've got my Working Units => Angle Unit set to Surveyor's Unit to lay out a site plan. The "New" coordinates display that follows the cursor around the screen (which I like btw) doesn't read correctly when moving either towards the SOUTH west or SOUTH east. For instance: when moving the cursor down and to the right (up is north) it reads N50?59'19"E instead of S50?59'19"E. Same thing happens when moving down and to the left. When moving up and to the right or left, it reads correctly. Oddly, the coordinate display palett DOES display the correct coordinates.

Am I a dork? or is this a bug?

Thanks,
Tom

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:50:29 GMT

TDabney wrote:
Am I a dork? or is this a bug?

Thanks,
Tom

Just checked it. Same for me. Clearly a bug.

The really bad bit is that the tracker doesn't take the input correctly either.

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

TDabney — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:23:43 GMT

Thanks for confirming the issue for me Matthew. At least it's not just me! Do I/we need to report this to the authorities in charge or is this post enough?

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:09:44 GMT

We can't assume that they will pick it up from here. I'll let them know, but it wouldn't hurt for you to go through the regular channels as well.

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:10:13 GMT

This is bug.
Very bad bug.

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:39:18 GMT

I ran into this as well and had to do all surveyor input via the coordinates box. This was in RC10 and I was hoping it would have been addressed in the final release....

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:06:04 GMT

Mike wrote:
I ran into this as well and had to do all surveyor input via the coordinates box. This was in RC10 and I was hoping it would have been addressed in the final release....

So I guess they already know about it?

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Link — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:28:58 GMT

Am I a dork? or is this a bug?

You're a dork! In fact you all are!

Just kidding! Seriously, this is by design - the New User Guide does say this about the Tracker preferences:

If you check the Use relative angle measures checkbox, it will have
an effect during element creation. Let us say you are creating a chain
of Walls. If this checkbox is checked, the Angle value of Tracker will
display the angle relative to the direction (angle) of the last drawn
edge of the element being created.

Does unchecking this option in the WE solve the 'problem'?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:48:59 GMT

Link wrote:
Am I a dork? or is this a bug?
You're a dork! In fact you all are!

Just kidding! Seriously, this is by design - the New User Guide does say this about the Tracker preferences:

If you check the Use relative angle measures checkbox, it will have
an effect during element creation. Let us say you are creating a chain
of Walls. If this checkbox is checked, the Angle value of Tracker will
display the angle relative to the direction (angle) of the last drawn
edge of the element being created.

Does unchecking this option in the WE solve the 'problem'?

Cheers,
Link.

That seemed to be the ticket. I'm glad you are keeping us up to date on the reading all of us should be doing....

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Stress Co_ — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:35:55 GMT

TDabney wrote:

Am I a dork? or is this a bug?

Thanks,
Tom

In our profession... you should be asking yourself .... "Am I a doric? or is this a bug?"

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

TDabney — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:16 GMT

Link wrote:
Am I a dork? or is this a bug?
You're a dork! In fact you all are!

Just kidding! Seriously, this is by design - the New User Guide does say this about the Tracker preferences:

If you check the Use relative angle measures checkbox, it will have
an effect during element creation. Let us say you are creating a chain
of Walls. If this checkbox is checked, the Angle value of Tracker will
display the angle relative to the direction (angle) of the last drawn
edge of the element being created.

Does unchecking this option in the WE solve the 'problem'?

Cheers,
Link.

I can handle being a dork. In all honestly, without Link's aid, how in the world are normal people, or dorks like me, supposed to find stuff like that? It MAYBE would've been something I'd stumble across, completely by accident, but highly unlikely!

Thanks Link.
Tom

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:13:53 GMT

I have changed the option in the work environment and it still does not seem to work correctly. The coordinates box still works fine so I have been using that. It is not often that I enter surveyor units so for me it is a small issue. If something slipped through for another user it could be critical.

Re: Bearing/Angle readout bug?

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:05:38 GMT

Yup, it works fine once I turn off the relative functions in the tracker settings. I guess this is because surveyor's angles are actually global bearings, but I still don't see why it has to be this way.