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ArchiCAD 9 Polyline offset bug?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:46:07 GMT

I drew a simple polyline in AC 9 and tried to copy an offset (nothing selected-polyline tool active-offset active-magic wand existing polyline-specify offset).
Sometimes (i think depending on the screendistance) nothing seems to have happened. But if I do undo and redo the hotspots of the offset polyline appear (polyline itself not) if I change the view (zoom) the "invisible" polyline appears.
Is this a known bug?

Hielke

Re: ArchiCAD 9 Polyline offset bug?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:58:42 GMT

Sorry, forgot to mention it was a single (one segment) straight polyline.

Re: ArchiCAD 9 Polyline offset bug?

Ben Odonnell — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:48:22 GMT

Hielke,
Same problem here. Although it is there. Just do a pan or a zoom and it will show up.
But yes it does seem to be some re-draw bug.

Cheers.
Ben

Re: ArchiCAD 9 Polyline offset bug?

Djordje — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:43:13 GMT

Ben wrote:
But yes it does seem to be some re-draw bug.

There is another.

If you unify linear elements into a polyline, and if they are not all drawn in the same direction, the offset results, especially walls, can be quite spectacular ... and usually are closed polygon.

Reported.