topic Re: Tracker Gets Bored in Modeling

Tracker Gets Bored

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:52:54 GMT

Anyone else having a problem with the tracker just turning itself off in AC10.987, i'm sure there is somethign that turns it off but I have yet to notice. Any ideas?

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Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:54:59 GMT

Yes. It's happening to me a lot.

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Thomas Holm — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:05:55 GMT

Yup. Bug.

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Stress Co_ — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:05:59 GMT

I haven't noticed it "turning off".... but it's gone every time I open a project.... that is, unless I select my "Default settings".

Not sure if this relates: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=11394

Re: Tracker Gets Bored

__archiben — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:27:00 GMT

gives me a chuckle. i hate the thing: it's one bug i won't be reporting. GS are probably out there now thinking, 'wow, no complaints about the tracker. people must really like it" . . . little do they know no-one's using it because it 'gets bored' ha!

~/archiben

Re: Tracker Gets Bored

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:28:24 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
gives me a chuckle. i hate the thing...

I wasn't sure at first but I have gotten to really like the little bugger. The direct numeric entry is quick and easy and I have it set so it doesn't interfere with the coordinates palette.

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Thomas Holm — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:13:42 GMT

Matthew wrote:
I have gotten to really like the little bugger.

Same here. Miss it when it's sick. Or home for acute depression.

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Aussie John — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:02:27 GMT

I find the pet pallette is reluctant to be selected when the tracker is on. (Maybe is fixed in current version but I havent upgraded until the labels in sections is fixed)

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aahatimo — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:53:54 GMT

matthew,
i kind of like the tracker also.
how do you have it setup so tracker does not interfere w/ coordinates palette?
i am having problems getting either coordinates or control box palettes to show up. have many ac talk done searches to no avail. i have also had troubles moving origion pt using the toolbar symbol, especially problemartic since i have no palette.
thanks!

Matthew wrote:
I wasn't sure at first but I have gotten to really like the little bugger. The direct numeric entry is quick and easy and I have it set so it doesn't interfere with the coordinates palette.

Re: Tracker Gets Bored

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:29:46 GMT

I'm running 1010 mactel, and have the "disappearing" tracker problem, but I'm also having a problem with it not wanting to stay in my WE profile.
I've redefined my WE profile several times, and it still doesn't open up with the tracker on. Redefining other WE things "works", and I've got the profile working fine on my mactel laptop.
Any suggestions for a buried setting that might be interfering?

I guess my next move is to delete all my custom profiles and try to re-import them from my laptop. That's what I did to begin with, so I don't know what went wrong.

Re: Tracker Gets Bored

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:02:23 GMT

I have the mysteriously disappearing tracker syndrome, but though I must have been inadvertently activating a quick key that caused its disappearance. I do like the direct numeric input without having to first press "r" or one of the other coordinate box entry keys. One big complaint is my difficulty in entering tracker when the shift key is held down to constrain the direction. I thought "tab" was supposed to achieve that, but it is not working on the intel machine I am working on now. If the shift key did not prevent you from entering tracker with direct numeric input it would be far more useful. The other short coming is that it can't be used for a relative offset before using a tool. I think the concept of direct numeric input is good and hopefully Graphisoft will give this some more thought so it can really start to be a timesaver.

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Jere — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:32:59 GMT

the moment i got AC 10, i turned off the coordinate palette and turned on the tracker. It's so much nicer. You get the dimensions right where you need them: next to the element being created/edited. You don't have to look over to the coordinate palette.

Re: Tracker Gets Bored

Stress Co_ — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:40:46 GMT

Mike wrote:
One big complaint is my difficulty in entering tracker when the shift key is held down to constrain the direction.

Hitting "Option x" / "Option y" will lock the x or y axis, so you can let go of the shift key (and "Option A" to lock an angle). I think Option is the Alt key on a PC?