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Lib objects lacking 2D hotspots?

alexliz
Participant
It's probably something I'm missing but here it is anyway:

Have all archicad lib objects lost their perimeter hotspots in 2D? For example, the bathtub in ArchiCAD 13 only has one hotspot, along its long side, in the middle; also another one at the drain point. The problem is when I want to position something (e.g. a wall) starting precisely at the bathtub's corner: there is no way to snap to it.

Unless, like I said, I'm missing something. Thanks as always, people.
Alex Zachopoulos

MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz, MacOS X 10.5.6, ArchiCAD 11 & 12, WinXP, Vista (well, not really Vista...)
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Erika Epstein
Booster
You list several platforms in your profile. Which one(s) are experiencing this problem?

Are you switching platforms? This often necessitates redefining the library path. If so, switch to doing the project in TW2 so libraries load from the same source and along the same path.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
alexliz
Participant
Yes, I do list many platforms; but I mostly work on Mac OS.

The issue I describe here has to do with MacOS X only. On my MacBook Pro. So it's a single computer, single OS. No TW involved. No cross-platform. Not even a 2nd computer.

BTW, what is TW2?
Alex Zachopoulos

MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz, MacOS X 10.5.6, ArchiCAD 11 & 12, WinXP, Vista (well, not really Vista...)
Erika Epstein
Booster
TW2 was introduced last year in AC13. It's the second version of TW. It is revolutionary. Check it out!
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
alexliz
Participant
Oh, right! I am (pretty much) familiar with it. Just didn't remember the '2' 😉

Thx.
Alex Zachopoulos

MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz, MacOS X 10.5.6, ArchiCAD 11 & 12, WinXP, Vista (well, not really Vista...)