Plotmaker Problem: selecting imported drawings

[Anonymous]

When I select the frame around an imported drawing (a view from ArchiCAD) I can resize the frame once by grabing one of the side or corner points on the drawing. But I can only do this once. After the first time I cannot grab the points with my cursor. In order to regrab the points I need to either save the drawing or rebuild and then reselect the imported drawing.

The problem was intermitent on our computer running Plotmaker 3. On the computer running Plotmaker 9 the problem is constant.

Is this a setting problem or a bug? How can I make it so that I can select a drawing and keep resizing the frame around it without saving, rebuilding and reselecting the drawing?

Thank you,
John

[Anonymous]

One of two ways: Either zoom in or out, (easy with a scroll mouse, just zoom one click) or turn auto redraw off in Plotmaker preferences.

[Anonymous]

I have intermittent problems with inability to select or inability to stretch drawings. Switching to another program and back to PlotMaker always clears it, but I would be very annoyed if it were more than occasional.

[Karl Ottenstein]

johncassel wrote:
When I select the frame around an imported drawing (a view from ArchiCAD) I can resize the frame once by grabing one of the side or corner points on the drawing. But I can only do this once.

This is a known bug.

One workaround is to hit ctrl-r after dragging one corner and before going to drag the other one. (Basically, anything that causes a screen rebuild will let you proceed.)

Karl

[Thomas Holm]

My problem is that when I try to move an imported ddawing, sometimes I by accident start moving the content (the drawing within it's bounding box, instead off moving the whole thing).

When this happens, it's extremely difficult to get out of it. Several Escs, double-clicks or whatever doesn't help utnil after a very long time. And i cant move the cursor to the cancel button, because the drawing content sticks with the cursor!

[Thomas Holm]

My problem is that when I try to move an imported ddawing, sometimes I by accident start moving the content (the drawing within it's bounding box, instead off moving the whole thing).

When this happens, it's extremely difficult to get out of it. Several Escs, double-clicks or whatever doesn't help utnil after a very long time. And i cant move the cursor to the cancel button, because the drawing content sticks with the cursor!

[Barry Kelly]

Thomas wrote:
...... And i cant move the cursor to the cancel button, because the drawing content sticks with the cursor!

The image will follow you to the button, but doesn't pressing it "cancel" the move so it snaps back to where it was?
Works like this in 8.1 and previous version so I assume it does in 9.0 as well.

I prefer to just right click and "cancel" (Windows not Mac?).

Barry.

[Djordje]

Thomas,

Thomas wrote:
My problem is that when I try to move an imported ddawing, sometimes I by accident start moving the content (the drawing within it's bounding box, instead off moving the whole thing).

When this happens, it's extremely difficult to get out of it. Several Escs, double-clicks or whatever doesn't help utnil after a very long time. And i cant move the cursor to the cancel button, because the drawing content sticks with the cursor!

Maybe it would be time to invest into a multi button mouse? Right click ...

[Thomas Holm]

Sorry, I should have said tthat, i do that too. I just sticks. Not infinitely, though, but thirty seconds seems like a lifetime sometimes...

[Djordje]

Thomas wrote:
Sorry, I should have said tthat, i do that too. I just sticks. Not infinitely, though, but thirty seconds seems like a lifetime sometimes...

Hmmmm ... did you try ArchiCAD on a contemporary PC? I have a feeling that your hardware lags CONSIDERABLY. Never had more than half a second delay, let alone half a minute ...