Plotmaker - adjusting drawing frames

[Anonymous]

Has anyone else experienced this behavior?

I open a sheet in PLotmaker for editing. I select the frame of an imported drawing that I want to edit the size of (not scale, just size). I grab a hotspot and drag a corner or edge. Then, I try to grab a different hotspot to continue adjusting the frame around the drawing, but the cursor won't show me a check mark - just a pointer arrow. If I click on a hotspot when the cursor is a pointer arrow it just deselects the drawing frame.

So I try to reselect the drawing frame, but the cursor cannot find the hotspots to directly select. By using a selection window, I can reselect the frame. However, now I am back to where I was two steps ago - the frame is selected, but I can't get the hotspots to register - all I manage to do is deselect and reselect - if I try to drag a corner using the pointer cursor, the whole drawing moves.

If I do a rebuild, I can select the frame normally and drag one hotspot (just like when I first opened the sheet). But only one edit, and then I'm back to the inactive hotspots situation.

So I have to rebuild after every time I drag a hotspot.

This is new behavior since I loaded the most recent patch.

Help?

Karl

[Anonymous]

I have noticed similar behavior on my PowerBook. Rebuilding doesn't always bring back the cursor response though. I often have to tab out and back into the program.

[Anonymous]

I believe this is a known bug...albeit under-reported. I have had luck utilizing the zoom commands to re-activate the drawing frame hotspots.

[James Murray]

Panning or zooming via scroll wheel works pretty well, and is quick once you get the habit. Just a couple steps in any direction.

It is a known bug, and it did start with v2, I believe. It happens on both my machines, with near-perfect consistency.

[Jefferson]

Welcome back Karl!!! Vacation was good? Mom always said "Once you learn to laugh at yourself everyone else is fair game". Thanks for many many hearty laughs!! And in all seriousness, WELCOME BACK!!

I second the scroll retrieval........

[Barry Kelly]

Try turning off the "AUTO REDRAW" option in OPTIONS > PREFERENCES > MISCELLANEOUS.
You won't need to zoom, pan or scroll anymore to keep the nodes sellectable.
Barry.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much. Turning off the auto redraw feature worked!

Yes, vacation was lovely, thanks for asking. I wondered if anyone would remember ...

[Djordje]

Karl wrote:
Yes, vacation was lovely, thanks for asking. I wondered if anyone would remember ...

Events of that magnitude are not easily forgotten

Welcome back!

[Anonymous]

Karl,

THANK YOU! Your tip/workaround is a huge timesaver, plus avoiding this most annoying bug. One project has hundreds of drawings to import/resize/align and this will make the work for the lucky intern much easier. I just changed my preferences and it is such a relief not to have to zoom after each selection.

[Anonymous]

OOPS, THANKS, BARRY! Still, thanks to Karl for asking the question that so many of us just suffered with.