AC9 - Can't drag a copy of a library part in section window

[Anonymous]

Very odd. I haven't been working in 9 long enough to test for patterns of this behaviour, but I'm working in unlinked section windows (drawings) and am finding when I have a library part selected, "Drag A Copy" menu item is disabled. Key shortcut doesn't work either. Multiple copy works...



Mac OSX 10.3 G5 ArchiCAD 9.0

[Anonymous]

No takers!!??!!

Come on!

I thought perhaps I was just crazy since nooone responed to this aging query, but I just checked again, and the behaviour is the same. Working in a unlinked (now simply "Drawing" status, in 9.0), I can't drag-a-copy of a library part.

What am I missing?

[Djordje]

RobertNichols wrote:
I thought perhaps I was just crazy since nooone responed to this aging query, but I just checked again, and the behaviour is the same. Working in a unlinked (now simply "Drawing" status, in 9.0), I can't drag-a-copy of a library part.

What am I missing?

You could never do this. Windows, doors, all 2D elements, yes. Everything else, no.

Try 3D window. With OpenGL on of course.

[Anonymous]

RobertNichols wrote:
No takers!!??!!

Come on!

I thought perhaps I was just crazy since nooone responed to this aging query, but I just checked again, and the behaviour is the same. Working in a unlinked (now simply "Drawing" status, in 9.0), I can't drag-a-copy of a library part.

What am I missing?

Do other objects drag in the section window? And I'm assuming that the library part is a 2D symbol as the section is unlinked. Is the file teamworked? I have seen this problem with AC8.1 and teamworked files on certain section windows. You would need to redefine your workspace (without really redefining anything) and it would go away.

[Anonymous]

Reading the last two repsonses, I started to wonder if I am crazy, but after retesting, I think not.

I'm using 2d parts. I've tested my original pln file (which was Teamworked in v7, but now solo in v9), and in a new v9 document.
Same behavior with my own parts of native Graphisoft v9 parts.

I can successfully drag-a-copy of any 2d library part in a detail window, but in the section window, no.

Doesn't it seem odd, that drag-a-copy is disabled, but Multiply is allowed?????

[Djordje]

RobertNichols wrote:
Doesn't it seem odd, that drag-a-copy is disabled, but Multiply is allowed?????

Consistency is hard to spell ...

[Djordje]

RobertNichols wrote:
Reading the last two repsonses, I started to wonder if I am crazy, but after retesting, I think not.
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I can successfully drag-a-copy of any 2d library part in a detail window, but in the section window, no.

Just tried it, and it works - Drag, invoked from the context menu or shortcut, hit CTRL ot CTRL ALT, and you have Drag a copy or Drag a multiple copy.

Or am I missing a point?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for testing, Djordje. I get similar results, but it still seems odd. Contextual menu, dragging after hitting cmd-key (Mac) produces a single copy.

When I look at my undo menu, though, it says Undo Drag Multiply/1.

At all times, the simple Drag-A-Copy menu item and keyboard shortcut are not available.

Perhaps its a Mac thing. Obviously, I can get the functionality I need: in section windows, to make a single copy of a library part the operation will always be a Drag Multiple of 1.

[Djordje]

RobertNichols wrote:
Thanks for testing, Djordje. I get similar results, but it still seems odd. Contextual menu, dragging after hitting cmd-key (Mac) produces a single copy.

When I look at my undo menu, though, it says Undo Drag Multiply/1.

At all times, the simple Drag-A-Copy menu item and keyboard shortcut are not available.

Likewise. As I weaned mself off the Drag a copy and prefer the ALT and CTRL (OPTION and ALT for you) method as I can switch between the modes, I don't find this behavior is a problem.

[Anonymous]

I have moved to 9 this morning, and this is the first item of note - I have been experiencing the exact same behavior. When a line is selected, drag a copy works, both from the menu and from the shortcut. When a library part is selected, drag a copy is grayed out in the menu, and the shortcut does nothing. I must have done the shortcut 5 times before I figured out what was going on, as I have just switched to PC, and the keyboard is slightly different, and makes for some repetitive (excessively) actions.

Anyway, there is no enable or disable of the element copy transformation commands, but it seems to be parallel to the issue. Hopefully, there is a workaround...

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