AC9 Polygon test

[Rod Jurich]

Greetings all,
First post. If what I ask has been addressed before then point me in the direction of results, thanks.

Please test the polygon tool in either the line or fill or slab or wall tools. (AC9)

By test I mean try beginning a irregular polygon line/fill etc by typing in 'x' & 'y' coordinates then enter to begin task and see what happens. On my Mac after entering, the 1st node flashes but it is not possible to continue the chosen task.

If you want to place and extend a single line or a regular fill rectangle by this method then all is ok.

Let me know if this is a bug in apple only.

[Rod Jurich]

woodster wrote:
Tested this on my Mac this morning. .......
Tried playing around on the Mac and got it to work in Follow Cursor mode but something seems to be wrong here.

Thanks Woody, appreciate your response. Incidentally, what Mac hardware do you use?

[Anonymous]

Rod wrote:

woodster wrote:
Thanks Woody, appreciate your response. Incidentally, what Mac hardware do you use?

It's a Mac G4 Mac (OS 10.3.7).

BTW... just for the heck of it try drawing a polygon by clicking after setting the palette to Follow Cursor; then try the keyboard entry. I think that's what toggled it to work.

Woody

[Ben Odonnell]

Guys,
Just tryed it on my MAC and got the same results. Must be one the they let slip through, as ben said.

Cheers.
Ben

[Rod Jurich]

woodster wrote:
BTW... just for the heck of it try drawing a polygon by clicking after setting the palette to Follow Cursor; then try the keyboard entry. I think that's what toggled it to work.

Makes no difference, Woody. Having more real estate prompted me to try Follow the Cursor. The funny thing is that if you have F/C on and you try any poly type action on a hidden layer it works fine after selecting "Show layer". It's a minor bug compared to others. It would be just great to be part of the beta testing team. I enjoy looking at things in fine detail. Doing some tuition with various offices has opened my eyes as to how little some operators are willing to explore the potential in ArchiCAD.