Pet Palette - Stretching a Polygon moves slab instead

[Robert Nichols]

Why, when I have a slab selected and I reach for the pet palette, does my effort to stretch a slab (move one of the edges) cause the whole slab move instead? I try a couple of times, then it finally works correctly, but I can't discern a pattern.

This is v14, but I've seen the behavior in earlier versions as well.

Driving me nuts.

[Anonymous]

Are you selecting the correct option in the Pet Palette?

(A guy walks into a bar, and the barman says to him "Do you know you have a steering wheel sticking out of your trousers?". The guy replies "Yes, its driving me nuts").



I'll get my coat....

[Robert Nichols]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Do you have more than one element selected? I've noticed it tends to default to "move" rather than "offset" when multiple items selected.

[Barry Kelly]

Is your grouping enabled or disabled?
Disable for stretching.
Barry.

[Erika Epstein]

s2art wrote:

(A guy walks into a bar, and the barman says to him "Do you know you have a steering wheel sticking out of your trousers?". The guy replies "Yes, its driving me nuts").

[Robert Nichols]

Grouping is already disabled. Checked that.

I also get it when using the same pet palette tool to adjust the edge of a drawings polygon on a layout sheet.

I guess the significant answer is that no one else seems to be seeing this behavior. Weird.

[Anonymous]

I have similar problem in that the entire wall is selected. furthermore, the Pet Palette is not displaying all the parameters.
what I am trying to accomplish is to create a 45 angle concrete buttress wall to a block wall. I am totally lost if the Pet Palette won't open all the way.
ArchiCAD 15

[Anonymous]

Sedona wrote:
I have similar problem in that the entire wall is selected. furthermore, the Pet Palette is not displaying all the parameters.
what I am trying to accomplish is to create a 45 angle concrete buttress wall to a block wall. I am totally lost if the Pet Palette won't open all the way.
ArchiCAD 15

The pet palette displays a different number of buttons depending on whether you click on an edge or a node. It may even vary depending on which node you click on! This is because some ways of modifying geometry are not applicable to all geometry types, so these buttons are hidden where not needed.

If you are looking for a button to try to adjust the height of the individual nodes on that wall - you wont find one as walls can't be adjusted like that! Instead place a single plane sloped roof over the top of the wall and use either 'Solid Element Operations' or the 'trim to roof' function to trim off the top.

Hope that helps!