Problems/Irritations with AC14

[Anonymous]

Is anyone else having any problems with AC14?

Here is a list of what I have encountered thus far:

1: I cannot scroll down in a drop down box. I either have to grab the blue slider to the right or click on the up/down arrows to move the list up and down. I am still able to zoom in and out in the drawing without any problems, and I can scroll up and down in the Navigator,Favorites, and Info Box. This problem only occurs in the drop down boxes. Drop down boxes in other programs still work. I use a Logitech MX Revolution mouse that has a "free wheeling" scroll wheel, and it is very speedy when scrolling. I have tried another mouse that is a "click per scroll" type, and it does the same.

Also in drop down boxes, I can click on my desired choice and nothing happens, or I will get a selection one up or down. Sometimes I have to click three or four times to get it to work. Same goes with OK/Cancel Buttons (however this does seem to only happen after I have attempted to scroll, which after four years of using ArchiCAD is pretty much all the time).

2: If I am editing a large text block, every time I hit the space bar, the text block will jump from one screen to the other (I use two). I am not a touch typist so I have to watch the text as I type it. This is very irritating to me.

3: What in the world is with the new little Icon that attaches to my cursor now when I use Relative Construction Methods? I have a mind that gets very distracted by extra things, and I find this feature annoying as all get out. Can it be turned off?

4: I never use Snap Grid, and it turns itself on periodically. I have removed the Icon from my Standard Tool Bar, as I thought at first I was clicking it accidentally when trying to select Show/Hide Tracker (which for some odd reason periodically shuts itself in any version of Archicad), but it still happens.

These are what I have encountered so far. They may seem like little things, but they are huge time wasters. I will post this message in the Other Problems forum, not for redundancy, but it might be seen by others that may miss it here.

Sorry for the wall of text, but I would love to have these problems addressed and fixed.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

regarding item 4, you may want to remove the keyboard shortcut, that turns snap on. The default shortcut is the 'S' key and i found that i would easily turn it on inadvertently in the process of working.

[Anonymous]

Duh! I didn't even think about the keyboard shortcut. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I was able to correct some similar hang ups with the scrolling by updating my logitech mouse drivers. It's working fine now.

[Anonymous]

I'll give it a shot. I have a new Revolution (which has been discontinued) on the way scheduled for monday, so I'll try it then. Thanks.

[vfrontiers]

Re: #2... Very VFrusery trating!

[vfrontiers]

One more...

When selecting Layouts in the Navigator window, the PROPERTIES POPS open, so trying to double click on a layout is difficult... You have to click once, let the properties pop open then click twice to open up layout.

[Achille Pavlidis]

The last one is really annoying!!!!!!!

[vfrontiers]

And another with the Navigator...

Is it just me, or can you NOT move a folder in between two other folders? For me, it ALWAYS wants to open up either the folder above or the folder below...

[Barry Kelly]

vfrontiers wrote:
And another with the Navigator...

Is it just me, or can you NOT move a folder in between two other folders? For me, it ALWAYS wants to open up either the folder above or the folder below...

I can't say for a Mac but on PC just watch the length of the black line as you move it arround.
If it the length of the folders in the list then it will be between them.
If shorter (the length of the views in the folder) then it will be in the folder.

Another trick is to contract all the folders so you don't see their contents.
Then so long as you drag between the folders (you will see the black line) then that is where you will go.

Barry.