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Roof pivot line - ability to snap to!!

Rod Jurich
Contributor
Greetings all,
Has anyone else been able to have the cursor snap to any of the hotspots on the roof pivot line or fill origin?
Works fine in 9.
Rod Jurich
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Looks like you may have to select it first!

Cheers,
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Anonymous
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Hi!

For me the fill origin line works fine but the roof pivot line is completely "dead". Of course you can get hold of it when you select it to edit it, but if you just want to snap to it with another object it doesn´t work, i.e. the end points like in AC9.

Andreas
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Rod wrote:
Greetings all,
Has anyone else been able to have the cursor snap to any of the hotspots on the roof pivot line or fill origin?
Works fine in 9.
Nope, can't select either unless the roof is selected first.
Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
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Rod Jurich
Contributor
Nope, can't select either unless the roof is selected first.
Barry.

Thanks Barry. Are you using 10?

Well guys is this the way GS want us to go, surely not.
Previous versions the cursor snaps ok. To have to add another step in the activity is crazy.
It has to be a bug.
Do any of you agree?
Rod Jurich
AC4.55 - AC14 INT (4204) |  | OBJECTiVE |
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Rod wrote:
Nope, can't select either unless the roof is selected first.
Barry.
Thanks Barry. Are you using 10?

Well guys is this the way GS want us to go, surely not.
Previous versions the cursor snaps ok. To have to add another step in the activity is crazy.
It has to be a bug.
Do any of you agree?

Yes I am just starting to use V10 (should update my signature).

I would regard it as a bug.
I can't see any reason for removing the feature.
I don't select the pivot line of ten but it is sometimes nice to be able to add another roof in matching the position of an existing pivot line.

The fills are new to me on roofs as I have jumped straight from V81 to V10, but it would be nice to be able to select these directly without having to select the roof first.
It's only one extra click to select the roof first but it just makes working on roofs mor inconvenient.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Pete
Newcomer
If I understand correctly, there was another thread on this. You must show the pivot line in the display setting dialog in order to edit it. If the pivot line is not set to show, it will still appear when the roof is selected but you can't edit ( .
Pete Read
ArchiCAD 12; Artlantis Studio 2
MacBook Pro 2.4 Core2Duo, 2GB, OSX(10.5) and XPpro(SP3)
Barry wrote:
It has to be a bug.
The issue where a roof can't be selected by its handle is known, and I believe it is slated to be fixed in the first update.
James Murray

Archicad 27 • Rill Architects • macOS • OnLand.info
Rod Jurich
Contributor
James wrote:
Barry wrote:
It has to be a bug.
The issue where a roof can't be selected by its handle is known, and I believe it is slated to be fixed in the first update.
Thanks James, Though selection is not the problem.
It is when you want to adjust/line up another element to either the roof pivot or fill origin. The cursor floats over said hotspot but will not snap. You have to either select then place user origin or a hotspot on the pivot/fill origin before you have point to snap to. Adjusting location/oreintation of pivot is simple. It is when you drag and want to have the cursor snap to any other pivot/fill origin that life becomes a little more frustrating.

The fill origin on slabs works as it should.
Rod Jurich
AC4.55 - AC14 INT (4204) |  | OBJECTiVE |