AC 19 Bug? Edit Active Composite Structure

[Stress Co_]

If I select a composite structure (a wall for example)
and eye-dropper it (option-click) to make it active in the info box,
it should be the composite I see when I open:
Options> Element Atributes> Composites...

The process works as expected for line-types and fills,
just not with composites.

Has anyone else noticed?

[Erich]

Not until you pointed it out. I have a project just starting in AC19 let the bug search begin.

[James B]

This isn't a bug but a modified behaviour. The Composites dialogue now behaves as per Building Materials and Surfaces, where the last viewed Composite is remembered when reopening the dialogue. To access the current Composite Wall, we recommend using the context menu item to edit the selected Composite. Which is available for single selected Composites and Profiles.

[Erich]

I was always annoyed that complex profiles didn't behave the same way as lines, or fills, or surfaces, or composites (at least in the past). In that you couldn't use the eyedropper to inherit all the properties of an element active and then edit the complex profile Somehow I missed the context menu item. Thanks for pointing it out.

While the new method seems faster, the lack of consistency in the methodology is off-putting. I liked being able to use the eyedropper on an element and then having all aspects of that element be available for editing. Now it seems there is one way of working for 2D elements and another for 3D...at least for some of the 3D aspects. Surfaces still behave the older way.

[Stress Co_]

James wrote:
To access the current Composite Wall, we recommend using the context menu item to edit the selected Composite.

Ah, that works for me.
I must admit... Took a minute to realize,
the "context menu" is the "right-click menu".