Walls not drawing orthogonally
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2016-08-20 07:25 PM - last edited on 2023-05-24 08:37 AM by Rubia Torres
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
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2016-08-21 12:01 PM
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2016-08-21 06:04 PM
Dontknow wrote:I've been using guidelines since AC17, and didn't have any problems in that version. Somehow, that procedure seems to have become more finicky. I like guidelines because it avoids one-handed typing of distances.
Are you using your shift-key to keep your direction?
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
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2016-08-22 02:55 AM
if one element is slightly off, the following elements seem to auto orientate to that (off) one even when shift is depressed.
Usually you would pick it up, but if it is very slight it is an issue!
The only reliable way I've found to override it is to actually click on the perpendicular or parallel modifier first, then it seems to take up the new orientation.
FWIW there is a very neat label tool that has been shared that labels all non-orthogonal walls, which is very useful in this situation.
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2016-08-22 07:02 AM
I know this doesn't directly speak to your issue, but does showing Tracker help?
You at least get instant feedback that angles are off.
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2016-08-22 05:05 PM
rwallis wrote:Yes, I've actually been using this very helpful label by James Murray. It is telling that this problem seems to be common enough that he went to the trouble of creating a label for it!
FWIW there is a very neat label tool that has been shared that labels all non-orthogonal walls, which is very useful in this situation.
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
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2016-08-22 05:11 PM
Stress wrote:I always use the tracker. But it makes me wonder whether when I take my hand off of the mouse key to type a distance and hit Enter, if the slight vibration from the keyboard jiggles the mouse enough to nudge the cursor off the guide.
Richard:
I know this doesn't directly speak to your issue, but does showing Tracker help?
You at least get instant feedback that angles are off.
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
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2016-08-22 06:07 PM
Now, there seems to be ZERO stickiness and if you want something exactly on the guide line or snap guide, you HAVE to use the SHIFT key or the context menu "Lock to Guide Line/Snap Guide", which is confirmed in the documentation. I didn't realize this, so I guess the issue can be traced to "user error."
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2016-08-22 10:58 PM
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2016-08-24 12:03 AM
In the Work Environment there is a setting to control how far the cursor must be from an element to snap to it. The default cursor snap range is 5 pixels. On newer high resolution displays 5 pixels can equate to a very small portion of the screen. You might try increasing the number to see if it makes a difference in your experience with the cursor snapping to the guide lines.
Options > Work Environment > Input Constraints and Guides
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