Symbolical
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:55 am
I have some problems with symbols, I hope someone can provide a solution and/or tell me
it's a known bug.
Some symbols in the drawing don't allow their elements to be selected in the normal way.
For example, an intersection point will not appear when the mouse cursor is over it.
Sometimes it will appear when the cursor is some distance away and not right over the
point and other times it will never appear wherever the cursor is located. Other points on
the same symbol work perfectly as they should.
Also, trying to select a line as part of the drawing process (rather than selecting with the
hand tool) can be similarly hit or miss.
It is intensely frustrating when the drawing requires that part of the symbol be referenced
in this way, but you simply cannot do it, no matter what you try.
I also experienced a major hiccup today when trying to edit a symbol. It consisted of a
rounded rectangle enclosing a smaller rounded rectangle. When I tried to draw the outer
rectangle having selected a dotted line, it appeared correct in the symbol design window,
but when closing that and applying the changes, in the drawing the outer rectangle was
not displayed. Instead were 4 continuous lines, passing through the corner points of
where the outer rectangle ought to have been. When I changed the pen to solid black and
tried again, the outer rectangle (still correct in the symbol design window) appeared in the
drawing as an elipse.
I have also found that symbols that contain polyline objects (like rounded rectangle, or
oval/elipse), when rotated, will display correctly on screen, but both original and final
orientations are printed, which makes the drawing look a bit of a mess.
Anyone help with any of these?
it's a known bug.
Some symbols in the drawing don't allow their elements to be selected in the normal way.
For example, an intersection point will not appear when the mouse cursor is over it.
Sometimes it will appear when the cursor is some distance away and not right over the
point and other times it will never appear wherever the cursor is located. Other points on
the same symbol work perfectly as they should.
Also, trying to select a line as part of the drawing process (rather than selecting with the
hand tool) can be similarly hit or miss.
It is intensely frustrating when the drawing requires that part of the symbol be referenced
in this way, but you simply cannot do it, no matter what you try.
I also experienced a major hiccup today when trying to edit a symbol. It consisted of a
rounded rectangle enclosing a smaller rounded rectangle. When I tried to draw the outer
rectangle having selected a dotted line, it appeared correct in the symbol design window,
but when closing that and applying the changes, in the drawing the outer rectangle was
not displayed. Instead were 4 continuous lines, passing through the corner points of
where the outer rectangle ought to have been. When I changed the pen to solid black and
tried again, the outer rectangle (still correct in the symbol design window) appeared in the
drawing as an elipse.
I have also found that symbols that contain polyline objects (like rounded rectangle, or
oval/elipse), when rotated, will display correctly on screen, but both original and final
orientations are printed, which makes the drawing look a bit of a mess.
Anyone help with any of these?