Compose bug?

[Gaia Matt]

Hi,

I was just trying to compose two polygons together in a drawing, but the compose function didn't seem to work. I made sure that the points were carefully connected together. But still no joy.

However when I tried composing two polygons in another (new document) then the compose function worked fine.

For some reason this problem only occurs with polygons and polylines, not lines.

Does anyone know what is happening with compose / experienced the same problems?

Matt

[IanH]

What version of Vectorworks?

[Gaia Matt]

2009 for the mac

[Ray Libby]

Try posting the file here and we'll take a look.

[Gaia Matt]

I have just tried uploading the file, but its huge!

11mb in size when its just got 2 simple polygons within it.

Any clues / suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Matt

[Ray Libby]

Try copying them and paste them into a new document.

[Gaia Matt]

I just hit purge (even though there was nothing else there) and managed to get the size down to 100k. So here it is, many thanks.

Matt

[IanH]

There is something odd about working in that file. Adding two new open polygons it seems unable to compose them too. A different file, all is well. Add surface works though.

I would also be worried about the huge file. If its a brand new file, your default template is likely to be the culprit.

I was wondering if it was to do with the scale, but a similar file with same scale is working fine.

[Gaia Matt]

Ok - thanks for the advice. I tried an alternative template (VW2009 default) and it seemed to work, that is until I tried it a few times, and once again I couldn't compose the polygons.

What seemed even stranger was that when I moved the polygons closer to the centre of the workspace, they would compose, but move them away from the centre of the workspace and they will not compose.

[Ray Libby]

I would say you have a corrupt file. I would trash that file and start over in another one.

Why not trace over the polygons with the polygon tool?

[CS1]

What happens if you convert the two polygons to lines, then select all lines and compose.

[Dieter @ DWorks]

Or you can try to reset the user origin to the original intern origin of vw. All calculations becomes too complex when working way off center.

One good tip: Never change the origin! Let the user origin be at the location of the intern origin.