willofmaine Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Using the dimension tool when editing the profile of an extrude keeps causing VW to crash, without fail. Has anyone else experienced this? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I just tried it. VW allows the dimension tool to be used, but doesn't permit exiting the profile with a dimension object still in the profile. No crash... mk Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Thanks. Not sure what the problem is, then. I didn't try to exit the profile with the dimension in it; it crashes as soon as the dimension's drawn. Even in a blank (non-template) file. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 What if you change the default font before you draw the dimension object. Could you have a corrupted font? mk Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 I was just using Arial; switching to Helvetica made no difference. Neither did fixing permissions or restarting my computer. I guess I just won't measure in extrudes; maybe a call to Tech Support is in order... Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Does it matter if you are in screen plane or layer plane? Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Actually, it does. With the possible exception of drawing the profile and extruding it in Top/Plan view, if: I draw the profile and extrude it in Layer Plane, and edit it in Layer Plane, it crashes upon dimensioning. Drawing & extruding, and then editing, in other combinations (Layer/Screen, Screen/Screen, Screen/Layer) don't seem to be a problem... Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Will, Dimension objects are not extrudable so it is not surprising that it causes problems. If all you want to do is check dimensions try using the Tape Measure tool instead. It now works in 3D space. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Illegal objects in an extrude profile should kick out a dialog box offering to delete all the offending objects, not crash the application. I still can't get it to happen. I just get the above mentioned dialog box with the kind offer to delete. Does it matter if you have "Display Screen Objects" un/selected in the Unified View options? And are you really using 10.4.11? It looks like they recommend 10.5.7 or higher. http://www.vectorworks.net/designer/sysreq.php Maybe that's got something to do with it. mk Edited January 10, 2012 by michaelk Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'll try to remember the tape measure tool; amazingly, I've so far at least remembered not to use the dim tool in extrudes... Changing "Display Screen Objects" and/or changing Unified View didn't make a difference. No!!!!! 10.6.8... Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Which, so far, runs VW 2008 without any problem, other than imported PDFs... Quote Link to comment
Assembly Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Or just use the line tool and check it's length. Or rectangle tool to see x &y at same time. Quote Link to comment
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