Vectorworks 2014 - Constraints/snapping to angles

[jonathan.etchells]

Hi all

I have just moved over from VW 2013 to VW 2014, and am struggling with something. It wasnt a problem on VW 2013, so i'm guessing there maybe a setting i need to adjust.

If i draw a line horizontally, and duplicate it to try and create a vertical line from one point (creating an L), the duplicated line won't snap to any angles! Not even horizontal or vertical. It only snaps to angles from the point which i pick up to move, rather than where the lines meet.

Has anyone experienced this, and know how to change it?

Thanks

[Benson Shaw]

the trick is to acquire the other end of the line as a snap point.

Drag the picked point to hover over the other end. When the snap is acquired, drag in desired direction. Extension lines will appear per angle snap settings.

-B

[simbob]

Yes, just another of the bugs with VW2014. Snapping and constraining in 2014 is massively flawed for some reason (apparently the lack of shift key constraining 90 degrees is a known bug!).

I just came on here looking for an answer to this same problem, trying to draw up a survey is impossible, employing the same example as Jonathan, the angle at which a line ends up is relative to the point you pick and not the point you wish to rotate around, which is useless as it requires you knowing the angle of a line end point in relation to the last line end point you drew, rather than the length of it.

Benson: unless i'm wrong your method works, but if you need to add a length to the line then it snaps back to the angle constraint.

I'm going back to 2013 if they don't sort this soon.

[jonathan.etchells]

Its very annoying, especially if you have been using that technique for the past 5 years!! Good to know its a known bug though, hopefully they can sort it sooner rather than later.

[Dubman]

Yes I have been having the same problem, sometimes the snap works & constraining to an X or Y axis while holding the shift key down works, they work intermittently. I also have no sound with the eye dropper tool, but have all other sounds. This tells me there is a bug somewhere. I've done a complete removal & reinstall from the downloaded software, but thinking I may try it again & reinstalling with the software CD disk to see if I get any difference. Its a very aggravating problem