snap to symbols

[niokka]

I have updated my VW version from 8.5.2 to 10.1, and now I can not snap to symbols anymore

when I go with the mouse on a Symbol I can only snap to center (sometimes)

Does anybody else has this problem??

[Guest -dom-]

I remember there was this little bug in VW 10.x where you was not able to klick or snap on this poins of a Symbol that includes grouped 3D Objects. But only then, when these Symbols was inserted the first time (it means not saved before) from a not-opened-favorite. In 10.5 this is fixed.

Puhh! hoping it is possible to understand that english

Maybe there could be some other reasons like:

Layer and Class Options should be adjusted to Show/Snap/(Modify others)It is also not possible to snap on Object on other Layers with different Layer scale or Layers with other Views(3D)

[MullinRJ]

Giorgio,

Are you drafting in 2D or 3D when the problem occurs? Are you in Top/Plan view?

I draft mostly in 2D. Often, when I lose snapping to symbols or groups, resetting the view to Top/Plan fixes the problem. I am not sure why the view changes, but it does. The fix is quick, so I ignore the problem and go on. I am not sure it will help you, but it is easy to check.

Best wishes,

Raymond

[niokka]

First of all Sorry for my english ......

I've checked everything, I'm in a top/plan view, with 2D symbols, only one layer on a new file, the super super basic situation

This is what happens, I draw a rectangle and made him became a symbol, at this point it only snap to the center of each side or "align" to them but it's not possible to snap to point.

I work with "trusses" symbols and I need to put together all the pieces, with this problem I'm getting crazy

I've been clear enough? ........ I hope

(maybe I will pass to version 10.5, but here in Italy it will cost me 50 more Euro, sic)

[jan15]

Giorgio, I noticed your post a few days ago, because I had just found the same problem as you -- I was unable to snap to, nor get cursor cues for, points inside symbols. This was in version 10.0.0 under Windows 2000. In the past I was always able to do that.

I didn't have time to figure out what was wrong, so I just switched to version 8, working on a version 8 export from the original file.

Then, today, I returned to the original file, unaltered since that time, and opened it in version 10.0.0, and the problem was no longer there!

And then I remembered that someone else reported the same problem last June, at http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=002871

It was an enigma. Noone could really help.

The only solution anyone could suggest was selecting "Top/Plan" view. But I didn't do that to correct the problem I had a few days ago. The problem simply went away by itself.

[niokka]

Thanks a lot jan15,

I think I've found the solution (I hope)

the problem occurs when you have a rectangle inside a symbol, if you want to snap to it (correct?) you have to transform it into a poligon, then it works.

ciao

[jan15]

I tried what you suggested, Giorgio, but for me it didn't make any difference whether the rectangle was converted to a polygon.

However, in the process of trying it I discovered something else that may have some bearing on this. When I first tried to grab a constraint point, I couldn't, and so I thought the problem had come back. But then I waited, with my cursor hovered over the constraint point, and eventually the cursor cue appeared! Maybe that was what happened before, only I didn't wait long enough. It took a couple of seconds.

My machine is running extremely slowly right now. I have several graphics programs open, plus the web browser, and I think something got out of order. I'm going to re-boot Windows and try again.

[jan15]

(follow-up)

As expected, re-booting speeded up the machine and eliminated the problem of not being able to grab constraint points inside symbols.