DAFlannery Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 suddenly i can see a particular drawing fine but parts of it, lines and dimensions can't be activated, the smart cursor cues show up but they can't be "activated" ???? VWA 9.5.1 OSX 10.1.3G4 Dual 1GHz 1.5 G Ram Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 Those objects are probably in a layer or class that is set to Show only and not modify. Go to Organize> Layer Options and see what is selected. If you have Show others, you will need to change that to Show Snap Modify Others. Same thing with Class Options. Quote Link to comment
DAFlannery Posted April 28, 2002 Author Share Posted April 28, 2002 That's what I thought, but it wasn. Nothing seemed to work so I abandoned the drawing and started over with a clipboard copy of what could be accessed! Quote Link to comment
buz Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Found this thread - seemed to speak to my problem so reactivated it. I have four layers visible and show snap modify others selected and yet - only the active layer can be snapped to. Whats with this? It's a far cry from modify others when i can't even snap to others. Everything I have read says this is not how it's intended to work. tfyh Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Buz, Are the other layers of different scale? If that is the case, you will not be able to snap to those objects. The snap to object feature is only valid if the objects reside in a layer of the same scale. Quote Link to comment
buz Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 The two layers were indeed diff scales, but after changing them to a common scale the show snap others and show snap modify others still do not work. Mac OS 9.2.1; VWA 9.5.2; Mac G4 450 and 256 mram edit: Feel pretty stupid sometimes - the layers were not the same view either. Works fine when the scale and view matches. Thanks for you help [ 07-09-2002: Message edited by: buz ] Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted July 9, 2002 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 9, 2002 The two layer modes:Show/Snap Others andShow/Snap/Modify Others work only if all the pertinent layers are of the same scale and in 2D view (Top/Plan View). HTH. Quote Link to comment
Carl Burns Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 I'm seeing this: When a layer-link is created, it takes on a class (say "A"). If class A is turned off, the specific objects in the drawing in class A will disappear, but the drawing (layerlink) as a whole will remain, but is inaccessible..can't be selected except by Custom Selection, regardless of layer/class options. -Carl Quote Link to comment
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