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      leezzzz
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      Try as I may, I cannot use the line tool successfully with Sketchup 7 and Leopard. I've tried re-downloading and installing Sketchup 7, all to no avail. Sketchup is virtually useless without use of the line tool. My cursor lights up the starting and ending points with the line drawn, but when I click the mouse, the line disappears.

      Lee

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        remus
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        Sounds like a possible display problem. Have you tried going sketchup->preferences->opengl and then un-ticking hardware acceleration?

        Oh, and what sort of mac are you on?

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          leezzzz
          last edited by

          Mine is an iMac 4,1. I tried the preference change you suggested and, on a new screen, the problem still exists. I do not have this problem with Sketchup 7 on my old Powerbook laptop which does not have Leopard. My preference is to work on my larger-screen iMac, but cannot do so if the line tool does not draw lines....

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            remus
            last edited by

            could you try un-ticking fast feedback as well?

            The last thing i can think of is to make sure youve got the latest drivers for your graphics card.

            If none of that works, im stumped.

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              leezzzz
              last edited by

              I think I'm on to something: the problem seems to be with the "click-drag-release" drawing option. Going to "auto detect" and "click-drag-click" I was able to draw lines. I find "click-drag-click" to be a bit of a "drag", so to speak, but the "auto-detect" option seems nice, although I'm not sure what to expect with that option.

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                remus
                last edited by

                That would do it 😛

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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