Locked Component Bug

bmike

@tig said:

Dang nabbit!
I get the same problem too...
A hidden bug for the techies...
I've reported it to the powers that be.

Thanks.

Noticed it with the Mirror plugin... windowed a bunch of stuff, and that locked item mirrored too.
Thought it was maybe due to the plugin, but tried it with Move, and there we go.

thomthom

@bmike said:

Noticed it with the Mirror plugin... windowed a bunch of stuff, and that locked item mirrored too.
Thought it was maybe due to the plugin, but tried it with Move, and there we go.

The API let you move locked entities... so developers should really be checking the .locked? flag before transforming or modifying anything. I say flag - since that's all it is - nothing is being enforced on SketchUp's side.

bmike

@thomthom said:

@bmike said:

Noticed it with the Mirror plugin... windowed a bunch of stuff, and that locked item mirrored too.
Thought it was maybe due to the plugin, but tried it with Move, and there we go.

The API let you move locked entities... so developers should really be checking the .locked? flag before transforming or modifying anything. I say flag - since that's all it is - nothing is being enforced on SketchUp's side.

Interesting, if I try what I did in the video, but use 'move - copy' - the locked components stay put.
Something wrong in the back end with the Move command.

I'll have to try various plugins. I know the version that I'm running of TIGs 'Mirror' does this.

-Mike

bmike

[flash=640,480:81969qn3]http://www.youtube.com/v/AQrNxCOZZuQ[/flash:81969qn3]

Copy works properly. Rotate as well.
Just move that is a glitch.

Also shown here with TIGs 'Mirror' (just updated to his recent, to be sure).

bmike

Trimblers:

I should note that this is a big glitch.

I often move items away and back, when working on them. To have a locked component be able to be moved or modified in any way could really screw up the accuracy of ones model.

TIG

I reported it as a serious problem.

I can fix my Mirror tool's similar issue relatively easily... watch for an update...

TIG

My Mirror tool is now fixed - thanks for spotting it...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=276512#p276512

bmike

@tig said:

My Mirror tool is now fixed - thanks for spotting it...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=276512#p276512

Thanks TIG!

Dave R

Mike, until it gets fixed, and since Move+Copy doesn't seem to have this problem, perhaps you could try my work flow for working on components? When I need to work on a component that is obscured by others I always move out a copy and edit that. when I'm finished I simply get out of edit mode and then delete it. This saves me the trouble of putting the component back where it came from.

bmike

@dave r said:

Mike, until it gets fixed, and since Move+Copy doesn't seem to have this problem, perhaps you could try my work flow for working on components? When I need to work on a component that is obscured by others I always move out a copy and edit that. when I'm finished I simply get out of edit mode and then delete it. This saves me the trouble of putting the component back where it came from.

I do that often as well. I am more concerned about accidentally shifting something that should be locked when I do move / copy / etc.

bmike

This appears to have been corrected in the latest release.

bmike

Never mind. Not working properly now... weird.
Will test some more.