Locked Component Bug

bmike · 9 Aug 2012, 18:22

@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 · 9 Aug 2012, 18:46

@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 · 9 Aug 2012, 18:56

@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 · 9 Aug 2012, 19:10

[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 · 9 Aug 2012, 19:12

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 · 9 Aug 2012, 21:17

I reported it as a serious problem.

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

TIG · 9 Aug 2012, 22:36

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

bmike · 9 Aug 2012, 23:48

@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 · 10 Aug 2012, 02:00

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 · 10 Aug 2012, 16:33

@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 · 6 Sept 2012, 14:00

This appears to have been corrected in the latest release.

bmike · 6 Sept 2012, 16:26

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