Cant edit component

Baker518 · 9 Mar 2008, 04:14

Dont know if this is the right place for this or not, but here goes.

I opened a drawing I had been working on, selected a component to edit, I tried to right click to edit component and the focus was gone. I selected it again and went to the drop down and tried to edit it, same thing. I chose another component, same thing. I cant select a component to edit it. What has happened?

Mike

Anssi · 9 Mar 2008, 07:41

Most likely it is not a SU bug, but a graphics or mouse driver problem. Assuming that you are using a Windows PC. Try turning off Hardware Acceleration (Window>Preferences>OpenGL). If that helps, and your machine has a decent video card (ATI or Nvidia-based), you should try upgrading the driver software - turning off Hardware Acceleration slows SU down quite noticeably with all but the smallest model files. If you are using an Intel motherboard graphics solution, I would recommend installing a decent dedicated graphics card, if your computer has the option.

Anssi

Baker518 · 9 Mar 2008, 12:00

Thanks Anssi, I will give it a try.

Baker518 · 9 Mar 2008, 13:01

Neither suggested did any good. I even opened SU and created a new component and tried to edit it from the right click, it didnt work. The component will open if I left click twice on it but not from right click.

Mike

Anssi · 9 Mar 2008, 15:27

Mike,

For me it works like this:

When I right-click on a component with nothing selected, the menu appears.
When I select the component with a left click, and right-click while keeping the cursor pointing at the component (not its bounding box), the menu appears.
When I select the component with a left click or if it is otherwise selected, and I right-click elsewhere (in blank space or the bounding box), the focus is lost, and nothing happens
When I have an object selected, and I right-click with the cursor pointing at another object, the original object loses its focus, the new object gets selected and the context menu appears for that object.

This is different from, say, AutoCad, where you can right-click anywhere without losing your selection, but it seems to be with design.

Did you restart SU after changing the settings in the OpenGL dialog?

Anssi

Baker518 · 10 Mar 2008, 00:28

Anssi

I found out what was causing the problem: CLineAtFaceIntersection.rb

I removed it from the plugins and all is well once again.

Thanks for all the help

Mike