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    • JoelM3DMJ Offline
      JoelM3DM
      last edited by JoelM3DM

      I just figured this out! I'm writing this out, cause it might help others. This was my initial question:

      I need some help with a very simple question...

      What could be the reason for lines to vanish after I draw them? I have Edges showing and their color Auto, but after I use the tool, they aren't there anymore.
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      I tried everything, then I figured out the reason. Somehow I had changed the setting in Preferences for how a line is drawn. I was used to click-move-click. It was set to click-drag!

      || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
      || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
        last edited by

        Hi, Joel:
        I would guess it is your OpenGL settings, but this is based on an experience with disappearing selection box.
        Hopefully someone else can verify?

        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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        • Wo3DanW Offline
          Wo3Dan
          last edited by

          @joelm3dm said:

          ...... What could be the reason for lines to vanish after I draw them? I have Edges showing and their color Auto, but after I use the tool, they aren't there anymore.

          Could be an OpenGL issue as mentioned by Mitcorb.
          But to stay with a correctly working SketchUp, do you have an active section plane facing up? If you have disables showing the plane itself, it is possible to draw edges that seem to disappear right after having drawn them. Even with edges ON.

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          • JoelM3DMJ Offline
            JoelM3DM
            last edited by

            Nope, there are no section cuts. Sometimes the problem is repeatable. Sometimes not. Try this little file below. If I draw a line from one circle to the other, the line vanishes. If I try drawing the line elsewhere and there's no problem at all.

            Maybe I'm going nuts. (If I keep trying, I probably will 😄

            Here, take a look at this...


            gg00.skp

            || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
            || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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            • Wo3DanW Offline
              Wo3Dan
              last edited by

              @joelm3dm said:

              ....Try this little file below. If I draw a line from one circle to the other, the line vanishes. If I try drawing the line elsewhere and there's no problem at all. ...

              I can't draw any lines that disappear by themselfs. Neither outside nor inside group's environment.

              b.t.w. your drawing axes are upside down. Right click on one to reset them. Not that I think that this makes any difference in the "vanishing edges" issue.

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