@halroach said:
Hi Mark,
Regarding the units not displaying correctly, does this happen with all the Flex components from the toolbar? Or with other dynamic components?
In order for wall cutting to work correctly when placing a window from the toolbar, it will automatically glue to the surface plane it is FIRST placed on.
a. It is easiest to place the window anywhere on the wall you need it to be on, and then scale and move it to it's exact location.
b. If you need to copy the window around, try with copy and paste. When it is pasted it will again try to glue to the surface that is under your mouse (repeat a. above).
Very much appreciate your quick reply to help me use this very powerful extension tool correctly. My system is an iMac with macOS Catalina, running SU-2021-Pro (v21.1.331)
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After more testing, measurement units are correct (for me in inches) except when I first tried to place a "fixed window" that was oriented along the X-red and Y-blue axis, onto a non-coplaner wall surface that was rotated 45-degs away from the X (red) axis. I had hoped the FlexTools component would automatically orient itself to the 45-deg wall surface under the cursor, but it didn't. The new "fixed window" dynamic component didn't really stick because the wall and window were not in the same plane. I rotated the "fixed window" 45-degs to match the wall surface (also a component). At that point when I inspected the "fixed window" DC attributes(?) the dimensions were metric. Since then the few FlexTools DC's I've inspected did correctly show imperial units in inches, same as my model's units.
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As an inexperienced user, cutting a clearance hole in my test wall using FlexTools "fixed window" is still a hit or miss task. My test wall: a component, is only 3/8" thick composed of two surfaces, however when I dragged the "Fixed Window" FlexTools icon from the toolbar and placed it onto a test wall that was co-planer it did stick to the wall surface, however no hole was cut. Enabling the "Wall Cutter Tool" --> [Convert to Wall Cutter] did not show any immediate results. A hole for the new window only appeared in the wall when I moved the window and then unexpectedly a second new hole also appeared in the 45-deg rotated wall in the spot where I had attempted to add the window after rotating it 45-degs to match the wall rotation. In the "Wall Cutter Tool" window when I clicked --> [Convert Back to Normal] the new window disappeared entirely, .... then clicking --> [Convert to Wall Cutter] the new window component re-appeared but oriented flat on the ground plane .... very odd behavior. What I am most concerned about: in using the FlexTools "Wall Cutter Tool" will random component holes become inserted in various surfaces, perhaps those not currently in view and I will only discover them after saving my model, when getting back to previous model versions without the unintended "window holes" is more difficult ?
a) OK, but what is the correct procedure for placing FlexTools DCs onto non-global-axis planer surfaces which I need to do in my model since some important surfaces need windows and are rotated 45-degs ?
I have attached a screenshot that shows my two test wall surfaces and the results of experiments with the beveled top fixed window DC. At one point FlexTools created (4) cutout holes when only one was expected. The window on the ground plane was the result as described above trying to using the "Wall Cutter Tool" --> [convert to Wall Cutter] followed by --> [Convert back to normal].
Thank-you again for your reply.
![Use of "Wall Cutter Tool" --> [Convert] button gives unexpected results](/uploads/imported_attachments/qO3r_ScreenShot2022-02-21at11.26.59PM.png "Use of "Wall Cutter Tool" --> [Convert] button gives unexpected results")