new build issues

Windows 7, 8 GB of memory, Carlson 2012 build 120524, ICAD 7.1.1644.53233.p

1. Insert a block takes numerous attempts to get to work
2. Draw plan sheet (profile menu) crashes all the way to the desktop without an error submission screen
3. Concrete (Conc) Hatch doesn't work

I loaded the latest patch on my office computer I operated most of the day with not to many problems. As the day progressed I could sense the computer was slowing down in response time. Several of the little irritations mentioned in my earlier post occurred, but it did not cause any crashes. However, later in the day I had a quick crash, where the problem screen just closes without warning.


I am also having difficulty getting the wipeout, attached to a custom symbol, to operate correctly. I cannot get the symbol, with a wipeout, to appear in the correct order. I have opened  a job where the structure works and I have tried cut & paste the symbol without success.


Often I will open a job , a layout tab or  zoom the screen screen,  the text will all go askew. It also can happen when I insert a symbol. The problem disappears when I go the text style screen and select one item and the close.

On going Problems

I am having issues with the following
For no particular reason some commands are not being recognised and I will have an error such as
Unable to recognize command "isolate".  Please try again
I may have used the command several times previously and then without any discernible event the error comes up. Often the command will return to use by changing between screens or different jobs.

UNDO reliability...

Version info: Intellicad 7.1.1644.53233.P

I have often noticed UNDO does not produce the expected result.  I have a suspicion the problem might be related to the use of the ESC key to cancel commands or hit while no command is active? Here is a recent list of commands executed, I wanted to go back and change the radius used for the FILLET:

• POLYLINE
• FILLET
• EXPLODE
• ERASE
• ERASE
• TRIM
• PEDIT (join)
• PEDIT (accidentally issued - cancelled)

And now the command output copied from the command window:

Command: u
Undo: (EDITPLINE)
Command:
_U
Undo: (Unknown group)
Command:
_U
Undo: (EDITPLINE)
Command:
_U
Undo: (Unknown group)
Command:
_U
Undo: (TRIM)
Command:
_U
Undo: (ERASE)
Command:
_U
Undo: (ERASE)
Command:
_U
Undo: (EXPLODE)

The problem I have is by the time the EXPLODE was undone the polyline was gone from the drawing.

Next I tried to repeat it and this time the arc from the exploded polyline remained, could be selected and _DELETE continued to report it found one entity as I tried several time to delete it. Finally I issued a REGEN and the arc disappeared. Still the original polyline does not exist.

Okay, I have just done another test with the log file on and a script recording. I'll send them in via email to see if they are any help.

Is anyone else noticing anything odd with UNDO?

Toolbars restored oddly...

This morning when I first started Carlson the toolbars were restored in a strange manner. Each toolbar on its own line. As far as I can tell the shutdown yesterday was normal. Once I repositioned the toolbars they are again restored as expected in subsequent restarts.

Here is an image of the first restore:

and here is how they are normally:

Not sure if it is helpful and since the toolbars are restored properly again it is not an issue just a noteworthy oddity. ;-)

Edit to add version: Intellicad 7.1.1644.53233.P

Select layer from library issue...

There seems to be a wee problem with selecting a layer from the layer library when accessed while editing a field to finish code definition.

• Draw Field to Finish
• Edit Codes
• Edit Field Code Definition
• Set Main Layer (Select Layer dialog)
• Library

When I first hit the Library button the Select Layer dialog will not dismiss. I am able to dismiss the lower dialogs and get back to a command prompt.

As I cancel I have found the layer library dialog. On another occasion when I try the same operation again immediately I see the layer library dialog in place of the Select Layer dialog.

Tried with Carlson (120524) Intellicad 7.1.1644.53233.P.

Regards,

Greg

Loading linetypes...

Intellicad Version: 7.2.1116.53013.P.VC9.x86.Alpha

Contents of test linetype file:
*DITCHL2,Ditch Left ----- L ----- L ----- L ----- L -----
A,20.,-1.,["L",ROMANS,S=1.5,R=0.0,X=-.6,Y=-.75],-1.
*DITCHR2,Ditch Right ----- R ----- R ----- R ----- R -----
A,20.,-1.,["R",ROMANS,S=1.5,R=0.0,X=-.7,Y=-.75],-1.

Attempting to load the file by hitting the Load button in the Linetype Manager dialog then browsing to the folder and selecting the file results in an error message:
Invalid file content. Please check the file and try again.

Loading the same file works when the command is run without the Linetype Manager dialog:

1. -LINETYPE
2. LOAD
3. ~
4. Browse to folder and pick file using dialog.

Response is All linetypes are loaded from the selected file. And now the linetypes are listed in the Linetype Manager.

==========================================
Intellicad Version: 7.1.1644.53233.P

I am unable to load the test file at all. The test style does exist in the drawing.

Regards,

Greg

Create linetype file...

Version: 7.2.1116.53013.P.VC9.x86.Alpha

Attempted to create a new linetype file using -LTYPE command. The file name selection dialog does not accept a file name is the file does not exist. It is not possible to create a new file this way.

Regards,

Greg

Small update is posted

We have found and fixed a crash problem introduced in Monday's update.

If you downloaded and installed build posted on Monday, please run All Programs->Carlson Software->Carlson 2012 with IntelliCAD 7.1, Check for update to fix it or simply re-apply the patch.

The corrected version is 120524, which can be verified by checking Help->About Carlson.

Sorry for the inconvenience. 

New PUBLIC build is posted

We have posted an update for Carlson 2012 with IntelliCAD 7.1 on the blog and on the public site today (same version is in both locations right now). 

http://update.carlsonsw.com/updates.php?product=Carlson&version=2012 

More major fixes include: 

- Zoom on locked viewports 

- Save format option is not respected 

- Improved entity highlighting on complex linetypes 

- False low memory messages 

- Regen not performed when thawing inserts 

- Entity properties leading to hang application under some conditions 

- Several more crash and deadlock scenarios are fixed 

Lots of clean up work is based on your crash submissions, please submit them if you experience crash, this really helps to clean up the problems.

Entity properties toolbar show frozen layer...

Intellicad 7.1.1636.52167.P

Given:

• overlaid 2d and 3d geometry with identical positions in XY plane
• 2d and 3d geometry on different layers
• the 3d geometry is "on top" from an entity selection perspective
• the layer with the 3d geometry is frozen
• neither 2d or 3d layer are current
• use mouse to select an entity a 2d entity

For me, the layer displayed on the entity properties toolbar is the frozen 3d layer while the correct layer is displayed in the properties panel.

Toolbar icon...

Intellicad 7.2.1116.53013.P.VC9.x86.Alpha

Once a pressed-state or grayed-state variable has been set it seems they cannot be deleted. The values can be changed but not removed.

If a toolbar button is in it's grayed-state it cannot be selected to customize.

Extract Archive File

When I attempt to extract an archived zip file I get the following error
Error -1995: failed to extract atchive
Check that folder Wed May 16 17:18:42 2012 has write permissions

I can extract the files without a problem outside of Carlson.

I am still getting incorrect folders created in my Drawing Explorer. I can remove them using change directory, then after some time more will have been created

Solution to mouse stickiness

Here is a suggestion our support specialist Brian Harris shared with me and I think it makes sense: Currently IntelliCAD has a selection preview (entity under the cursor highlight) turned on most of the time. Unfortunately this increases the drag (stickiness) of the mouse. Brian suggested changing current default for system variable SELECTIONPREVIEW from 3 to 2, which means highlight in the command, but not while you are just at the command line. So - type SELECTIONPREVIEW, hit Enter and set it to 2. Of course if you want it off all together - just set it to 0. Hope this helps, Leonid

Point Name Length bug

I had created some points using screen pick and automatic numbering, and had a rather long alphanumeric point name (9 characters). I found that the only points that were saved to my coordinate file were number 1-9.
I didn't get any error messages, the rest just didn't save.
I tried to update the crd file from drawing, and got an error for each point.
I then deleted all the points that didn't save and went back to Draw-Locate Points > Screen Pick, and when I tried to set the Starting Point Number, I couldn't enter the last digit.
I believe that my points were not saved because the alphanumeric code I used exceeded the space allowed for the point name.
I think that the allowed character limit should be greater than 9, especially using alphanumeric numbering, and I certainly believe that there should have been some error pop-up to warn me that if I exceeded the allowed character space that the points would not be saved in my crd file.

anyone having trouble with tangent line from circle.
such as line stays on same side even though I switch Left/Right using the select entities

Inserting Images

Having some trouble with inserting aerial photos - tiff images with a tfw georeference file.

The images come in really large.  I have the scale and position prompts off so it is just importing the image per the TFW file with no manual positioning or scaling.

Did the same thing with the same files in Carlson 2012  Icad 6.6  - and the problem does not occur.

Cheers
John

Anyone having trouble with the offset command not working on labeled lines?

Backup to custom location

Following earlier post regarding printing problems I have isolated a link to the quick crashes. A crash which has no warning and occurs just at the click of a mouse with no error screens or crash reports is linked to my configuration for the backup directory. I had set the backup to be stored in a folder within my data drive. I had the time set to 15 minutes for backups. The crash was occuring very close to the backup period. I changed the time and the crash followed. I have now directed the backup folder to the default doc & sett sub folder and the crashes stopped.

HATCHEDIT...

Intellicad 7.1.1636.52167.P

When using dialog version of HATCHEDIT I do not see the options for recreating the hatch boundary or setting the origin point.

I see the commandline version -HATCHEDIT does support both of these functions. One thing to note is the recreated boundary entities are created with layer set to 0 and not the current layer. I think it should be set to the current layer.

Printing issues

I cannot get the print function to behave correctly. I have used two different printers drivers, one a plotter and the other a pdf document converter. With the plotter it will not recognised the plotters ability to send to a image program so as the sheets can be arranged for plotting, and the document converter just cannot get an image. If I go back to ver 6.6 I plot without a problem. The plotter is a Canon IPF750 and the document converter is Universal Document Converter.

Associative Hatch and PICKSTYLE

I have PICKSTYLE set to 3 and when I pick a hatch the boundary entities are not selected with it. If I select the hatch with a crossing window it does select all entities the hatch is associated with. I think with PICKSTYLE=3 a single click on the hatch entity should select hatch and all associated entities.

Properties Panel : Hatch Entity

The properties panel does not display the associativity or island detection properties. This is not critical since HATCHEDIT allows me to change both. Properties are easier when changing associativity or island detection for multiple hatches.

Layer Inspector Issues

I've had some issues with Layer Inspector in the 120408 release.
With it open, using the mouse wheel to zoom in or out with the cursor in the view window sometimes zooms properly, and sometimes scrolls through the layer list, seemingly at random.
Also, trying to drag the top of the layer inspector window upward to view more layers resulted in a duplicate window halfway up the screen that pushed the original window down when I tried to return it to the previous position.

Been stable for a couple days

Been using new build for a couple days , and been fairly stable . Seems that it is a production build so far. Few issues but not major .

Quick Profile - Path Disappears

Leonid:

When I generate a quick profile by drawing a polyline on the screen the trail disappears on each click and only the current line segment is visible.

It would be good if the whole path was shown.

Cheers
John

Object Snap Toolbar

Hi, the buttons on the Object Snap toolbar did not have the pressed state configured. Might have been as a result of something I have done. Just thought I would point it out in case it is missing from the standard install. I have configured the pressed state variables for each button here now.

Feature request

Now how about being able to copy columns or rows from excel and paste them into the point editor?

I work a lot with data from different sources and programs, most of them can export txt files but often I have to work on sorting or changing the data in some way so a great next step would be to just copy paste right into icad.

CHSPACE

CHSPACE is not safe with undo. The first time I tried the entity was kind of stuck in no mans land. It was in paper space but could not be selected with window methods. The only way to select it was with two clicks on it. The next attempt (after a restart) ended with the entity properly restored to model space but a second attempt to use CHSPACE on the entity after changing the view twist failed.

Build 120408 :

Crashed during copy to clipboard
Crashed during 3d  window viewer
Panning is very slow
will not end shutting down
USC reset itself during trimming a curve.