CE Upd. 14: Cell isn't placed at snap point!

Hi Anders,

Anders W said:

Anyone who can confirm this critical problem?

I am not able to repeat your issue. Honestly, your workflow description is a bit vague: It's not clear what type of snap (difference between AccuSnap and old style snap) is used when. Maybe some video can help?

In my opinion U14 works fine:

• When AccuSnap is used, the cell is placed at the snap place: at the end point (when snapped) or at the cursor location (when snap point is not located).
• When old style (left + right mouse button) snap is used, the cell is placed always at the snapped place.

Regards,

  Jan

Hi Jan

Thank you very much for your test and reply.
Sorry for the vague description - there isn't any difference between AccuSnap and old style snap (same problem). Since yesterday I have done some further investigation and I have done som testing on other pc's.
Apperently it seems to be related to if I'm using either keyin: "Place Cell Icon" or "Place Cell" AND it isn't an issue on all the pc's!
If I'm use keyin "Place Cell" there isn't any problem at all (in any cases)!
But if I'm using keyin "Place Cell Icon" the cell will be misplaced on some few pc's. But as soon as I'm using "Place Cell" everything works fine ...until I restarts MicroStation. As far as I can se the place cell tool in the Ribbon bar uses the "Place Cell Icon" kyein.
So the problem isn't crystal clear anymore and it seems that this is related to the pc (Windows) ...good for Bentley but harder for me to narrow down and fix the problem on all pc's.

Best regards

Anders

Hi Jan

Thank you very much for your test and reply.
Sorry for the vague description - there isn't any difference between AccuSnap and old style snap (same problem). Since yesterday I have done some further investigation and I have done som testing on other pc's.
Apperently it seems to be related to if I'm using either keyin: "Place Cell Icon" or "Place Cell" AND it isn't an issue on all the pc's!
If I'm use keyin "Place Cell" there isn't any problem at all (in any cases)!
But if I'm using keyin "Place Cell Icon" the cell will be misplaced on some few pc's. But as soon as I'm using "Place Cell" everything works fine ...until I restarts MicroStation. As far as I can se the place cell tool in the Ribbon bar uses the "Place Cell Icon" kyein.
So the problem isn't crystal clear anymore and it seems that this is related to the pc (Windows) ...good for Bentley but harder for me to narrow down and fix the problem on all pc's.

Best regards

Anders

Anders W said:

So the problem isn't crystal clear anymore and it seems that this is related to the pc (Windows)

You can try to restore MicroStation defaults.

Is your installation clean install or it's an upgrade from U13? Maybe upf file has been corrupted.

Regards,

  Jan

Thanks for your suggestions.
It's an upgrade from Update 13 ...I'll try to delete the upf and maybe restore defaults if it isn't the .upf who is causing the problems. I hope to test this later today.

Regards

Anders

Hi Anders, I can't reproduce this issue either with the few cell I could test. Please let me know if the issue persists. You could try a clean install if possible to rule out any problems that may have incurred during the upgrade.

Thanks,

Hi Jan and Marco

It looks like it was the preference file who was causing the problems. With a new .upf it seems to work well ...silly that I didn't thought about this until Jan mentioned it - the .upf is still an old and classic trouble maker ;-)
Thanks for the tests and replies.

Best regards

Anders

Anders

It is also worth noting that each version of CE it is advisable to update the UPF seed file to the new version and recreate the UPF .  They are version specific

Although the current UPF files will work, it can lead to unknown issues, so good house keeping is to recreate them

Ian