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    Origin and line midpoints not turning green

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    05-21-2012 08:15 PM

    for some silly reason all of a sudden when i create a circle on the origin  it is not turning green and constraining the circle to it. Also when i am creating a line from the midpoint of another line the midpoint is not turning green and the line is not constrained to that point. Anybody have any ideas? I have checked the autoproject origin box in the appl settings and it is active.

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-21-2012 09:12 PM in reply to: mattfurches

    Check that your Constraint Persistants and Constraint Inferance have not been turned off. Enter Sketch mode, from the Constraint drop-down menu make sure that they are selected.

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 04:44 AM in reply to: blair

    i have checked the persistence and it is on. Anybody else?

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 05:03 AM in reply to: mattfurches

    In the same "Constrain" pull-down, click Constraint Options and verify that coincident and midpoint are checked. 



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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 05:11 AM in reply to: patrick.miller
    In my constrain drop down box i dont have an options button.
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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 05:13 AM in reply to: mattfurches

    While in sketch environment right click in the graphics window and select Constraint Options.

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 05:21 AM in reply to: mattfurches

    Does the attached image help?

     

    I have been having similar problems, but it is quite random and only seems to happen at certain zoom levels. Sometimes I'm able to attach to the midpoints etc... as per normal, and sometimes the mouse becomes a little erratic and I cannot always select the point or line directly.

     

    Although the points usually do show and change color as expected.

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    05-22-2012 10:07 AM in reply to: trumpy81

    it was the contraint options. for some unknown reason all the options had become unchecked. thanks for the help.

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    Re: Origin and line midpoints not turning green

    11-16-2012 02:00 AM in reply to: mattfurches

    right click --->constraint options ---->select all ----->apply.

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