topic Stretch command glitch? in AutoCAD LT Forum

Stretch command glitch?

steveYEJ6T — Thu, 02 May 2019 14:41:35 GMT

I have recently noticed that the stretch command now seems to fail if you zoom or pan after you have made your selection and selected a base point (as I recall, it only used to fail if you zoomed before selecting the base point). This is very frustrating when you need to find a particular snap point to stretch to that requires a zoom. I am currently working on tracing a point cloud and need to zoom out to start the stretch outwith the clip frame of the cloud and can't then zoom in to find the point I need to stretch to.

Is this a glitch just in my machine/installation, or is anyone else experiencing this?

Re: Stretch command glitch?

pendean — Thu, 02 May 2019 17:17:29 GMT

Hasn't it always had that limitation?

Re: Stretch command glitch?

steveYEJ6T — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:00:30 GMT

No, it would fail if you zoomed after selecting a crossing but not after you selected the base point.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

steveYEJ6T — Sun, 05 May 2019 18:55:17 GMT

After a restart, it seems to mostly have stopped on its own. The only issues that seem to persist is it still occasionally happens, when tracing and adjusting lines over point clouds.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

steveYEJ6T — Fri, 31 May 2019 10:25:52 GMT

Problem back again although intermittent, but in drawing with no point clouds present. Seem to switch between three modes:

1: won't stretch anything if you move after selection

2: will stretch only the selected grips remaining in view after zooming, i.e. will make a vertical/line slop etc. (admittedly as I recall this used to be a common issue)

3: will stretch all the items selected as intended.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

RobDraw — Fri, 31 May 2019 11:52:47 GMT

I can't replicate the behavior.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

pendean — Fri, 31 May 2019 12:31:04 GMT

>>>...although intermittent...<<<
There is no permanent cure for something you cannot recreate on demand 10% of the time (and neither can we): "intermittent" usually means you might have simply overlooked something very obvious and unique for that moment, it happens to all of us. Take the time and dig deeper, or just start the process over again. Its what we all do too.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

steveYEJ6T — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:19:59 GMT

Problem seems to happen in some drawings but not in others, so would appear to be a setting that is drawing specific rather than universal across autocad

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Re: Stretch command glitch?

arxtek — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:42:20 GMT

I am having similar problems. Solidcad checked what I was doing, and it seems that due to the drawing being in "shaded mode", things like this fail. When switched back to simple wireframe, all was good. Thank you, SolidCad.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

MarkRitter2022 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:17:03 GMT

This problem has been driving me nuts! Thank you for finding that out...I switched to 2D wireframe, no more problem! Was stretching and had to zoom in and out to use point filters.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

ktedder — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:25:20 GMT

Thank you - was about ready to re-install. No trouble with trim after swapping back to 2d wireframe as well.

Re: Stretch command glitch?

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:57:36 GMT

Thanks so much for this fix.

This issue has been driving me crazy over the years, it would glitch in some drawings and not others and could never figure out why. Choosing 2D Wireframe seems to solve it. I must have switched away from 2D Wireframe accidentally and not noticed that was the problem.