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Line selection and direction change (line normal?) functionality issue.

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:58:34 GMT

Normally, one could select an arrow to change the normal direction of a line feature as drive geometry for a contour.

This is not the case as of yesterday (after an update). I need this functionality NOW. Is there a new control for this??

PLEASE HELP

Re: Line selection and direction change (line normal?) functionality issue.

ryan.bales — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:10:41 GMT

We'd likely need to see the design to look at the contour. Typically there is a reason why it wont select as one continuous contour. The behavior hasn't changed and from what I can tell in the screenshot you have 12 individual contours selected so each contour will have its own direction arrow.

Re: Line selection and direction change (line normal?) functionality issue.

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:24:05 GMT

Yeah, this isn't news to me. What I'm literally saying is that I do this everyday, and the function of selecting (flipping) a line segment normal is a regular activity. It doesn't matter if it's one line, or a chain of segments, the fact is that it's not working now, and it WAS working yesterday morning.

Re: Line selection and direction change (line normal?) functionality issue.

ryan.bales — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:39:55 GMT

So that's what i'm saying, its working as expected on both my macOS and Win10 computers. Either something broke in your update or its more esoteric like the mouse or the actual contour/chain. I've tested it on any design i can and its all working normally.

I would suggest first restarting Fusion or the computer and seeing if there is any difference. I dislike recommending a reinstall but it might come to that. Again i could look at the design - but if its every design there would be no point.

Re: Line selection and direction change (line normal?) functionality issue.

seth.madore — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:03:22 GMT

@Anonymous I cry a little inside when I see users who make a dozen selections for something that should be just one contour selection. Do you know the easier way to select this contour?
Press the ALT key. Make a selection at the beginning of where you want the chain to be. Hover over that entity, it should turn red when. Select it again, this will pop open a box. Add onto the chain, thus creating one single selection