Crossing Polygon gone!

[Merlin]

I've just started at a new office and been given a new copy of ver.2006 on a new computer, and I've been busy customising where I can ( they have their own customised stuff)....but one thing I find curious is that I can't invoke a crossing polygon (e.g. when trying a Stretch command). At the command line, after invoking the command, it displays "specify first corner". I normally would type "cp"; in this case I get "Invalid window specification". ...same if I type crossing polygon or whatever.

any ideas?

John Mc

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

The Stretch command was basically rewritten in AutoCAD 2006 ( a search within this forum will give you more information about that, if interested ).

With that said, "Crossing Polygon" should still work...

"Stretch AND Crossing AND Polygon" - 4 results obtained via Autodesk Discussion Groups "AutoCAD 2006".

Have a good one, Mike

[Brian Myers]

Hi
With that said, [/size]"Crossing Polygon" should still work...

As Mike said, it should still work. It works for myself and after about 45 minutes of searching I've yet to find a way it could be "turned off" or any errors that could cause this.


reinstall? *gulp*

[Merlin]

Thanks for the replies......I'll rummage around and find out someway.....I'll keep you posted when I find something. It is most curious

cheers,
John Mc

[Steve Johnson]

That's exactly what I would expect if you were using a macro that typed in the "C" for crossing for you. Because it's already in Crossing mode, it's too late to tell it to use the CP method.

[rkmcswain]

but one thing I find curious is that I can't invoke a crossing polygon (e.g. when trying a Stretch command). At the command line, after invoking the command, it displays "specify first corner". I normally would type "cp"; in this case I get "Invalid window specification". ...same if I type crossing polygon or whatever.
any ideas?
John Mc

Steve is right. Run the core stretch command by typing .STRETCH. Now type CP. It will work.

If you want this every time, use something like this:

(defun c:st ()
(command "._stretch" "_CP")
)

[Merlin]

Steve is right. Run the core stretch command by typing .STRETCH. Now type CP. It will work.

If you want this every time, use something like this:

(defun c:st ()
(command "._stretch" "_CP")
)

You were right on the money the money there!.....I typed the ".STRETCH" at the command line and was able to invoke the crossing polygon as per normal.....pardon my ignorance, but that string you supplied...where do I insert that?....not the .pgp file?
John Mc

[jaberwok]

Alternatively, find out what is redefining the Stretch command.
The "." in front of the name just means "use the inbuilt command" and ignores any redefinition.