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by MagnusOfSweden » Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:37 am
Hello,
I have a related issue, and searching the forum I cannot find any answers. Neither the Building nor the Building Part seems to be working properly when you use Transform to move and rotate them.
In my drawing, I first prepared a group containing all 1th floor items, e.g. walls, slabs, roof, furniture (as part objects). I then added new groups within that first floor group, one for each room, to contain room-based features such as furniture,closets, kitchen utilities (mainly part objects and walls). I then added another group for the 2nd floor and one group for the outdoor parts (patios etc. as slabs and columns). This structure allows my drawing to be easily investigated and extended, by hiding the appropriate groups and focusing on the relevant parts of my drawing.
When my house drawing now is 90% ready, I would like to start modeling my plot, comprising different buildings, such as a garage, pump house, small-size cottage, and eventually the plot of land itself (as a mesh) since my real-life plot has 3 different levels including slopes, boulders, trees etc. Also, since my plot borders doesn't have 90 degrees angles, and the different buildings are not placed in straight angles related to each other (rotated some 10-15 degrees), I thought of using the Building object, and move that around in 3D using the Transform tool.
So, first I create the building by selecting all groups and then click on the Building object. So far, so good, and I can hide the whole building using "space". Next, I select the building in the Combo View, right-click and select Transform. Now I have the 3-Arrows to move and 3-Dots to rotate visible on my screen. I then try to move and rotate, but the building does not move with the transform tool. So, I move it in X, and Y, rotate it 45 degrees and press OK, but the building still doesn't move on the screen. However, I can see this movement in the properties Angle and Placement of the Building, but it does not move the object on the screen. When I select the Top-view, all objects inside the building has not changed the angle, nor have they moved. The building is still located in a straight North-South orientation.
There are no errors or other new messages created in the Report view after this operation.
What am I doing wrong?
Best regards Magnus
My release is:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.18760 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: ef73ab5f3a330d3c44138f23290f8c9f7a334caf
Python version: 3.7.3
Qt version: 5.12.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: Swedish/Sweden (sv_SE)