No Geometry for line object?

[Richard Bullen]

> > Scenario: Crated a rectangular object on a blank document. Added a  
> > line,
> > but started it within the rectangle. Positioned the line within the
> > rectangle using magnets on the rectangle. Duplicated the line and
> > positioned it, again using magnets.
> >
> > Problem: First line shows the geometry metrics grayed out with no  
> > data.
> > The second line shows the geometry metrics as expected. Why would
the
> > first line not  have any geometry metrics?
> 
>   I would guess that the first line is actually connected to the  
> magnet, but the second one is just floating there, without any actual  
> connections. This makes sense as the line that is connected gets it's  
> geometry from the objects that it is connected to. As an example, if  
> you had two objects and a line connecting them what should happen  
> when you alter the geometry of that line? Should the objects move or  
> should the line just disconnect from one of the objects, and then  
> which one? And what happens if there is a whole network of objects,  
> and then locked objects, etc...
>   The short of it is I think that this is the correct behavior.
> 
> --
>       Karl Kuehn
>           larkost at softhome.net


Hi Karl:

Thanks for the help. Yes that makes sense. The only detail to note for
anyone else who has this problem is that the rectangular object had no
magnets when it was first created. However, when the line was created on
top of the rectangle it attached itself to the middle of the rectangular
object, which I seem to recall is the correct behavior.

So the solution seems to be to create the object without anything under
it and position afterward.

Richard Bullen