The reference places an Equal bar on each object it joins; one glyph on
the first object only left the follower unmarked.
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Equal was applied through a generic gather-then-apply flow and, with the
default size-retaining solve mode, never changed anything: the solver
held both sizes and the relation could not be met. Now:
- GCEQUAL joins ECONSTRAINT and GEOMCONSTRAINT Equal; both objects are
picked inside the command (`Select first object or [Multiple]:`,
`Select second object:`; Multiple gathers `Select objects to make equal
to the first:`), a selection made beforehand is not used, a miss says
`No object found.` and re-asks, an unsupported object or the same object
twice is reported and re-asked, a repeat is refused.
- The follower is resized in place before the relation is added: a line or
straight polyline segment keeps its start and direction and its end
moves to the first object's length; a circle or arc keeps its center and
takes the radius.
- During edits the side that is not being edited follows the same rule:
its size is not retained, its start (or center) and other vertices are
held and its direction kept, so only its length or radius changes; a
chain of Equal relations follows along.
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The solver cannot start from an axis lying exactly across the datum: the
distance and direction equations are singular there, so a horizontal line,
a text at 0 degrees or an ellipse whose major axis is horizontal stayed
put when Vertical was applied. The command now turns the object about its
anchor (line start, picked segment's first vertex, text insertion point,
ellipse center) onto the axis first — a polyline moves only the segment's
end vertex — and lets the constraint hold what already fits. Two points on
one entity follow the same rule about the first point.
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1) VCONSTRAINT (and the new GCVERTICAL name) uses the axis constraint flow:
"Select an object or [2Points] <2Points>:", 2Points mode with the
reference's re-prompts and messages, and the same object types as
Horizontal — line, polyline segment, text, MText, ellipse axis.
2) Object mode turns the object about its first vertex; a two-point relation
across two objects slides the second object rigidly onto the axis.
3) Re-applying an axis constraint reports that the constraint already
exists; Vertical follows the UCS Y direction.
4) The constraint bar draws Vertical as the reference's axis mark, with the
point marker for a two-point relation.
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7) The constraint bar draws Fix as a padlock instead of the letter F: a
white lock with a small orange point marker when one point is held, a
red lock when a whole curve or polyline segment is held.
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1) FXCONSTRAINT (and the new GCFIX name) prompts "Select point or [Object]
<Object>:" — a pick fixes that constraint point; Enter or O asks for one
line, polyline segment, circle, arc, ellipse or spline; misses and
unsupported objects report the reference messages and re-prompt.
2) Point, block, text, MText, attribute and table insertion points are
addressable constraint points.
3) Re-applying Fixed to the same point or object reports that the constraint
already exists instead of adding a duplicate.
4) A persistent Fixed holds its pre-edit geometry through MOVE, ROTATE,
SCALE, STRETCH, grip and Properties edits: fixed points stay, free points
of a partly fixed entity follow the edit, and size retention skips fixed
entities.
5) Object mode on a polyline fixes the picked segment (natively persisted)
instead of the whole polyline; arc segments pin endpoints, center and
radius.
6) Ribbon label "Fix" with a padlock icon.
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