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Title: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: a_gunslinger on January 18, 2021, 08:57:28 PM
Hello.  I have these occassional green boxes that appear.  And when I try to move another box into it, near it, around it it wont allow it or forces my placement into all kinds of wacky unintended positions.  Is this a Master definition.  Regardless, how can I remove these when encountered.  TY!



Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: Paul Herber on January 18, 2021, 09:08:54 PM
Can you attach an example file?
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: a_gunslinger on January 19, 2021, 12:49:47 AM
Sure thing.  Thanks for the reply.  An example of strange behavior is:


Thanks for any input.
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: Croc on January 19, 2021, 08:17:40 AM
Errors in this drawing are due to inaccurate handling of containers.
Green box is a remnant of a deleted container "Classic" type. Most likely, you first tried using this container, then deleted it and started using "Plain" containers. But there was garbage after removal. (See Classic.685 shape.)
Another garbage residue is the Sheet.1808 shape. You can find it using the Drawing Explorer tool.
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: a_gunslinger on January 19, 2021, 06:28:23 PM
Interesting.  Are they simply deletable once found using the Drawing Explorer Box?  Really appreciate the input.
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: Croc on January 19, 2021, 07:35:16 PM
Sheet.1808 is empty, so you can easily delete it.
But Classic.685 contains other shapes that will be removed along with it. Therefore, you first need to remove the contained shapes from the container, then remove the container and return the shapes back. See the animated gif.
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: Croc on January 19, 2021, 07:36:40 PM
Sorry, the file is too large. Now I'll find where to put it.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uM-g7rer4JuG5boF-qkTYGt0DbT5LWvF/view?usp=sharing
Title: Re: What is this green box that fights me so much?
Post by: a_gunslinger on January 19, 2021, 07:51:17 PM
Thank you very much!  Extememly helpful.  Probably helpful to other new users as well.  I dont even actually recall having specified those specific ones, thought I was using the default basic shapes.