Hi Margie, The psychedelic circles seems to be a recently added feature in PotLatch.
Press j to get rid of the circles which will also join the ends together to make an area. Nick. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Margie Roswell <[email protected]> wrote: > When I do this, I get a "Click to unlock" note, and all sorts of > animated blinking circles around nodes. I really don't get what's > going on there. > > Also, the new area seems to be a way rather than an area. > > Once I understand what's going on, I can make a little screencast to > explain it... but can't do it, until I understand it. > > Here's what works: > create an area > press p > choose 0 offset > that's when the unlock note, and the animated blinking circles appear > I can move the item, and indeed, I see two, but the new one has a > blinking node, as well. > > Even when I click unlock, the blinking nodes appear, and both objects > turn into ways rather than areas. > > Can anyone explain? > > Margie > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nick Austin wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Is there a copy way command in Potlatch. >>>> I have multiple buildings of the same size & it's a bit labourious to >>>> draw them all individually. >>>> >>> >>> Here's a sneaky way... >>> Use the 'p' function (Parallel Way), choosing an offset of 0. >>> This creates two identical locked copies of the way. >>> Click on the way again which should select one of copies and drag it >>> sideways. >>> Click on the way again to get the second copy and also drag it sideways. >>> Now unlock whichever of the copies that you want to keep. >>> >>> Nick. >> Ah, of course. Ishould have worked that out myself. Thanks >> >> Dave F. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newbies mailing list _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
