Cannot use hinge or hinge align tool on any parts in LDD 4.3.5?

[OneMoreBrick]

Hi Everyone,

I am having problems with the align and hinge align tools in a newly installed copy of 4.3.5.

For a hinge manipulation:

I can select the tool and the mouse Icon changes, but no hinge targets show up on my pieces. I dont get the subsequent controls to move or rotate etc

For a hinge align manipulation

I can sleect the tool and the icon changes, I can select my first point of the alignment pair and i see the radiating arrows. I cannot select another point anywhere.

It does not seem to matter what parts, what order they are dropped where I click, or which mode (extended etc) Im in.

Anybody got any suggestions? Surely I've missed something really dumb because I seem to be the only one having trouble with these tools...

Machine is a Lenovo W520 running Win7, Nvidia drivers 266.96 (a bit old I know. Could update but it's not the first thing I want to try cos the Lenovos are flaky), Open GL 4.1.0

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

[Calabar]

Could you post some screenshot and an example .lxf file we can test for you?

[DLuders]

@ OneMoreBrick: Welcome to Eurobricks! Perhaps these YouTube videos (showing the LDD Hinge Tool) would help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLNwoaSS9c

[OneMoreBrick]

Thanks for the replies.

In terms of an lxf, thanks for the offer but it's not working with two bricks, let alone a more complex solution between parts.

Those YouTube clips look pretty familiar :( Referring to the first one, I can click the first axle hole and the arrows appear the same way. When I click the second location all that happens is the first set of green arrows disappears. No red arrows etc to indicate invalid geometry.

The procedure is: select tool, click first location on first part (i.e. axel hole) then click second location on second part isn't it?

No key modifiers? I've tried shift, ctrl clicks etc

Thanks.

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Could you post some screenshot

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Ill try some when I get back to my machine, thanks.

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Could you post some screenshot

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Ill try some when I get back to my machine, thanks.

[OneMoreBrick]

ok it looks like I was starting at the wrong point. You cannot place two bricks and then hinge align them. You can create a series of connections between bricks then you can use the tools when there are already connecitons between some bricks. I didnt realise you needed a peg or simlar for LDD to recognise what to hinge around. I thought thats what you were doing by clicking the axle hole.

I will be back in future, just maybe with a different user name.....

Thanks for your help, and thanks for providing such a cool forum :)