Novapoint Railway: Alignement Design: CRASHES on TRIM/EXSTEND commands

[bcattoor]

Context

When the user uses the build in AutoCAD commands TRIM/EXTEND, and hoovers the cursor in the proximity of an open alignement, fatal errors are common to occur. This leads to big frustrations with the users.

• los of design data
• multiple hours of work are lost by this bug

Information

Name	Value
Software version NVP	20.05.FP2a
Software version AutoCAD	2017
Module name	ea: RAILWAY
OS	Windows 7
Reported by	TUC rail (Hans / Olivier)
Vianova tracking number	749716

Expected Behaviour

No more crashes when using the TRIM or EXTEND commands in conjunction of an open alignement.

Actual Behaviour

Crashes occur on a regular basis.

Possible Fix/work around

FIX As u can see in the screenshot, the software reports a LOCK VIOLATION, should not be that hard to find.

Workaround:

• When using the TRIM/EXTEND command, close all open alignements.

Steps to Reproduce

1. There is no consistent maner of reproducing this error. It occurs at random.

Context

Make sure to have an open alignement (or multiple), and use the TRIM/EXTEND functions on normal AutoCAD entity's.

[bcattoor]

An answer has been provided by Vianova Systems Benelux:

From Chris Dheere — Vianova Systems Benelux BVBA Dit is een gekend probleem en doorgegeven aan ontwikkeling. Men gaat kijken of dit nog kan worden opgelost en geïntegreerd voor FP3.

Als ik hierover nieuws heb, laat ik iets weten.

Summary of response:

• Problem acknowledged
• Solution will be offered in feature pack 3
• He will inform us when there is a solution is available

[bcattoor]

Should now be fixed within release NP20.0x FP4.

Gert Rombaut — Vianova Systems Benelux BVBA 23 Aug 2017 Dag Bjorn,

Dit ticket is opgelost in NP20.0x FP4!

Met vriendelijke groeten, Gert Rombaut - Vianova Systems Benelux

TicketID: 749716