Line & circle not functioning, can draw them but nothing 'stays'

Technical Problems SketchUp
#1

i select line tool and create a line, clk but not stays the line goes away, same with the circle tool
rectangle tool seems to work… strange, long time user but this i dont know. i am working in sketchup 16 pro, imac
os 10.11.5
:frowning:

#2

Could you by accident be drawing on a layer that isn’t visible?

But that wouldn’t explain why rectangle tool works, I suppose

#3

does it work in a new model?

john

#4

Can you tell us a bit more about the circumstances when it first started, and what you have already tried to fix it? Eg, was it in an existing model? Does it happen in a new model? Have you restarted SU ? Rebooted your machine?

#5

it just started, i opened and existing model to rework it and couldnt use the line tool, so i checked other tools. rectangle seems to function. i opened a new file and the line tool does not function nor the circle but the rectangle works idraw a line clk to set and the first segment does ‘register’ i have rebooted but same condition

#6

same same new file twice still no line or circle but lots of rectangles

#7

Faulty mouse, just possibly? I can’t think of anything else, unless SU program itself has got corrupted.

Try another mouse? Try uninstall and reinstall?

#8

restart your mac and see if that helps…

rarely needed, but it will fix some corruptions…

john

#9

interesting, i just open my sketchup on another machine and all works,
so ill go the reinstall route, that could be a good tactic tks john
and i checked the mouse it checks out, works on my other machine and other mouse (working) does the same thing

#10

i did a full uninstall and re install now all good,
strange days… thank you for advice /tips etc
back to work

#11

Glad for you that it is now fixed