On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:30:05 +0100, Jeff wrote:


Firstly it is not 'drag, drop& move'; it is click, drag& drop! Try
reading the Help a little more closely, you will find that it says:

"The next thing to do is add a voltage-source. While still in Add-mode,
click the 'Source button' (right of the 'Wire button'). Next click and
hold down your left mouse-button somewhere in the picture-box. At the
current mouse-pointer position a new source-object is displayed. Drag
the source-object to the middle of the second wire, just between the two
lower wires-ends of the feedline and release the mouse-button. When
properly positioned a new source is now added."

It does not work as described, when inserting a source on a dipole
wire in the center segment, one of the first things to do in Example1.


w.


Utter Rubbish!!! It works EXACTLY as described!!!

Hold down the left mouse button, drag the source to the segment where
you wish it to be, release the button - exactly as described!!!

Activate the source & add button, then click on the middle segment
and expect the source symbol to appear there.
It appears but vanishes in an instant leaving a highlighted segment.
If the sideways motion is not performed, you do not get it.
You have to pull it and that is counterintuitive.
The above description may be correct in that you have to pull
the object. After having worked with dozens of CAD programs
I did not expect such a trap.
Many users claim similar difficulties, the internet is full of them.
Honestly, who reads all the help files, hundreds of pages?


I know there are people who think every bug is a feature.
Those people do not live from their own work,
somebody else must pay for their living.

It took me 3 days to learn 4nec2 because of a long list of "features"
including data loss and program crashes. "Notify the author"
it suddenly says. The user sits there "What did I do wrong?"
which is a nagging question actually when the fault lies elsewhere.

All that counts is WALL CLOCK TIME.
But it's free.

w.