1 Topic by c.hogg (edited by c.hogg 2025-09-04 13:09:52)

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Topic: New custom element

I have just created a new element and saved it.  I can place the element in the drawing , but after that I can not move it or edit it.  I can connect wires to it.

If I try to open it in the editor I just get a blank screen.  I have had a look at the element in a text editor and can not see anything obviously incorrect.

Does anyone have a solution for this so I can recover the element or does it have to be deleted and recreated.

Hi Scorpio810,

I started with ver. 0.9 and have now tried ver. 0.100-dev.  The only difference I can see is when placing a connection as mentioned below.

Please find attached the following;

"5axisbreakout.elmt", the element itself.

"Placing element", is the screen shot of me dragging the element on to the page.  the echo occurs after it has been placed.

"Element placed", is the screen shot after I de-select the element and move the page to refresh it.

"Making connection", is the screen shot of a connection being made.  In ver. 0.9 the image was not lost.

"Screen refresh", is a screen shot of the connection after refreshing the page with a mouse movement.

"Element editor", is a screen shot when I right click the element and select edit.  This is the only way I can get to the editor as the element can not be selected once it is placed.

Hope this helps

C.

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Attachment icon 5axisbreakout.elmt 93.58 kb, 14 downloads since 2025-09-04 

Attachment icon Element editor.png 69.53 kb, 2 downloads since 2025-09-04 

Attachment icon Element placed.png 147.94 kb, 2 downloads since 2025-09-04 

Attachment icon Making connection.png 159.32 kb, 2 downloads since 2025-09-04 

Attachment icon Placing element.png 171.37 kb, 2 downloads since 2025-09-04 

Attachment icon Screen refresh.png 156.31 kb, 2 downloads since 2025-09-04 

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Re: New custom element

Can you share your element?, just edit your previous post and share it.

BTW, what version of QET are you using it, I hope 0.100-dev, because  0.90 was very old now and can produce many crashes was  fixed since a long time in master branch alka 0100-dev..
Maybe right click on collection tree panel -> reload collection can solve your issue?

Please share more pictures for your problem.

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Re: New custom element

It's a very rare case but it happend to me about 3-4 years ago in my experience...

Analyzing your elmt :
- Value position contain like 2.95
- Value position contain nan

Why that can be happend :
- Transforming (Moving/Rotating) multiple different object (shape|text|terminal) in the same time (together)
- CopyPasting multiple different object (shape|text|terminal) in the same time (together)
- Initiating a new blank element at first by copypasting multiple different object from another element
- Moving/dragging multiple different object all almost done by mouse

How to avoid :
- Transforming and CopyPasting multiple different object(shape|text|terminal) separately
- Often to check value position like 2.00 is stable | 2.10 is oke | 2.11 is danger
- If you find an object but value position like 1e72324 fix it immediatly and dont copypaste from it and create similar in a new one
- Using arrow keys and change value box

How to resolve (Notepad) :
- change value like 2.95 to 3
- change value nan to any digit

How to resolve (QET Element Editor)
- After fixed it by notepad, open it in QET Element Editor and edit your element
OR
- Even it is fixed successfully, i suggest you strongly build a new one similar and dont copypaste
from your fixed element (personally it can be a nightmare for me)

Quick Tips :
-Build all shapes at first
-Add all texts after
-Add all terminals at last


hope this helps

Re: New custom element

use QET_ElementScaler to fix the problem with your Element-File:
From whatever reason two lines have no (first) point.

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