(Sketch) How can I select the endpoint which I want to select?

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In a sketch, two line segments intersect at one end of each, and I am trying to select an endpoint of one segment to change the length of it.
However, when I try to select an endpoint, only the endpoint of the other line segment responds, not the endpoint of the line segment I want to select.
Is there a function to solve this?
I am finding it difficult to properly handle overlapping lines on the same sketch in Shapr3D (for example, using the project function to merge two sketches can result in double or triple sketch lines, but it is difficult to remove the redundant lines)

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I am puzzled by this as well. According to a prior post asking a similar question, the solution is to select the line you want to move the endpoint of, and this will “bring it to the top”, so when you grab the end point (where multiple lines terminate), only that line’s endpoint is moved.
The problem is I cannot make that work properly no matter what I try on my iPad (have not tried on Windows version yet).
Anyone have a solution that they can show us?

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Once I find my pencil (always lost) I’ll try to record it.

This was the first thing I asked the forum.

Here’s the steps.

  1. Disconnect the Sketch, the link icon
  2. Get out of sketch
  3. Once out of sketch hover of the line you want to move.
  4. When you hover you will see it highlighted and now click on the endpoint and move pencil up
  5. When you confirm the endpoint is selected click on the end point again and drag.
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Thank you, it works!
The hover effect on the iPad was an eyesore, so I had turned it off.

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Thank you @SCALEMODEL! That perfectly solves it for SOME of the iPad users (those with M2 powered iPads and above)…
For a great many iPad users like myself, that do not fall into that category, pencil hover is not supported at all (and there are obliviously some users whose iPads do support Hover, but they prefer not to have it enabled.
Shaper team? How do we accomplish what the OP is asking without Hover?

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Here is with hover off

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Does this mean that before moving an endpoint, you touch the line segment to which it belongs? I could not reproduce this in my environment…

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The way you described it is correct.

So there is another method you can select the line and tap endpoint without releasing and drag.

Both method is very finicky, or need to be very precise on the endpoint selection, or is it pressure hard to say?

I can’t explain why but I can make it work and I can also make it not work makes no sense.

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This is the select and only drag endpoint.

First and last is just drag the second attempt was the first method I described select tap line and tap endpoint and tap again to drag. For me tap and tap again to drag is more natural vs straight to drag.

But either method is very finicky.

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Your operation movie was just the natural behavior I expected at first, and I tried many times with the expected behavior, but I just couldn’t get it to work that way. After all, I stretched the line segment longer than necessary and then trimmed it after the operation, or erased it and then redrew it…
Thanks anyway!

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Thanks again for your videos.
I actually was able to have it work as you show, but less than half the times I tried with Two lines. Just as often, it starts a new line, or just moves both.
With three or more lines terminating at the same point, I could not get the desired result at all.
Frustrating issue!

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I just tried on a Windows machine. Just as random as to success rate. Mostly not the correct/expected outcome…although at least the line tool doesn’t try to create a line instead…like often happens on the iPad! Is there any way to suppress the “auto selection” of the line tool? It is trying to be too smart for its own good.