[Type Shapes] Creating shapes causes freezes

[Karl DD]

This is a bug with the Area class in the Java Geometry API. Type shapes merges shapes together and uses these classes to do so.

The bug, as decribed here: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bu ... id=4667078 results in OutofMemory Errors.

It happens often enough to be annoying and will make Alchemy freeze or become unresponsive. The alternative may be to switch to using this library: http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/jtshome.htm

[Karl DD]

This bug is still present in the Alpha 002 release from time to time when using the 'Auto-generate' button. For now you can get around it by using the mouse/keyboard to create shapes rather than the auto-generate feature.