Is there any reason for not being able to enter nodes on automation line?

1 - make sure the edit filter isn't set to clips and that it's addressing the envelope in question
2 - you should never need to activate Write Enable to draw nodes

This is not operator mistake I am talking about. It stops to accept nodes. It must be a glitch that needs to be addressed. It is just me, or anybody else experienced it? Thank you.

Well- it is hard to enter node some time when it too close. I wish the line was thinner. But it is even harder when it not accepting nodes. What is it- does it depends on what track selected? Why is red W button has a red line over it? Is there a reason it not accepting nodes, or it is a glitch?
 

vladasyn
This is not operator mistake I am talking about. It stops to accept nodes. It must be a glitch that needs to be addressed. It is just me, or anybody else experienced it? Thank you.

I'm not saying it's just you, but I can enter nodes freely on any part of an existing envelope completely without any issues.
 
One thing - Try it with Snap to Grid switched off, this might help.

I had to bring this thread up to avoid starting new one. The problem is still present. Out of blue moon I can not enter new nodes. Some time restarting Sonar solves it for a while, some time it does not. When entering new nodes, the W button on the module at the top of the page where Solo and Mute buttons located (not on track but where the transport is) lights up red, it has red line across it. The W button on the track turns red half, and W on take line turns red as well, and node is not entering. This is frustrating- I have to continuously restart Sonar and now even that does not solve it.  

See if this helps. I think when you say "pencil tool" you mean the Draw tool (i.e., not the pencil icon that shows up with the Smart tool). It is confusing that the Draw tool and the Smart Tool in pencil mode have the same icon because they do not work the same way.
 
I'm pretty sure if you start drawing with the Draw tool (i.e., click and drag), you'll draw nodes. This tool is for drawing and creating freehand or periodic automation shapes. The Smart tool in pencil mode is for entering nodes for the purpose of doing "rubber band" automation changes, where changing the node position changes the position of the lines that define the automation. You can't draw freehand with the Smart tool in pencil mode, and you can't do rubber band automation with the Draw tool in freehand draw mode.
 
You could try a feature request that the Draw tool also be able to create individual nodes, but I don't know how difficult or easy it would be for one tool to cross over into the functionality of a different tool. That's a Noel question.
 
BTW - I rolled back to Gloucester to see if there was some kind of recent change, but Gloucester behaved the same way.

I have had this issue.

I must have created well over two hundred nodes yesterday when doing some extensive automation on a project with zero problems of this nature. And yes, I used the Smart tool throughout.