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AutoCAD Chapter 11: Puzzlers Guide

This document discusses 35 puzzlers or problems that users may encounter in AutoCAD and provides solutions for each one. Some common issues covered include disappearing previews, broken coordinates, lost hatch boundaries, and more. The solutions provided aim to explain the cause of each problem and how to address it, such as by changing system variables, command options, or using other AutoCAD tools and features.

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AutoCAD Chapter 11: Puzzlers Guide

This document discusses 35 puzzlers or problems that users may encounter in AutoCAD and provides solutions for each one. Some common issues covered include disappearing previews, broken coordinates, lost hatch boundaries, and more. The solutions provided aim to explain the cause of each problem and how to address it, such as by changing system variables, command options, or using other AutoCAD tools and features.

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AutoCAD: Secrets Every User

Should Know
Chapter 11: AutoCAD Puzzlers
1

Puzzler 1: Disappearing
Preview

Current Layer Is Turned Off


2

Puzzler 2: Broken Absolute


Coordinates

DYNPICOORDS
3

Puzzler 3: Lost Hatch


Boundary

PICKSTYLE
4

Puzzler 4: Hatch Edit Problems

HPASSOC
5

Puzzler 5: Entities Stuck on


Layer

Set PICKFIRST to 1
6

Puzzler 6: Disabled Viewport


Locking

Set PICKFIRST to 1
7

Puzzler 7: Broken Delete Key

Set PICKFIRST to 1
8

Puzzler 8: Can't Add Entities

Set PICKADD to 1
9

Puzzler 9: Can't Match


Properties of Dense Hatch

(setenv "MaxHatch" "1000000")


10

Puzzler 10: Missing Folders

(startapp "notepad" (findfile


"acad.lin")
11

Puzzler 11: Not in the Working


Set

Close REFEDIT - REFCLOSE


12

Puzzler 12: Upgrade Breaks


AutoLISP Program

There Is a JOIN Command Now


13

Puzzler 13: Fix for LISP


Temporary

PEDITACCEPT is ON

14

Puzzler 14: The 30-Inch


Building

Set DIMASSOC to 2
15

Puzzler 15: Mysterious Line


Lengths

Different Elevations - FLATTEN


16

Puzzler 16: Missing Linetypes

Enable Linetype Generation


17

Puzzler 17: Blocks Scale


Themselves

Insertion Units Are in FEET


18

Puzzler 18: Which Entity Came


First?

Check Order of Handles in DXF


19

Puzzler 19: Can't Turn on


Toolbars

-TOOLBAR -->STANDARD->Show
20

Puzzler 21: Tiny Dimensions

Set DIMSCALE to 0
21

Puzzler 22: Tiny Dimension


Text

Set Text Style Height to 0


22

Puzzler 23: Sideways Text

MTEXTED=OldEditor in 2006
23

Puzzler 24: Can't Select


Viewport

Viewport Is on Defpoints Layer,


and Layer 0 Is Frozen
24

Puzzler 25: No More Warnings

Set EXPERT to 0
25

Puzzler 26: Which File


Format?
AC1004
AC1006
AC1009
AC1012
AC1014
AC1015
AC1018
AC1021

R9
R10
R11/12
R13
R14/14.01
AutoCAD R2000/2000i/2002
AutoCAD R2004/2005/2006
AutoCAD R2007/2008/2009

Open DWG in NOTEPAD


26

Puzzler 27: Unextrudable


Polyline

BOUNDARY
27

Puzzler 28: Which Variable


Changed?

Environment Variables Aren't in


HELP; Do a Web Search
28

Puzzler 29: Blown Up Batting

Change Entity's LTSCALE or


Create Blocks
29

Puzzler 30: Dimension


Override Nightmare

Express Tool DIMREASSOC


30

Puzzler 31: Entities upon


Entities

Express Tool OVERKILL


31

Puzzler 32: Can't Call


OVERKILL from LISP

Not a Native AutoCAD


Command (C:OVERKILL)
32

Puzzler 33: No CHSPACE

COPYBASE --> PASTEBLOCK


--> 'SPACETRANS
33

Puzzler 34: Invisible Block

Can Define an Empty Block -Redefine and Erase


34

Puzzler 35: Bound XRef Blows


Up

Do a BIND Type BIND --> Avoid


Name STANDARD in Future
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