Bug

Managing the AutoCAD Recent Documents List

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AutoCAD
Civil 3D
Bug
Recent Documents
MRU

Does your AutoCAD recent file list work for you, or does it fill up with seemingly random .DST (sheet set) files instead of the last .DWG files that you worked on? The latter is documented all over the Autodesk forums, here is one such thread, dated back to 2008 (yes, it has been an issue for that long). In another thread, Jeff Mishler from Quux Software has provided a standalone application (at no cost) to help you manage your recent documents list.

The AutoCAD Recent Documents List Manager allows you to select and remove items from this list easily. Below is a screen shot of this app.

By rkmcswain at Thu, 06/13/2013 - 07:50

AutoCAD & Civil 3D Bug List

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Bug
AutoCAD
Civil 3D

I am starting a list of known bugs in Civil 3D here. Some of these may be inherited through AutoCAD.

Product Version Description Addressed?
Civil 3D 2013 When you insert a point from the Survey database, it automatically zooms you to that point. But the zoom level is way too small (viewsize = 0.0002). There is no way to control this. No
Civil 3D 2013 Drawing files listed in the Sheet Set manager on the Model Files tab, are listed in seemingly random order and there is no way to sort them. Update: This only appears under certain conditions. No
Civil 3D 2013 With the system variable "Startup" set to 1, when you start Civil 3D and select a sheet set from the list of recent files, Civil 3D will continue to open, but the sheet set is not loaded in the SSM palette. No
Civil 3D 2013 With the system variable "Startup" set to 2, start Civil 3D and open a sheet set from the recent files on the application menu. Try to open a drawing from the SSM (Civil 3D is still in a zero-document state at this point). Multiple fatal errors ensue. No
Civil 3D 2013 With the following system varibles set like this [Startup = 1, SSMAUTOOPEN = 1, SSLOCATE = 1], if you select a .dwg file to open from the startup dialog, the .dwg file opens fine, but the related sheet set (if any) does not load in the SSM palette. No
Civil 3D 2013 The recent files list in the application menu, and in the Startup dialog box (if enabled) always floats sheet set files (.dst) to the top (even old ones), forcing recent .dwg files off the list. No
Civil 3D 2013 Under certain conditions, when switching from a layout to model space, the ucs in MS changes by itself. Fixed in 2013 SP1
Civil 3D 2013 If you click a column header to sort the parcel listing in the prospector, the list disappears. More info and a workaround here. No.
Civil 3D 2013 When plotting from model space, and using the window selection method, if you zoom with the scroll wheel while picking your window in the graphics window, you get an error and have to press ESC several times to get out of a loop. Some people report that the loop is impossible to get out without killing AutoCAD. No.
Civil 3D 2013 Under certain conditions, layer names in the layer properties manager palette (LayerDlgMode = 1) will be seemingly 'double-spaced'. Closing and opening the layer properties manager palette will generally restore the smaller spacing between layer names. Forum post with screenshots. No
Civil 3D 2013 If you open a drawing that contains only a dynamic block, you are prompted to go directly into the block editor. If you make changes to the block definition and click "Save Block", then "Close Block Editor", the block editor _and_ the drawing closes, without saving your changes. No
       

 

By rkmcswain at Mon, 04/01/2013 - 12:19

Civil 3D Parcel Sorting

Tags: 
Civil 3D
Parcels
Sort
Bug
Regedit

There is a bug in Civil 3D 2013 that occurs when you try to sort the parcels in the Prospector. Normally, you can click on a column header and sort the table by that column, but if you do this with Parcels, the entire list goes away. Closing and restarting Civil 3D does not help, and neither does rebooting the entire machine. Here is a before and after screen shot. Notice the little sort arrow in the Name header does not appear in the Before shot, but it does appear after clicking on the Name header in the After shot.

By rkmcswain at Tue, 12/18/2012 - 12:02

Civil 3D Toolspace missing tabs

Tags: 
Civil 3D
Bug

If you are working in Civil 3D 2011, and you look up and you are missing the Prospector and Settings tabs in your Toolspace, then you are not alone. I've been experiencing this problem for months now. It wasn't until AU class CM316-2U (AutoCAD® CUI: Tricks and Traps), that I found out what is causing the problem. How did this come up in a CUI class? This was an unconference class where the discussion was driven by the participants, and the problem was mentioned by Barbara Piper, who had figured out that it is the PREVIEW command that causes this behavior to occur.

Here is the normal Toolspace, and then the incomplete one after running the PREVIEW command.
   

You can restore them by clicking in the correct icon (twice) in the Palettes Panel of the Home tab of the Ribbon. Notice that the buttons are all depressed (indicated by the blue background) showing that the Prospector and Settings tabs are visible, even though they are not. That is why you have to click it twice.

In my tests, you only have to do this once per session of Civil 3D, since subsequent executions of the PREVIEW command do not affect the toolspace.

By rkmcswain at Wed, 12/08/2010 - 06:20

 

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