AutoCAD: Secrets Every User

Should Know
Chapter 11: AutoCAD Puzzlers
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Puzzler 1: Disappearing
Preview

Current Layer Is Turned Off

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Puzzler 2: Broken Absolute

Coordinates

DYNPICOORDS
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Puzzler 3: Lost Hatch

Boundary

PICKSTYLE
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Puzzler 4: Hatch Edit Problems

HPASSOC
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Puzzler 5: Entities Stuck on

Layer

Set PICKFIRST to 1
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Puzzler 6: Disabled Viewport

Locking

Set PICKFIRST to 1
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Puzzler 7: Broken Delete Key

Set PICKFIRST to 1
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Puzzler 8: Can't Add Entities

Set PICKADD to 1
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Puzzler 9: Can't Match

Properties of Dense Hatch

(setenv "MaxHatch" "1000000")

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Puzzler 10: Missing Folders

(startapp "notepad" (findfile

"acad.lin")
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Puzzler 11: Not in the Working

Set

Close REFEDIT - REFCLOSE

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Puzzler 12: Upgrade Breaks

AutoLISP Program

There Is a JOIN Command Now

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Puzzler 13: Fix for LISP

Temporary

PEDITACCEPT is ON

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Puzzler 14: The 30-Inch

Building

Set DIMASSOC to 2
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Puzzler 15: Mysterious Line

Lengths

Different Elevations - FLATTEN

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Puzzler 16: Missing Linetypes

Enable Linetype Generation

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Puzzler 17: Blocks Scale

Themselves

Insertion Units Are in FEET

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Puzzler 18: Which Entity Came

First?

Check Order of Handles in DXF

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Puzzler 19: Can't Turn on

Toolbars

-TOOLBAR -->STANDARD->Show
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Puzzler 21: Tiny Dimensions

Set DIMSCALE to 0
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Puzzler 22: Tiny Dimension

Text

Set Text Style Height to 0

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Puzzler 23: Sideways Text

MTEXTED=OldEditor in 2006
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Puzzler 24: Can't Select

Viewport

Viewport Is on Defpoints Layer,

and Layer 0 Is Frozen
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Puzzler 25: No More Warnings

Set EXPERT to 0
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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

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Puzzler 27: Unextrudable

Polyline

BOUNDARY
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Puzzler 28: Which Variable

Changed?

Environment Variables Aren't in

HELP; Do a Web Search
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Puzzler 29: Blown Up Batting

Change Entity's LTSCALE or

Create Blocks
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Puzzler 30: Dimension

Override Nightmare

Express Tool DIMREASSOC

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Puzzler 31: Entities upon

Entities

Express Tool OVERKILL

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Puzzler 32: Can't Call

OVERKILL from LISP

Not a Native AutoCAD

Command (C:OVERKILL)
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Puzzler 33: No CHSPACE

COPYBASE --> PASTEBLOCK

--> 'SPACETRANS
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Puzzler 34: Invisible Block

Can Define an Empty Block -Redefine and Erase

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Puzzler 35: Bound XRef Blows

Up

Do a BIND Type BIND --> Avoid

Name STANDARD in Future
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