AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

I have some 12 years experience with AutoCAD. And today the weirdest thing happened; the delete button on my keyboard works fine (tested on other programs), but on my AutoCAD 2012 it no longer erases selected objects. then I tried to edit text by double-clicking my mouse, and nothing happened. So, I then verified my options to make sure that the box was checked under the tab user preferences; and it was. Also, if I select any line on my drawing, I used to be able to change the color from the property's ribbon, and now I can't. I can only do so through the properties window itself.

I even tried reinstalling the entire program, and these commands still do not work.

Can I click something or change a feature?

CAN ANYONE HELP?

Thanks

Sam

[#2 · Accepted solution]

PICKFIRST, set it to 1.

[#3]

That was it! Thanks a million

I must have changed it unknowingly.

[#4]

I've had PickFirst and a few other options reset themselves after a crash many times, so I added a little snippet to my acaddoc.lsp to cover it.  Autosave turns itself off when acad crashes sometimes too.  You can set whatever variables you want this way.

(if (not (= (getvar "PICKFIRST") 1))
(setvar "PICKFIRST" 1)
)

(if (not (= (getvar "SAVETIME") 10))
(setvar "SAVETIME" 10)
)

[#5]

Why bother checking to see if it's set to your setting first?  All you really need is the setvar line(s).

[#6]

To be honest I'm not exactly sure why I set them up that way.  I'm sure at the time I had a reason, but for the life of me I can't remember the logic behind it.

[#7]

I know how that goes...