What is your favorite AutoCAD error?

[publicworksengineer]

From AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009, it's and oldie but a classic nonetheless.

[randcdavidson]

How's this?

[publicworksengineer]

I see your DOCPROP and I raise you a MTEXT

[Joe-Bouza]

Funny you should ask?

There is no dialog box - acad simply locks up if I try to use the calculator in the properties dialog box.

[jeff_rivers]

I don't recall what I was doing, but Civil 3D returned this error:

It gets funnier!  I clicked "Yes", and then got this error:

[rl_jackson]

[KirkNoonan]

@Joe,

I had that one too. It turned out that the calculator box had moved off the screen. Try the ALT+SAPCE then M then arrow trick to get it back.

Kirk

[kw2012]

my daily favorite is when autocad just dissapears from my screen with no warning or error box...

[AllenJessup]

We used to call it the QED. Quick Exit to DOS. Program disappeared and left you at a DOS prompt. Now I supposed its a QEW(indows).

I do have a more recent one. I tried to install 2012 from a network deployment. I got an error during the install but hit continue. When I try to run I get an error that it fails a "Side by Side comparison". But it doesn't tell what it's comparing. The program wouldn't run and I couldn't Uninstall it. I removed it manually following the Clean Install procedure. But it fails.

Allen

[Joe-Bouza]

@Kirk

Thanks a ton. I was getting silly frustrated over that.

[publicworksengineer]

@jeff, you sir are an epic error generator, well done.

[jeff_rivers]

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had clicked 'No"...

[cody_austin-origindesign]

Helpful...   Hmm  Ok or X

[_Hathaway]

C. Austin, I have been getting that same error for a few weeks now.  It only occurs when I shut down Civil3d at the end of the day.

[cody_austin-origindesign]

I have only gotten it twice ever and both times it was during startup as you can see by the background.  No idea why.

[KirkNoonan]

I always enjoy this one after attempting a qsave:

[cody_austin-origindesign]

Is this by chance when using autoturn?

We have gotten that after we place an autoturn into a drawing and found out if you explode it down to lines and arcs, you can save it again.

[KirkNoonan]

A good guess I forgot about that, but no. I was just hatching some polylines to get some areas. We decided not to upgrade AutoTurn when we went to 2011. BTW There is a very workable alternative that doesn't cost anything here: www.glamsen.se/CadTools.htm 

[Sinc]

How about this one, which I seem to get a lot in C3D 2012 SP1:

[publicworksengineer]

When posting to a discussion group regarding errors I get this fitting reply...