AutoCAD Civil 3D

[#1]

<->how do I turn it on?

[#2]

Type BLIPMODE at the command line.

[#3]

If you are using 2013 (not sure when it changed..?), you can't simply type in BLIPMODE any more

Command: blipmode
Unknown command "BLIPMODE". Press F1 for help.

But you can use lisp to do the trick

Command: (setvar "blipmode" 1)
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[#4]

Holy Cr__, they actually got rid of one of those commands that nobody uses any more!!

Now I'm getting all nostalgic...

[#5]

Except for daren601, he/she apparently needs it  

[#6]

Sometime in the next few years a new user will put up a wishlist item asking for a way to display recent pick locations, and then this will be re-introduced as a new feature. 

[#7]

I got it to work by typing ".blipmode". ________________________________ This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and have deleted this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version by contacting Nicollet County.

[#8]

That is an unknown command. ________________________________ This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and have deleted this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version by contacting Nicollet County.

[#9]

Darren, I had honestly never heard of BLIPMODE until I read your question. Then I typed it in my machine, and found out what it was.  It turned it on, no problem.  I am working in 2011, and as someone pointed out they removed the command from 2013.

Please, let us know what you want this on for.  I find it interesting, I would really like to know.

[#10]

I got it to work. I use it when I measure distances, so I know where to put certain lines. ________________________________ This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and have deleted this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version by contacting Nicollet County.