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    Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

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    12-19-2012 09:44 AM

    This is with Civil 3D 2013.  I am able to create a pline by offsetting an alignment using any drawing on any other workstation in our office, but on my machine I get an error: "1 object(s) were filtered out." when I try to select the alignment.

     

    This leads me to searching for some system variable or something that is different on my machine.  Has anyone else come across this?

     

    Thanks.

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-19-2012 10:00 AM in reply to: fcopley

    reboot, and reload?

     

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-19-2012 03:57 PM in reply to: fcopley

    I'm going to guess that you're selecting not the alignment, but something on top of it, like the station labels, by accident.

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 06:44 AM in reply to: fcopley

    Any locked layers in the drawing?

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 07:48 AM in reply to: fcopley

    Thanks for all the suggestions, but none seem to make a difference.  Time for a proper wipe and reinstall, I guess.

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 08:08 AM in reply to: fcopley

    There are a few other error finders I would try.  You say this is only one machine; is it also only one drawing, or any alignment in any drawing?  What happens if you log into windows as different user?

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 08:40 AM in reply to: troma

    That does narrow it down.  It works fine logged in as another user on my machine.  It seems to be any alignment in any drawing.

     

    Thanks.

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 08:45 AM in reply to: fcopley

    What do you get if you log into windows as yourself and then choose a different C3D profile in the options dialogue?

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 08:54 AM in reply to: troma

    It seems to be the same using any profile.

     

    But I did just realize that it will in fact work for me if I select the alignment first and then issue the offset command.

     

    Thanks.

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    Re: Can't offset a horizontal alignment to create a pline

    12-20-2012 09:03 AM in reply to: troma

    Okay, I sort of solved this by overwriting some of my user files in \AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2013\enu from another user.  I would still like to have a better idea of what caused it.

     

    Thanks, troma for your suggestions.

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