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    *Keller, Kent

    Where does my UCSicon keep going?

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    09-14-2000 12:45 PM
    Anyone else finding their UCS icon disappearing on them? Seems like I keep
    turning the display on and it keeps disappearing in different model
    viewports.

    Unfortunately I don't know what is causing them to disappear, but it is
    getting old having to turn them back on.

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    Kent Keller
    Strobe Data Inc.
    www.strobedata.com
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    *Hinrichs, Dave

    Re: Where does my UCSicon keep going?

    09-14-2000 02:02 PM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    I had several customers saying the same thing today.
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    Dave Hinrichs
    Quannon CAD Systems
    www.quannon.com

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    Re: Where does my UCSicon keep going?

    09-14-2000 04:10 PM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    Hi Kent,

    Seems like this could be a bug then or maybe not?!, I kept thinking it was just me. There didn't seem to be any
    consistancy with it disappearing. I couldn't get it to repeat no matter what, all of a sudden it just disappeared.
    I found it very annoying since I usually have the UCS on & at Origin.
    Having siad that I seemed to be having a lot of trouble with other various things as well so I did a repair install from
    the CD & everything seems ok now, including the UCS icon. Maybe this has fixed it maybe not, time will tell.

    Cheers, Graham.
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    09-14-2000 09:42 PM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    Hi Kent,

    Well, surprise, surprise the repair re-install didn't work after all. Today the UCS Icon continues to disappear
    as if by magic. I still can't get it to do it repeatedly, so I guess I'll just have to keep putting it bakc on!!

    Cheers, Graham
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    *Keller, Kent

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    09-14-2000 10:16 PM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    Well the only good thing about this is that I am not the only one seeing it.
    It is one of those things you don't notice it missing until you need to know
    which way is up

    The things I would do that seemed to make it disappear more than normal was
    shading, and unshading, and changing # of viewports, and activating different
    parts. Not sure if it is directly related to any of those but I was doing a lot
    of that today and they were disappearing every time I turned around. It seems
    like it might have something to do with the ability to have different UCS's in
    different viewports and or have the UCS icon on or off in different viewports.
    Who knows ...just guessing.

    It was really getting to me today, I am about ready to make a toolbutton or
    maybe even a reactor to turn them back on every time I zoom or something

    --
    Kent Keller

    Check out the Mechanical Desktop FAQ @
    http://webhome.idirect.com/~dfulford/

    "Graham" wrote in message
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    Hi Kent,
    Well, surprise, surprise the repair re-install didn't work after all. Today the
    UCS Icon continues to disappear
    as if by magic. I still can't get it to do it repeatedly, so I guess I'll just
    have to keep putting it bakc on!!
    Cheers, Graham
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    Re: Where does my UCSicon keep going?

    09-18-2000 03:53 PM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    I have had the same problem also.
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    *Austin, Kevin

    Re: Where does my UCSicon keep going?

    09-19-2000 09:54 AM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    Same thing here.
    I never actually see it dissappear, but I'm always in shaded mode when I realize it.
    I toggle shade mode on & off a lot while I'm working.

    Kevin Austin
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    *Montague, Rhett

    Re:

    09-20-2000 09:16 AM in reply to: *Keller, Kent
    Same problem here. I always keep my UCS on Org. so it not being there
    drives me nuts.
    "Kevin Austin" wrote in message
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    > Same thing here.
    > I never actually see it dissappear, but I'm always in shaded mode when I
    realize it.
    > I toggle shade mode on & off a lot while I'm working.
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    > Kevin Austin
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    Re: Re:

    06-22-2011 05:03 PM in reply to: *Montague, Rhett

    Windows 7 Pro SP1, AutoCAD MEP 2011, HP Z400 w/Dual ZR24w Monitors, 12G Ram........

     

    My UCS was gone. I turned it off months ago because I was doing extensive 2D work.

     

    When I tried to bring to back through the options dialoge it was persistent in staying away. I re-started AutoCAD, no luck

     

    I kept getting the error message"Can not display UCS icon in 2D model space. Change UCS icon setting in Options dialog 3D Modeling tab."

     

    I tried naming a view with no luck. I just went to work and ran a number of commands in 3D. It eventually re-appeared.?

     

    Just thought folks might like to try it. It isn't a real solution.

     

    Good luck,

    Bill

    Windows 7 Pro SP1, HP Z400 w/Dual ZR24w Monitors, 12G Ram, AutoCAD MEP 2012
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