Dynamic block action icons keep piling up

[sgauthier]

I've got about a dozen action icons distributed around the dynamic block definition.  They are placed in intuitive spots so I know which one does what.  When I close out of the editor and then go back into the editor they are all piled up in the same spot.  I am constantly having to spread them out to get at the ones I want.  Any ideas?

Thanks

[kadmonkee8]

which version of AutoCAD?

can you post the example block?

dynamic blocks with visibility states and action parameters?

is the block annotative?

[sgauthier]

Acad 2015.  yes parameters and actions.  Not annotative. 

The one giving me problems yesterday now behaves just fine.  Now some of the action icons in chan.dwg don't even appear until i select and move the parameter grip then they magically appear.    Regen sometimes makes them appear.  Seems very unstable compared to Acad 2014. 

Can you replicate the behavior I outline in the pdf?

[sgauthier]

Acad 2015.  yes parameters and actions.  Not annotative. 

The one giving me problems yesterday now behaves just fine.  Now some of the action icons in chan.dwg don't even appear until i select and move the parameter grip then they magically appear.    Regen sometimes makes them appear.  Seems very unstable compared to Acad 2014. 

Can you replicate the behavior I outline in the pdf?

[kadmonkee8]

the block appears to be working correctly on my end

typically you would not see the action icons , only the grips

you only see the icons inside the block editor.see attached images of block editor test block and model space

[sgauthier]

Sorry I was unclear.  This whole thread applies to while working within the block editor environment.  I can't keep track of which action icon is which because they either don't appear until I move the associated paremeter grip or they keep piling up on top of each other.

[kadmonkee8]

i see what you are talking about now

that is odd

I am not sure what is causing the repetition of icons as they are moved.

i added another stretch action and moved the icons, once i saved the block i got these blank icons (gray boxes )

sorry I am not much help here maybe there is a setting that allows you to manually locate the action icon.

[M_Hensley · Accepted solution]

If you set BACTIONBARMODE to 0 to use old style action objects does it do any better?

[sgauthier]

YES!  It does much better.  I have regained control over action location and display of user defined action names.  Actually switching from 1 to 0 resulted in the icons snapping to the correct locations (attached left picture) which tells me autocad knew where they were supposed to be all along.  I wonder how much redundancy is in the software in order for it to keep track of "legacy" in addition to "improved" functionality.

Thank you M_Hensley