COGO Point Issue

[DaveM]

All,

I have this wierd issue right know affecting the cogo point aspect of my software. Whenever I Import points orchange point styles, the software starts acting funny. The cursor has the little pinwheel start appearing and it appears to pulsate. It will let me keep working, but does not stop until I close the software and then end task on acad.exe. The first time I noticed this was after the first time I migrated data from an 2009 LDD database. I have attached a viddeo, but its not the greatest example. Has anyone scene this issue? Thanks in advance.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8asq9kroosysbv/Point%20Cursor%20Issue.mp4

Dave

[Jay_B · Accepted solution]

Dave,

I had this same issue, ironically you participated in the thread.

Recreating the arg Profile fixed the cursor flicker here.

[tcorey]

I was going to suggest turning off hardware acceleration...

Tim

[DaveM]

Jay,

Sorry it took so long to respond, I have a field position now and I am out more than in. I am not familiar with creating an arg file, Could you please point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Dave

PS I tried hardware acceleration, Unfortunately it did not have any success.

[Jay_B]

Hi Dave,

Poor choice of words on my part, you don't actually need to create an arg profile which btw is created simply by choosing export on the profiles tab in options.
Purpose of the export is so that arg can be imported on another users cpu by choosing import on profiles tab. This way multiple machines can share the same search paths and settings.

If you have a cad manager etc. that creates custom AutoCad profiles etc. for your company ask for help there first.

if not this should help get you going:

If the issue is limited to your cpu then go to options>profiles tab.
What is the name of the current profile? Likely similar to one of following.
<<civil 3d imperial>>
<<unnamed>>
<<your company custom>>

If <<civil 3d imperial>> is not the current profile (assuming your working in imperial) first set this profile as current and do whatever tasks were triggering the cursor flicker. Did the problem go away? If so a new user profile can be created by choosing "ADD" button (this will create a copy of the default <<c3d imperial>>) (or whatever profile is listed as current.

Please be aware that any custom search paths, plotting paths, template settings and any changes from default you had previously will all need to be manually set in this new profile.

Note: if its the default <<civil 3d imperial>> profile in use (which might be corrupt) this can be RESET by choosing the RESET button found on profiles tab. Warning reset means just that and manual steps listed above also apply if starting anew via a reset.

If you get stuck and have more questions just ask here.

[DaveM]

Jay, it is most def the profile. to give others a warning. Pressing the reset defaults to regular autocad not civil. I lost all of my civil ribbons. I exported and re-imported a profile from 2013 and it is not playing nice. I am not sure how to get back to the 2011 civil 3d imperail profile at this moment.

[Jay_B]

Dave,

Not good. Sorry to hear that, I would first try a Reset of User Settings

Or a Repair of Civil 3d - Start - control panel - programs-uninstall a program - pick AutoCAD Civil 3D and select "change" and the Autodesk dialog screen will pop up giving you the option to repair or uninstall the installation.

2013 isn't going to work.

[DaveM]

I did a repair and that appears to work. I thought I needed the download to do that and It will no longer let me download 2011. Thanks Jay for all the help.

[Jay_B]

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dmartin wrote:

to give others a warning. Pressing the reset defaults to regular autocad not civil. I lost all of my civil ribbons. I exported and re-imported a profile from 2013 and it is not playing nice. I am not sure how to get back to the 2011 civil 3d imperail profile at this moment.

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Dave,

 Saw this Reset Civil 3D Profiles posted in the May new support knowledge base solutions.