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Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:13:00 GMT

Hello.

I have a problem. After i stretch or move some line or object it will deselect itself. I want it to stay selected.

I have created a video.

On PC1 i have this problem.

On PC2 object stay selected.

How can i change that on PC1.

Here is video:

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

rkmcswain — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:26:28 GMT

Interesting, here is someone who *wants* the grips to go away after an edit. Do you get anything on the command line at the moment you stop grip editing? Like maybe a *Cancel* ?

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:47:09 GMT

No i get no cancel or anything. The same on both computer.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

pendean — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:54:46 GMT

What is your exact version of AutoCAD? Post what ABOUT command lists.
Are you using core commands, or a customization?
Do you have add-ins installed?
Is this a sudden new problem? Or have you been suffering in silence for years?
What changed recently?

An office full of users here and none of us can replicate your issue t all today or in the past.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

rkmcswain — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:03:54 GMT

If it is a system variable, you can find it like this:

Run the command SYSVDLG
Click the button that says "Save All..."
Give it a file name
Repeat steps 1-3 on the other "good" machine.
Open each exported file you made (using Notepad)
Go to http://www.diffchecker.com
Copy and paste the contents into the two fields on the website.
Click "Find Difference"

Now you have all the differences between the two systems.

Of course you could also simply import the sysvar file from the good system into the bad system, at the risk of changing variables that you do not want to change.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:08:07 GMT

I have try SYSVDLG from computer where everything works. Then save to file and import to computer where this is not working.

And no luck.

I have autocad civil 3d 2013 and 2014 version. I don't have licence for newer one. Problem is on both version on the PC. I have also try another mouse. Reinstall logitech software for mouse.

I have try everything and i could not fix this. I guess it will be easyer to just reformat PC and install everything from new.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

dbroad — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:15:29 GMT

Yeah, the nuclear option is always my first choice to fix something that is wasting a microsecond.

On topic though, I've never found that a set of objects stays selected after a command is finished. That is why the Express Tools MOCORO command was added. Perhaps you have a customized situation, using reactors, that keeps objects selected on that one machine.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

pendean — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:14:08 GMT

Reset first might just do it https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-reset-AutoCAD-to-defaults.html

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

rkmcswain — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:20:58 GMT

damir3000 wrote:

I have try SYSVDLG from computer where everything works. Then save to file and import to computer where this is not working.

And no luck.

I did not think it was a sysvar, and now you've ruled that out.

No reason to do something destructive. Start by manually resetting the user profile, as explained here. I have resolved many issues by doing this for users and it does not take long.

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

rkmcswain — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:23:14 GMT

dbroad wrote:

I've never found that a set of objects stays selected after a command is finished.

@DBROAD - did you watch the video and try it yourself? Gripped objects DO stay selected after a grip editing command is completed. That is the whole point of this post, his do not (on one workstation).

Re: Selection is not active after anymore after (MOVE, STRETCH,...)

dbroad — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:34:13 GMT

Thanks @rkmcswain. No I hadn't watched the video just the subject line and text. I still think it's something more likely to do with a customization gone wrong. For example, here is a simple code that accomplishes that behavior:

;;load and watch your grips disappear after each grip command.
(if (not gripsclear)
 (setq gripsclear
 (VLR-Command-Reactor
 nil
 '((:vlr-commandended . clearsel))
 ))
)
(defun clearsel (r cl)
 (sssetfirst nil nil)
)

;;To disable that behavior use CLEARSTOP command as defined by
(defun c:clearstop ()
 (if gripsclear
 (vlr-remove gripsclear)
 )
 (princ)
)
;;To start that behavior again use CLEARGRIPS as defined by
(defun c:cleargrips ()
 (if gripsclear
 (vlr-add gripsclear)
 )
 (sssetfirst nil nil)
 (princ)
)