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Attribute Definition will not display

Ed__Jobe — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:02:51 GMT

On one pc with acade, attribute definitions will not display. If I use QSELECT, only the insertion points will highlight as shown below. On another pc with just acad, the attdef's display. I can't figure out what setting is different. All my searches haven't turned up any info. Any ideas?

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cadffm — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:42:39 GMT

Hi,

1. You talking about attributes or attributdefinitions?

2. Tested with the same file, yes?

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Ed__Jobe — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:55:02 GMT

1. Yes, ATTDEF's. The references display when filled. The only var I could find for att dislplay is ATTDISP but that only condtrols att reference display.

2. Yes, same file acade 2023 vs acad 2023.

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cadffm — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:05:03 GMT

All I know would be the same for both versions (all settings I think about are saved inside the file - so they can not be the issue)

- Layer

- Annotation scale (if they set as annotation)

- Hide Attributes (features of ACADE)

all saved inside the file 😞

Is it the same for NEW attdefs in this file=

Is it the same in another (new) file with new attdefs?

I will spend some minutes more on google for you.

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cadffm — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:16:43 GMT

No luck, sorry.

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

WeTanks — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:17:03 GMT

Is it the same for the newly added ones?

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

Ed__Jobe — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:24:36 GMT

Yes, in any dwg. It has to be an app sysvar, not a dwg sysvar. I used SYSVDLG to save the settings from both apps and compared them using diffchecker. I can't find any settings that were different from each other which would control it. What ever it is, it seems to be undocumented.

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

cadffm — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:20:47 GMT

SYSVDLG (from Expresstools) is for plain AutoCAD(a static list of sysvars), so it will only show AutoCAD settings, but issue it not related to an AutoCAD-setting.

Is it a usual font like Arial or TXT?

Attdef tag and default value without special characters?

If you know how to, did you tried a reset for Electrical?

What is are your productversions (screenshot ABOUT dialog, so we can test it with the same on our side)

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

Ed__Jobe — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:09:46 GMT

@cadffm wrote:

SYSVDLG (from Expresstools) is for plain AutoCAD(a static list of sysvars), so it will only show AutoCAD settings, but issue it not related to an AutoCAD-setting.

Is it a usual font like Arial or TXT? Just simplex.shx

Attdef tag and default value without special characters?

If you know how to, did you tried a reset for Electrical? Haven't tried it yet.

What is are your productversions (screenshot ABOUT dialog, so we can test it with the same on our side)

Using acade 2023.1.2

Just tried it with a new install of plain acad on the same pc. It can't view attdef's either. But my home laptop can. So it's something with this pc. I also tried turning of hardware acceleration, but it didn't help.

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

Ed__Jobe — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:14:57 GMT

I found the problem. It was a 3rd party plugin (I'd rather not say which one. 😃)

Re: Attribute Definition will not display

cadffm — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:56:50 GMT

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