topic Re: Temporary Tracking (tk) No Longer Working Properly in AutoCAD Forum

Temporary Tracking (tk) No Longer Working Properly

jroslerH7NPK — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:40:55 GMT

I use temporary tracking extremely often (alias "tk") and recently it hasn't been working properly. I'll start a command, enter TK, and then a direction and distance but the tracking point either doesn't move from the original position or moves a distance different than what I entered. I've used this method hundreds of times before and now suddenly it doesn't work properly anymore.

Any info on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Forums not letting me paste my screencast so here's the link:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/59120b38-2c65-41f9-b9e5-27ee8807ce56

Re: Temporary Tracking (tk) No Longer Working Properly

pendean — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:05:47 GMT

Suddenly?
Is the problem in the video limited to that one file, or all files? I am unable to reproduce TK your issue here in AutoCAD 2023.1 (fully patched) in Win10Pro. It works as intended.

Restart your PC yet?

Re: Temporary Tracking (tk) No Longer Working Properly

jroslerH7NPK — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:27:15 GMT

Nope, happens with all my files even after restarting my PC. Now that I think about it, I did upgrade to Windows 11 and AutoCAD 2023 around the same time, and although I can't be sure, I think that's around the time TK stopped working.

I do still have AutoCAD 2021 installed so I decided to try the same thing as in my video and didn't have any problems, but after switching back to 2023 it stops working properly again.

Here is another screencast example that shows the tracking point not moving the correct distance instead of not moving at all: Temporary Tracking Not Working | AutoCAD | Autodesk Knowledge Network

Re: Temporary Tracking (tk) No Longer Working Properly

pendean — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:41:30 GMT

Did you turn off F12 (Dynamic input function)? If it turned off, just hit F12 again to active it and try the tracking again.

In 2021, was your comamndline floating too? I've always docked mine, wonder if that makes any difference.