topic Re: Grips missing on xclips in AutoCAD Forum

Grips missing on xclips

coleHP6KN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:37:19 GMT

The grips on my xclips have gone missing. I've set xclipframe variable to 1, but that hasn't solved the issue.

Anybody have/solve this problem before?

Re: Grips missing on xclips

whamlin — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:56:13 GMT

May I suggest going to Settings, Selection, Grips, and trying the different Check Boxes?

Re: Grips missing on xclips

coleHP6KN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:22:31 GMT

In my Options menu I opened the Selection tab.

Under Grips, every checkbox option is checked.

Yet still only one grip appears when I select an xclip.

I want the 4 grips that used to be on the corners of the clip to appear.

Is there a reason they went away? Is there a way to restore them?

Re: Grips missing on xclips

coleHP6KN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:21:56 GMT

In my Options menu I opened the Selection tab.

Under Grips, every checkbox option is checked.

Yet still only one grip appears when I select an xclip.

I want the 4 grips that used to be on the corners of the clip to appear.

Is there a reason they went away? Is there a way to restore them?

Re: Grips missing on xclips

pendean — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:33:31 GMT

@coleHP6KN Do more: thaw/turn on /unlock all of your layers, all of them, then REGENALL and try again. You might need to zoom in/out significantly if still nothing is visible.

HTH

Re: Grips missing on xclips

coleHP6KN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:40:31 GMT

All layers are unlocked. After "regenall" still only one main grip appears. I've opened a different file and the selected xclips show a main grip plus the 4 on each corner. So it must be something specific to the file?

Re: Grips missing on xclips

pendean — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:51:43 GMT

I asked you do more than just unlock layers, did you? They were just as important, you can't just do a partial and hope for the best. Try again. If you are only in a viewport/layout and see this issue, you might have to change all the VP-column settings to on/visible in LAYER command as well from inside the viewport(s) in question.

AFTER all of that, if still a problem, then you'll need to fix the file(s): here is ho, for all files involved, start with the XREF(s) first https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/AutoCAD-File-Corruption.html

If you find all of this too hard to follow or to do, you'll need to share all affected files here (top and XREFs) for others to do it all and find out more. If that is not an option, you'll have to reach out to Autodesk Support as explained here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/users-software/support-options#:~:text=To%20contact%20support%3A,to%20access%20help%20and%20support.

HTH

Re: Grips missing on xclips

coleHP6KN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:34:56 GMT

Yes, I did thaw/turn on /unlock all of the layers, all of them, then REGENALL and tried again. And I did zoom in/out significantly. The problem is not that NO grips appear, but that only ONE main grip appears. The other 4 grips a the corners of the xclip still do not appear.

I don't believe the file is corrupt. So I just did a save-as from a file that works properly and copied in my linework. My new xclips in this file are working fine. So I'm just going to delete the file where the xclip grips are not all showing. Problem not solved exactly as I'd hoped, but my work around will have to suffice.

Thank you!

Re: Grips missing on xclips

jcarter33T87 — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:53:14 GMT

This is so strange!! I have AutoCAD MEP on one machine and regular AutoCAD on another. The XCLIP grips show up on the MEP machine, but not on the CAD machine. All settings are identical. I do not get it.

Re: Grips missing on xclips

CoryStation5 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:31:01 GMT

I did a regenall and all my Xrefs disappeared. I repathed them and when they showed back up the grips were back.

Re: Grips missing on xclips

janishbacker — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:12:59 GMT

Has your issue been resolved? I am having the same!

Re: Grips missing on xclips

richld — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:13:11 GMT

Just had this issue. Frameselection got set to 0.

Fix it by setting to 1

Frameselection

Controls whether the hidden frame of an image, underlay, clipped xref, or wipeout can be selected.

Value Description
0 Hidden frames cannot be selected.
1 Hidden frames can be selected.

NOTE: The FRAME system variable controls whether frames of all types are displayed or hidden.

The PREVIEWFILTER system variable may prevent the frame from redisplaying during selection preview, but the frame can still be selected.

Enjoy!!

Re: Grips missing on xclips

bcoburnWXBJ5 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:21:36 GMT

This may sound strange, but check to see if the XCLIP is in fact a BLOCK.
I had been using another person's xclip drawing and they had created a block using the XCLIP.
Try exploding it and that may help.