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polar tracking disabled on mac

mitchelllance
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polar tracking disabled on mac

mitchelllance
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i'm running auto cad for mac and all of a sudden my polar tracking is disabling itself. i turn back on polar tracking and soon after it gets disabled again. this is autocad for mac 2020. my installation was working perfectly and this is very sudden. any help? thank you. 

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maxim_k
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Hi Mitchell.

@mitchelllance 

 

Polar tracking turns off when you turn on ORTHO mode with F8 key or with button on Status Bar. It doesn't turn on automatically when you turn ORTHO off.

Another reason could be using a macro or LISP which turns off Polar tracking.

 


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mitchelllance
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not the case, polar is really disabling by itself. nothing related to status bar, ortho of F8. im not familiar with macros or lisps and i didn't change any preferences. i will enable polar with command + U, only to have it disable either immediately after next command or after a few commands. i cannot identify a command that triggers this disable. my system has been working fine for a year, could there be something that i accidentally enabled. i see on the windows forum that it has happened to others but i can't translate the solution over to mac.  please help!

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Can you give a link to AutoCAD for Windows forum post, you mentioned?

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hi sorry for late reply i thought i already posted back but guess not. here’s what i found. thx for your help

 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-p-id-forum/polar-tracking/m-p/7848403#M9229

 

https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/66614-polar-tracking-issues/

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maxim_k
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Hi @mitchelllance ,

 

Do you think it's about using the Shift key (press and hold) to turn on ORTHO mode? This is what one of the links says and there is no official way to disable it.

If yes, then it shouldn't turn off polar tracking after using it. Only switching ORTHO with F8, Command+L, ^L, Shift+Command+O and ^+Shift+O will disable polar tracking.

 

And shortcut for polar tracking toggle is Command+U. Maybe you accidentally use it from time to time?


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mitchelllance
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no, this is not related to shift key, ortho or shortcuts. there is not even a command that triggers this action. i really cannot pinpoint a key, action or command that disables the polar. this behaviour is the same in a new or old drawing. 

 

im running autocad for mac 2020 version Q46M.208. when i check file > check for updates , nothing happens. is there another way to check for updates? what else can i try this is so frustrating to work?

 

by chance, do you experience the issue on mac with iCloud where your CAD files save as a new version by itself. is there a way to disable autocad from saving as. 

 

thx

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maxim_k
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>>>>>is there another way to check for updates? what else can i try this is so frustrating to work?
Do you enable notifications for AutoCAD in macOS System preferences? If no - enable them, then check for Updates again.
The info about the last 2020.3 Update is here:
https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2020/ENU/?guid=AUTOCAD_MAC_2020_3_FIXED_ISSUES

>>> do you experience the issue on mac with iCloud where your CAD files save as a new version by itself
No, I don't save my drawings to iCloud enabled folders

>>>>is there a way to disable autocad from saving as.
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticle...

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Can you give a link to AutoCAD for Windows forum post, you mentioned?

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mitchelllance
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here’s the link. thank you form your help. i am away from my computer for 1 week but i will follow up at that time. thank you again.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-p-id-forum/polar-tracking/m-p/7848403#M9229
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maxim_k
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@mitchelllance ,

 

Do you think it's about using the Shift key (press and hold) to turn on ORTHO mode?

If yes, then there is no official way to disable it.

To remove this way to enable ORTHO mode you need to edit one of the CUI files inside AutoCAD application folder manually.

 


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