Slow performance and Right-click customization in AutoCAD 2015 OS X El Capitan

Anonymous · ‎04-12-2016

Hello,

I used to work with AutoCAD 2015 at OS X Mavericks with no problem. Now that I have upgraded to El Capitan the problems started to appear.

I don't know where to configure the Right-click customization anymore. I used to set right-click to ENTER and Repeat commands, how can I do it now?

The perfomance is worst too. The cursor moves with delay, objects too. This two problems are ruining my productivity. I'm thinking about downloading an older version or in the last resort downgrading to Mavericks.

Did Autodesk has any solution or explanation to this decrease of performance? Thanks.

maxim_k · ‎04-12-2016

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Hi,
Have you updated AutoCAD with the latest update? You can use menu AutoCAD -> check for updates to see if the Update available for your AutoCAD installation.

About right click customization - it is at the same place as it was - in AutoCAD Preferences.

About slow performance: do you have this issue in all of your drawings? Even in new, just created with few geometry in it?

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Anonymous · ‎04-12-2016

Hello maxim_k, thanks for the quick answer!

My AutoCAD is already with the latest updates. Every drawing has problem of performance, including acadiso.dwt. The cursor have a terrible delay. I've made a clean update from Mavericks to El Capitan, really don't understand what's going on. Am I the only one who is having this kind of problem?

About the right-click customization, can you guide exactly to the place where can I set right-click to 'repeat last command' and 'ENTER'? This configuration increases my productivity so much...

Thanks!

maxim_k · ‎04-12-2016

@Anonymous wrote:

...About the right-click customization, can you guide exactly to the place where can I set right-click to 'repeat last command' and 'ENTER'? ...

It is here:

And about slow performance - have you tried to reset AutoCAD (menu AutoCAD -> Reset AutoCAD)?

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Anonymous · ‎04-13-2016

I've tried to reset, but still slow. Do you know when the stable version of AutoCAD 2016 will be available to download?

And about the right-click customization, I've already done it, but the right-click still don't function as ENTER, so when I want to enter or repeat a command I have to press ENTER at the keyboard, and in older versions no.

The screen in attach shows what I want.

maxim_k · ‎04-13-2016

2016 stable version of AutoCAD is already here for half a year , you can download is as trial and activate with your serial.

If you want to have context menu when you right click, than uncheck the option I mentioned in my previous post.

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Anonymous · ‎04-14-2016

The right-click customization to repeat and enter command don't work like in older versions. If I enable it, only works if there is no object selected.

And the delay in the cursor stops to happen when I turn ON the polar tracking, and it sucks, cause I don't like working with polar tracking. I've already reseted, installed and tested 2014, 2015 and 2016 versions and it's the same thing.

Edit: I forgot to mention that if I move the cursor too fast, the selection tool turns in to a big arrow. Very weird.

Anonymous · ‎04-14-2016

Edit 2: I've found another users that has the same problem with the slow cursor on this topic: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-general/slow-cursor-movement-of-autocad-lt-2016-for-ma...

My conclusion is that AutoCAD for Mac is not well prepared to run in El Capitan. The developers has to fix this issues.

maxim_k · ‎04-14-2016

@Anonymous wrote:

The right-click customization to repeat and enter command don't work like in older versions. If I enable it, only works if there is no object selected.

If you want to use right-click as Enter all the time, even when objects are selected as it was in AutoCAD r.14, than you need to set SHORTCUTMENU=0

If you also want to use shortcut menu (after some delay), you need to set SHORTCUTMENU=16

Please look at this Help topic:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACDMAC/2016/ENU/index.html?guid=GUID-27079CDD-85E0-4883-A961-82C8FC5C7F46

@Anonymous wrote:

And the delay in the cursor stops to happen when I turn ON the polar tracking,

I cannot reproduce this issue on my side.

@Anonymous wrote:

Edit: I forgot to mention that if I move the cursor too fast, the selection tool turns in to a big arrow. Very weird.

If you don't need "Shake to Find Cursor" feature, you can disable it:

Go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”
Select “Accessibility” and go to “Display”
Uncheck the box next to “Shake mouse pointer to locate”

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maxim_k · ‎04-14-2016

I'm still on Yosemite, so I do not experience any noticeable problems with cursor movement.

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Anonymous · ‎04-15-2016

Thanks for all the answers, man. Resolved almost all my problems.

Now the only problem that I have is the slow cursor movement on the drawing screen. I see that this problem only happens with El Capitan users.

maxim_k · ‎04-15-2016

Just a quick question: which value has DYNPIVIS System variable in your AutoCAD installation?

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Anonymous · ‎04-15-2016

Where can I see this? At command box? If yes, then it is "0".

maxim_k · ‎04-15-2016

Yes, that is what I wanted to know, thanks.

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