acad problems

[Anonymous]

My AutoCAD 18 has been working great since download, even with Windows 10 platform. Today, it has started misbehaving, and unsure if its a software problem or something with my PC [which is only a 5 month old Dell]

Some commands are not working, like stretch and extend, but annoyingly, when I go to print/ plot, the images are coming out really mixed up.

Even before I print I do a preview and the image is using my pen style [monochrome] but the image is all as the colours of the drawing!

My PC had a Windows update last night - I wonder if anybody else out there having the same problem?

Graeme

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous,

Have a nice day ... 

Try changing your profile setting to default (Reset) ... Type Options and in search for profile tab and reset the settings ... This may help u ... If not resolved, please refer to the below link ...

> https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-mechanical/downloads/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/EN...

[dmfrazier]

"My PC had a Windows update last night..."

I have had cases here where odd behavior in AutoCAD has been traced to Windows Updates, particularly when they install themselves while AutoCAD is running. If no other suggestions here work for you, I would suggest using System Restore to put your system back to a restore point date prior to the update you suspect.  It has worked well for me in a few cases (but it has also not worked in other cases).

Your plotting issue may be due to use of colors beyond the 255 which are covered by the plot style table.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi, thanks for assistance - I think I have sorted it.

The windows update yesterday has completely screwed up the one file that was open - simple solution was to just copy drawing into a new drawing and all worked perfectly - that has never happened before

regards