Blipmode Problems

[Anonymous]

Everytime that I enter into a new drawing or even switch from one drawing tab to another, Blipmode comes back on. I have AutoCad 2014 and I have to type in ".Blipmode" and set it "off" everytime. Is there a setting that will along it to save as "off" as oppose to me have to select "off" everytime I go from 1 tab to another?

[leothebuilder]

Check this:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2010-2011-2012/autocad-2012-blipmode/td-p/2967554

[Anonymous]

I went through those settings you led me to:

Redefine, Blipmode

Blipmode, Off

which works as long as I don't tab to a new drawing. The moment I go to a new drawing, when I come back to the previous drawing with the blipmode off, blipmode turns back on as if nothing had happened.

[Patchy]

Blipmode is stored in registry, not per drawing; something started when you begin a new drawing such as custom lisp or arx.....that turned it to ON.

[Anonymous]

Can you give me directions on how to swith it? I'm not a total Cad guru

[Patchy]

Copy the line below and paste to your autocad command line:

(Findfile "support")

and hit ENTER

write down the path it given you, then copy the acaddoc.lsp attaching here and paste it in that support folder.

Exit autocad completely and restart.

(This might work if you don't have custom lisp installed)

[nestly2]

BLIPMODE was retired a few releases ago,  Unless you have manually redefined it, or have routine that Redefines it, you should be able to kill it by using the UNDEFINE command  (ie  UNDEFINE > BLIPMODE)

[leothebuilder]

Blipmode ?

Ahhhh, such fond memories of days gone by !

[ampster40]

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@nestly2 wrote:

BLIPMODE was retired a few releases ago,  Unless you have manually redefined it, or have routine that Redefines it, you should be able to kill it by using the UNDEFINE command  (ie  UNDEFINE > BLIPMODE)

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The OP may have discovered .blipmode still works and nothing has to be redefined to use it.  Or, you may need to see what's calling .blipmode perhaps.

Then again, maybe the period before a command means it's a retired command - never bothered with learning why a period vs a dash vs just the command is needed.

[pendean]

A period in front of the name tells AutoCAD to ignore all languages that may be replacing the core english at the user desk, plus ignore any override lisp or add-on that masks itself as the core command name.

[ampster40]

Thanks Dean.  Maybe that's why I never bothered with it, appears it is something for Acad to remember/use, not the person using it.

Or, is there a good reason a user should keep that info in mind? 

I've gotten so used to when a typed command doesn't work, jsut try typing one of three possible ways to launch it.

[pendean]

For me, when a command does not act the way it is supposed to, this is one way to start diagnosing the problem (after I look it up in HELP to se if I rember it correctly).