can't edit blocks/text or import blocks properly..

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I have this really strange issue where I am unable to edit blocks properly. Usually when I double click a block it shows the edit block definition dialog along with the name of the block i'm attempting to edit. At the moment when i try to do that, it shows the edit block definition dialog box but does not show the name of the block. To edit I need to scroll to the block i want to edit and choose it that way. Also, all the lisp commands I have set up for importing blocks don't work anymore. When I try to use them all it does is show the insert dialog box.
when i try to edit text by double clicking it doesn't go straight into the text editing thing like it use to. it asks me to choose what text i want to edit (even though obviously i want to edit the text i just double clicked!!)

I don't know how / why this happened or how I can resolve it. Want to avoid re-installing if possible..

Any help would be verrrrry much appreciated!

ps - nothing to do with dblclkedit or pickfirst system variables..

[imadHabash]

Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk Forum,

@Anonymous wrote ( Also, all the lisp commands I have set up for importing blocks don't work anymore ) 

it's clear that these lisps have change your CAD sittings and this is usually happened when we upload lisps.to start with would you restart your AutoCAD and see if there is any differences?

check these system variable :

- DBLCLKEDIT is ON.

- PICKFIRST = 1 . 

waiting from you any comments?

Regards,

[Anonymous]

thanks for replying.

i have tried restarting (this happened last week and is still not resolved) numerous times. 

dblclkedit is on and pickfirst is set to 1.

I have even tried unlinking my lisp (removed the support path to it) file so as to load it up with normal settings but still when i try to edit a block or text it doesn't do it properly..

attached is what it looks like when i double click a block or double click text

[imadHabash]

follow >> Link <<  to make some procedures to get back your AutoCAD working properly.

i hope it's help.

[Anonymous]

i have came across this page earlier. i came to conclusion i needed to 'reset autocad to defaults' (here - link)

the problem there is it only describes how to do that for versions 2012 and later. not for 2011 which i'm using.

i searched how to reset 2011 to default and all i could find was information on editing the registry which i might try if worse comes to worse. is there an easier way to reset 2011 to default?

[imadHabash]

try this from OPTIONS command.

[Anonymous]

yeh i tried that earlier + just tried it again. it still does the exact same thing as it was before..