Dimensions in blocks are invisible when drawing is opened, become visible when block is edited

[jamieq]

I have a drawing with a bunch of blocks in it. In each block I have added a bunch of dimensions. All the dimensions were fully visible yesterday when I saved the drawing and shut down my computer. Today, when I opened the drawing, the dimensions were gone. But I discovered that editing the blocks - either in the block editor or editing each block in place, then saving the block - would cause the dimensions in that block to reappear. I have a LOT of blocks, and doing that to each one isn't feasible. Especially not every time I open this drawing. I have no idea what is going on here. The dimensions are not annotative, they are on a layer that is thawed, turned on, and unlocked. I've never seen this behavior before, ever. Any idea how to fix it without editing each block? 

[imadHabash]

Hi,

Would you please attache here a CAD dwg file with block sample for testing?

[jamieq]

Sorry, should've done that before. I added a file to the original post.

[imadHabash]

Thanks for the CAD file..

Click on the below image to see how it looks when i open the file. Would you tell us exactly where to look please?

[jamieq]

I'm sorry, it's early and I keep forgetting details. If you edit any of the blocks named "Layout *" then you will see the dimensions. If you Save Changes to the block, then they will remain visible. If you Discard Changes then they remain invisible.

[imadHabash · Accepted solution]

Your issue fixed with me by RECOVER command . Before opening the CAD file and from File tab select RECOVER command.

[jamieq]

Thank you!!! I hadn't even thought of RECOVER. You just saved me a ton of work!

[jamieq]

Thankfully this works, but now I'm curious what happened and why. Working on the same drawing today, it happened again, but this time while it was open. I don't recall what exactly I did when it happened. I just noticed suddenly that the dimensions were missing again. I should have tried UNDO a few times but instead I saved, closed, and recovered, which worked. But what a super weird thing to happen. I've been using AutoCAD for 20 years and never seen it do anything like this.

[imadHabash]

Hi,

I share your opinion that this is strange!!
We don't know how the file was originally created.As you can see with attached image that your drawing have a Proxy Information . Try to clean your drawing and delete every unwanted things. 

All the best...

[pendean]

Why don't you ask the vendor who's add-on you are using or that the file creator placed into your file

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[jamieq]

While I didn't create the architectural backgrounds, I am the one using SprinkCAD, so that's not going to be the issue. But it just happened to me again and this time I noticed immediately. I was editing another block in place, adding dimensions, and when I saved the changes the dimensions in all the other blocks disappeared. Undoing didn't work to get them back. Had to RECOVER again. Thank goodness that works. But I am beyond baffled now.

[jamieq]

I've been using SprinkCAD for 12+ years and never seen this happen.

[jamieq]

Ok now it gets REALLY weird. So just in case it is a proxy issue, I used AECTOACAD and opened the new file that was generated. Then when I went to copy a block that has the dimensions clearly showing, when I click to place it in a new spot, the dimensions disappeared!! I don’t have the program that records AutoCAD so I attached a video I took with my phone. I do not at all get what’s going on with this drawing.