Draw Order of Lines

[jgeldmyer]

Hello,

I am currently working on an existing drawing.  Whenever I draw a new line or polyline, initially the recently created object appears in the front, but the moment I zoom in/out or move my view, it immediately sends the line to the back.  I have tried playing with the sys var draworderctl but this did not solve the issue.  Using CDORDER did not do the trick either.  I also tried sending everything to the back and then drawing my lines, without luck.  It seems like the file has some sort of preference that all new lines are immediately sent to the back, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how/why.  I am wondering if anyone else has run into this and has a workable solution.  It is rather obnoxious to spend this much time searching for my desired line behind all of the other existing lines.  Any advice  or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this has been asked before.  I did a fair amount of reseraching online before deciding to come to the forum for some outside help.

Thanks,

Jeff

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> initially the recently created object appears in the front

That is only valid for 2-dimensional items. That is not correct in case you are working in 3D-space with 3D-objects.

>> I have tried playing with the sys var draworderctl

Yep, DRAWORDERCTL is one of the sysvars, should be set to 3 by default.

Another important variable is SORTENTS, which should be 127

If both variables are set to the values I showed then please try first the same actions in a new drawing (if that works use copy & paste to get your existing geometry to the new drawing). If that does  not work please show us your steps using Autodesk Screencast (free download: >>>click<<<) so we can see what you are exactly doing and upload your dwg file.

- alfred -

[jgeldmyer]

I'm still not sure whats causing the issue in the original file, since the error was occuring even with the discussed sys vars being set correctly.  Pasting the geometry into a new file worked after I drew a couple of lines in the file initially.  Thanks for the help.  The file was received from a surveyor, so you never know what settings are used in the process!

Thanks again,

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Hi, Don't know how, but I just had to set back to the 2dwireframe visual style and everything return to normal.