Drawing/Transformation Commands Take Two Clicks Instead Of One

[Anonymous]

I just started a new job that works mostly in Revit, but I'm editing files for certain projects in AutoCAD 2017 and noticed that, with commands such as MOVE, COPY, STRETCH, etc, and certain drawing tools like LINE, CIRCLE, etc, when I click to "Specify the base point" the first click is ignored. If I were clicking to an object snap point, that point would then act as if I'd selected it to create a temporary tracking point rather than an actual selection for base point.

I've noticed that if I were to hold CTRL then click the command works fine, but it's awkward and inconvenient to do this every single time when you're used to working in a different way. Does anyone know if holding CTRL and clicking is a quick way to create a temporary tracking point? Maybe the functionality of the CTRL key has been switched somehow for these commands; if so, it would be great to be able to switch them back!

This isn't a catastrophic problem, but it's frustrating and it slows down my drafting. I used AutoCAD 2017 at my previous job and was very fast with it, I NEVER experienced this issue! I know there are a few other posts about this issue (including one called "Solved: Transformation Commands Require Two Clicks (Enter)" which was incorrectly marked as solved), but the only concrete advice I've seen is to reset all the AutoCAD settings--I've done so and it didn't fix the issue.

[TheCADnoob]

try changing PICKFIRST variable

[Anonymous]

PICKFIRST only affects the order in which you select objects for a command, not the point/clicking input during a command. I've tried this and it doesn't fix it.

[pendean]

>>>....the first click is ignored...<<<
That usually means the program window is not active. Your first click makes he program window active, second click continues with the command.

>>>...when I click to "Specify the base point"...<<<
Where is that located?

>>>...I've noticed that if I were to hold CTRL then click the command works fine...<<<
Weird.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> not the point/clicking input during a command

Turn off Object-snaps (all, also 3D-..), then start again a line and one click.

If you do have any plugins/tools installed, create an AutoCAD profile that does not load them.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

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@pendean wrote:
>>>....the first click is ignored...<<<
That usually means the program window is not active. Your first click makes he program window active, second click continues with the command.

What does this mean? Is there a way to fix it?

>>>...when I click to "Specify the base point"...<<<
Where is that located?

The first point I select? It's anywhere. I operate almost exclusively by keyboard commands, which is usually faster. If I enter the commands via the keyboard and wait a few seconds, the first click works fine. If I select icons from the ribbon, the commands work fine. The problem is that both of these ways of working really slow down the drafting. 

>>>...I've noticed that if I were to hold CTRL then click the command works fine...<<<
Weird.

Very. I work on a Lenovo ThinkPad T530 and I had used the BIOS settings menu to switch the FN and CTRL keys since the FN is idiotically on the far left bottom corner where the CTRL key usually is. As a hail mary, I switched it back to the standard configuration and AutoCAD miraculously worked just fine, so I assumed that was the issue. Today, however, the commands are requiring multiple clicks for the first point again, so seems that it was just a fluke.