Dynamic input stuck in ortho

[ANTHONY_J_HLAD]

Using autocad 2022.  Dynamic input has switched to polar.  How do I get it to default to cartesian coordinate system? F10 does not toggle it.

[pendean]

Does this happen in ALL of your files, or just this one single DWG file?
Is your UCS rotated? PLAN set to match that rotation too?

[ANTHONY_J_HLAD]

Does it on all files, and all new files opened from a templates.    Ucs is set to world.  Elaborate on "plan set to match that rotation"   Autocad will show the cartesian coordinates when using a transparent snap but only when it shows it has found the snap.

[user181]

Maybe this is what you are looking for? Use DSETTINGS command and on the Dynamic Input tab select Settings under Enable Pointer Input

[Michiel.Valcke]

Go to your dynamic input settings and check to see if the settings there are correct.

rightclick on the dynamic input drawing aid to go to the settings

[pendean]

@ANTHONY_J_HLAD is PLAN command also set to WORLD?

Can you provide a video showing "switched to polar" by chance?

EDIT: and what is your SNAPANG set to? 0 is the default.

[ANTHONY_J_HLAD]

Setting in DSSETTINGS do not change anything.    Attached a video after I type in end in the line command it changes to cartesian.  After the transparent snap is typed in the coordinates can be typed in and tab works to switch between z and y.  I even tried reseting setting to defult with no change.  I have an another pc with 2021 and it is acting the same way.

[pendean]

@ANTHONY_J_HLAD Thanks for the video: there is nothing unusual AFAIK, all I see is you have POLAR turned on and you can turn that off anytime with this button right here

[Michiel.Valcke]

I had to look at that video 4 times and try it out for myself to notice something different and even then it is very minor. When picking your END point - after typing END, before actually snapping to an endpoint - it does look like your dynamic input is set to cartesian coordinates instead of polar. But as soon as you clicked on the snappoint it reverted back to the polar coordinates. So while functionally it makes no difference, technically it is different from my experience where the dynamic input stays in polar coördinates while using a snap override. But you use a snap override specifically because you want to click on the screen to determine the input. So whether the dynamic input is in polar or cartesian coordinates while doing it, it doesn't make a difference. 

I can get the same behaviour if I set the DDSETTINGS to this. So if you don't want it, set it to polar coördinates.

I made a .gif to show how the setting changes the behaviour.

You can see after typing END in the first case the dynamic input prompt is cartesian and in the second try the dynamic input prompt is polar (using ">" to denote the angle input)

EDIT: setting DYNPIFORMAT to 1 (cartesian) should always make second points and next points be shown as x,y inputs, but somehow dynmode reverts to polar input, so this might be a bug. I'd have to check in older version if this is also the same.

[ANTHONY_J_HLAD]

That is the polar tracking button.   Only affects is it will stop on preset angles 15,30,45 etc.  Has no effect on showing polar or cartesian.

[ANTHONY_J_HLAD · Accepted solution]

 

I found the solution using chatgtp.  dynmode needs to be set to 1.

[TheCADnoob]

The Display prompts for polar, but if you enter your values as cartesian 10,10 as opposed to a polar 10<45 it will take them as cartesian. Its just a visual thing. It can still accept cartesian. 

[pendean]

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@ANTHONY_J_HLAD wrote:

I found the solution using chatgtp.  dynmode needs to be set to 1.

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So what was it set to please?