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@marcel.vandenoosterkamp wrote:When opening a 3rd party drawing the navvbar/cube whatever it's called is there in every viewport I activate in paperspace. 10+ yeras down the road after this was asked first and still no solution....
LISP, using this command and setting
Or you can use SYSVARMONITOR for a built-in variable tracker to toggle off when you see it present if LISP is not an option (not NAVBAR as it is a command)
@marcel.vandenoosterkamp wrote:When opening a 3rd party drawing the navvbar/cube whatever it's called is there in every viewport I activate in paperspace. 10+ yeras down the road after this was asked first and still no solution....
LISP, using this command and setting
Or you can use SYSVARMONITOR for a built-in variable tracker to toggle off when you see it present if LISP is not an option (not NAVBAR as it is a command)
I have found that this issue is fixed when I create a custom workspace. Turn off the viewcube and navigation bar however you'd like to do it (I use two buttons in the View Tab). Also, probably do other changes that you want to do. I have a YouTube Video on other changes you might want to try.
Now, this only technically works for Model Space - hooray! To change it in all of your new viewports you need to go to the Options Menu. In the 3D modelling tab, there is an option to turn off the VC in several visual styles. I find it useful to only turn off in the 2D wireframe style, but you do you!
Anyhoo, after that go to the gear icon in the Status Bar - lower left corner - and choose Save Current As. I recommend naming it after yourself so you can look like a narcissist, as you see in the picture.
Once that's done, click the gear once more to make sure that your new workspace is the active one. It should have a check mark next to - like you DON'T see in the picture. Now, anytime AutoCAD gets dumb and "forgets" that you like your interface a certain way, you can click the gear, choose your custom workspace again, and show it who's boss.
I have found that this issue is fixed when I create a custom workspace. Turn off the viewcube and navigation bar however you'd like to do it (I use two buttons in the View Tab). Also, probably do other changes that you want to do. I have a YouTube Video on other changes you might want to try.
Now, this only technically works for Model Space - hooray! To change it in all of your new viewports you need to go to the Options Menu. In the 3D modelling tab, there is an option to turn off the VC in several visual styles. I find it useful to only turn off in the 2D wireframe style, but you do you!
Anyhoo, after that go to the gear icon in the Status Bar - lower left corner - and choose Save Current As. I recommend naming it after yourself so you can look like a narcissist, as you see in the picture.
Once that's done, click the gear once more to make sure that your new workspace is the active one. It should have a check mark next to - like you DON'T see in the picture. Now, anytime AutoCAD gets dumb and "forgets" that you like your interface a certain way, you can click the gear, choose your custom workspace again, and show it who's boss.
There is, see screenshot below.
The problem is, if your software ever crashes, sometimes system variables get messed up, and this specific one has happened to me before where it switches back to it's default. Also, once you reload software for whatever reason, or load the next version, you have to switch it to be off again. With a startup script, you can program it so this will never, ever, return again since the script gets loaded into every software version you install via the acaddoc.lsp. In my acaddoc.lsp (which gets copied into the c:\<username>\appdata\roaming\autodesk\<civil 3d version>\enu\support folder) at the very bottom of the file is a line which loads a user.lsp file that I have on my own user drive on the network. In that user.lsp I have probably 35 system variables set how I want them, navcube being one of them. So as long as I have my acaddoc.lsp and my user.lsp files, I never have to worry about this.
There is a great AU write up on this that you can search for that explains how to build all this. Someone put on a session about it years back.
There is, see screenshot below.
The problem is, if your software ever crashes, sometimes system variables get messed up, and this specific one has happened to me before where it switches back to it's default. Also, once you reload software for whatever reason, or load the next version, you have to switch it to be off again. With a startup script, you can program it so this will never, ever, return again since the script gets loaded into every software version you install via the acaddoc.lsp. In my acaddoc.lsp (which gets copied into the c:\<username>\appdata\roaming\autodesk\<civil 3d version>\enu\support folder) at the very bottom of the file is a line which loads a user.lsp file that I have on my own user drive on the network. In that user.lsp I have probably 35 system variables set how I want them, navcube being one of them. So as long as I have my acaddoc.lsp and my user.lsp files, I never have to worry about this.
There is a great AU write up on this that you can search for that explains how to build all this. Someone put on a session about it years back.
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