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Stuck with 3D ucs when drawing in 2D

bianca.tardini
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Stuck with 3D ucs when drawing in 2D

bianca.tardini
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Hello, I am currently using AutoCad 2019 on a PC, student version, and every time I open a drawing for the first time (ndr no other Autocad sessions running) the UCS in the bottom left corner is displayed as if I was working with a 3D drawing. This results in extremely slow files and weird ragged-looking lines... however, when I open other drawings with this first, weird file already open they all show fine, and if I close the first drawing and re-open it, the UCS is back to normal.

Is there a way I can fix this? I have not changed preferences nor anything else recently, started doing it apparently out of nowhere.
I am not attaching any file since the UCS shows wrong no matter which file I open.

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ed57gmc
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See in the upper left of the drawing area where it says "Nascoto"? Change that to "2D Wireframe". This setting is saved in the drawing. That's why you didn't need to change anything. It changed when you opened the file.

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Kent1Cooper
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I can't explain the close-and-re-open-fixes-it part, but the difference in appearance is about the SHADEMODE or VSCURRENT command.  Enter one of those, and set it to 2dwireframe.  And make sure your drawing template files all have it set that way, for new drawings.

 

If you don't get a clear solution that explains why it could be happening as you describe, something could easily be made that would force that setting in every drawing you open.

Kent Cooper, AIA

Kent1Cooper
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@ed57gmc wrote:

See in the upper left of the drawing area where it says "Nascoto"? Change that to "2D Wireframe". This setting is saved in the drawing. That's why you didn't need to change anything. It changed when you opened the file.


That doesn't explain this from Message 1:

"... and if I close the first drawing and re-open it, the UCS is back to normal."

 

That's the part I can't figure out, if as you say it's supposed to be saved in the drawing.  [It doesn't seem to be held in a System Variable, at least not one that I can find, to look it up and confirm that.]

Kent Cooper, AIA

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@Kent1Cooper I can verify that its saved in the dwg by changing the vscurrent value, saving the dwg and reopening it. Its not saved a sysvar, but as a property of the viewport. A sysvar can only store one value, but the dwg has many viewports, so its saved as a property.

 

Perhaps the OP had a problem because they didn't save the dwg after they changed the current visual style? Or perhaps they were viewing ms from the model tab one time and from a ps viewport with different setting the next time?

Ed


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R_Tweed
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Sometimes when I close and reopen drawings or switch between drawings they will open on a tab other rather than model. That could explain the view difference.  Opening dwg from sheetset manager would be an example.

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

can you please try to start AutoCAD with the /safemode switch (as described >>>here<<<).

Does this first dwg again switch to a visual style other than "2D Wireframe"

 

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bianca.tardini
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Thank you very much, this seems to have fixed it! I closed all the open drawings and then proceeded to re-open one:  the UCS was finally normal!

But how did it switch in the first place, did I type something by mistake? I do not recall clicking in the upper left corner and selecting anything!

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bianca.tardini
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I never really messed around with the settings you mentioned in the solution, so I really don't know what could have triggered the change to the viewport...

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ed57gmc
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@bianca.tardini wrote:

Thank you very much, this seems to have fixed it! I closed all the open drawings and then proceeded to re-open one:  the UCS was finally normal!

But how did it switch in the first place, did I type something by mistake? I do not recall clicking in the upper left corner and selecting anything!


Besides the ways Kent mentioned, you can set it from the View tab of the palette. If you don't remember, its not possible to know what you did or didn't do. All you can do is make sure that its not set in your template so that new drawings won't be affected. Start a new drawing and check the viewport to see if it is set to a visual style other than 2D wireframe.

Ed


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mlewisJRNVC
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For those struggling with this issue, makes sure it's 2D Wireframe and not just "Wireframe"

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srikailashashrama
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Very easily solved although 'Nascoto' was not visible. Just by changing to Simple wire frame the ucs changed to 2d
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