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Unable to select and edit objects.

cnimsD4XLM
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Unable to select and edit objects.

cnimsD4XLM
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Explorer

I'm working in autocad 2019 in a decently sized drawing (about 6mb) with about 100,000 objects in it.

 

Occasionally while selecting objects, the object will be highlighted but won't appear in my properties window as a selection, it will continue to say no selection. When this happens the objects I had selected will remain highlighted even after pressing escape. I can interact with the highlighted objects with what I'd consider single prompt commands such as delete, but when I try to use a command such as rotate where I have to click on a base point, nothing will register and the command will end. 

 

This will continue until I save the drawing, exit it, and reopen it. 

 

I'm pretty stumped as to whats causing this, and its really effecting my productivity. Any ideas?

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pendean
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PROPERTIES palette doing that usually means you have a 3rd party Windows Registry Cleaner at work wiping away temp entries needed by the program. Turn it off for a month and see if the problem ever comes back.

Otherwise you might have a shaky log-in WIndows Registry file that needs repair: your IT folks should then get involved.

Also ensure your AutoCAD2019 is up to 2019.1.2 version: ABOUT command should confirm what you have.

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> When this happens the objects I had selected will remain

>> highlighted even after pressing escape

Could be a display issue too, what happens when you run command _REGEN in that state? ...or if you pan this object to outside the screen and then back.

 

>> This will continue until I save the drawing, exit it, and reopen it. 

You might try to simply activate a second drawing and then go back to your previous one.

 

- alfred -

 

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ennujozlagam
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maybe you try to refer to this LINK and see if helps. thanks





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