I am sure there is a simple explanation - but it is beyond me!
For years I have edited my aclt.pgp file to have the shortcut for *DISTANCE
as ds.
This morning I received a drawing package from an engineer who uses an add
on program with autocad to somehow convert his drawings to scale in model
space????
When I tried to establish what was happening I used the ds command to
measure something and got 'distance = 0 (read only)' which would seem to
indicate that I was invoking the system variable rather than the distance
command.
I tried typing 'dist' instead of 'ds' and lo and behold the distance command
worked and allowed me to measure the distance. When I tried 'ds' again I got
'distance = 150 (read only)' - this being the stored distance of the
measurement I took with the 'dist' command - (I assume).
I checked my aclt.pgp file and sure enough the shortcut for *DISTANCE is
still 'ds' and there is no 'dist' shortcut anywhere at all.
I find now that the shortcut 'ds' does not work on any drawings.
I have opened the original engineer's drawing on two other identical
computers, which have the same aclt.pgp file as mine and they work fine.
I did a system restore to go back to several days before I opened the
Engineer's drawing and this had no effect.
Any explanation / help would be much appreciated - I want my shortcut back.
system spec
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) eveshamvale
MS-6743 Ver1.1A
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: eveshamvale MS-6743
Ver1.1A
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/17/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
132.91 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
SONY DVD RW DW-D22A [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1613 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
WDC WD1600JD-00HBC0 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n
WD-WCAL93055875, rev 08.02D08, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes
Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Slot 'A3' is Empty
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] LogMeIn Mirror Driver [Display
adapter]
RADEON 9550 [Display adapter]
RADEON 9550 Secondary [Display adapter]
Iiyama A902MT VisionMaster Pro 451 [Monitor] (18.2"vis, October 2000)