Full White Layout bug

[Anonymous]

Hi.

I was creating a drawing and all of a sudden, just one of the layouts became completely white, the mouse pointer is not visible and if I try to draw something, it's always at 0.0mm. I also can't zoom either in or out.

If I use quick select (qs) with Layer-Dimensions, for example, I get the rotated dimensions, but I can't see them.

Please help me.

EDIT.: I just tried to "Export Layout to Model" and it created a new file with (2) after the filename. In that file, the model space is now bugged just like the layout was, and if I open "Layout 1", Autocad stops responding.

BUGGED LAYOUT

NORMAL LAYOUT

Thank you

[pendean]

Does this happen in ALL files, or just this one?
Is LT2015 fully patched/updated?

[Anonymous]

Just this file, just one of the layouts.

Version: J.210.0.0, AutoCAD LT 2015 SP2

EDIT.: I attached said file.

[pendean]

Use RECOVER to fix your file, it has many issues

Other ways to fix your file are noted here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/AutoCA...

[Anonymous]

I tried many of those fixes and none of them worked.
Now the file is "error free". If I "AUDIT" the file, it says there's 0 errors. I tried:

-Purge

Purge all

Overkill

Recover

Recoverall

Delcon

Right-click layout, From Template

Use ADC method

I can open the "Model" space and layouts "2" and "3" without problems.
But if I try to select layout "1", AutoCAD freezes.

I mean, it's not like this is the most complicated layout in the world, I could redo it easily, but I'm actually intrigued, why did this happen?
Is there any way to fix it?

I attached the file once again so you can see what I mean.

Thank you

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Delete Layout1 and start over with a new #1 Layout. Don't import it from the same source, that's probably corrupt if it starts locking up again.
OR
WBLOCK out the model content to create a new file, Start a file from your flawless Template files, INSERT the 'wblock' content into it, EXPLODE and start over.

With AutoCAD it's best to recognize when to just let it go and fix the layout/file in other ways. 8-hours to fix a layout is just not productive.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, you're right.

I was trying to recover the file so I could understand what went wrong and how to fix it if it happens again, but it's not really necessary.

Anyway, I didn't lose that much time because the drawing was completed and it broke when I opened it to verify some dimensions. So in the meantime between our posts, I was working on another files.

Thank you