Lasso Selection suddenly not a rectangle

[bmallc]

In Acad 2020, suddenly lasso selection doesn't drag in a rectangular window the way it used to, but goes into a freehand sort of drawn line. It doesn't matter from which direction I drag (top to bottom, right to left or the opposite). And I can find no preference for it in the main Preferences dialogue box under "Selection". Any suggestions for returning to the ordinary rectangular window selection? Thx.

[rkmcswain · Accepted solution]

Lasso is not rectangular. 

Type in PICKAUTO - set it to a value of one (1).

[bmallc]

rkmcswain - Wow, thank you - that worked.  If I may trouble you further, when I went in to make the suggested change, the previous value was (7).   So, A] How many different flavors of value are there? B] Will the change back to a value of 1 change yet other features of selection? And C] Like many such problems, is there any way to know HOW the heck the preference was changed to begin with when I never mess with anything? 

If you can impart any insight to help avoid such glitches, I'd be grateful. Thanks again. 

[rkmcswain · Accepted solution]

@bmallc  - I told you the most direct route (changing a system variable). You can also change this in OPTIONS > SELECTION tab.

Help is your friend when it comes to system variables. >> PICKAUTO

Note that this is a bitcode type system variable.

[bmallc]

Thank you. Yeah, "Help" is my friend when I succeed in asking the question correctly for it to help!  I probably need help in mastering Help.  

Thanks again, R.K. McSwain!

[cammander]

I opened one of our consultant's Autocad files and after that, the selection variable was changed to the lasso in My Autocad. I came here looking for the command to set it back to (1), and am happy to find it easily. I don't know why the consultant dwg changed my system variable either. 

[rkmcswain]

PICKAUTO is saved in the registry, which means it's a user/machine saved variable. It's not saved in the DWG file. A coincidence that it changed at the same time.

[Anonymous]

I found that using change PICKDRAG to 2 was better for me

Hold for lasso click for rectange block

[m_esquejo]

thank you it help me a lot

[bsankar2000]

Thanks a Lot. It solved the issue !

[jwinklerSB4SV]

Why?????   Why Autodesk does this change randomly??  I spent 20 minutes of production time find an answer and to fix it?

[pendean]

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@jwinklerSB4SV wrote:

Why?????   Why Autodesk does this change randomly??  I spent 20 minutes of production time find an answer and to fix it?

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Autodesk is a company: the company did nothing to those very old variables so far.

If you meant "...Why AutoCAD does this change randomly..." that is usually something the user (you) triggered or turned off accidentally doing something, it happens to all of us occasionally. 

Consider taking advantage of SYSVARMONITOR command in modern versions of AutoCAD to set variables to the default settings as you discover them affecting you, and watch for alerts from that command when they do change.

HTH

[cammander]

Yes, it seemed to me that simply opening up a consultant's file can change this variable. I encourage everyone to become familiar with the commands for the command line.  I still find myself constantly reminding people about some of the other key ones, like MIRRTEXT and PSLTSCALE. Keep at it! 😉

[jwinklerSB4SV]

Yes, I did do something. I installed an AutoCAD service patch!
LOL…….Anyhow that is just me venting. Thank you for the info about the
sysvar monitor, I will look into it. ##- Please type your reply above
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[pendean]

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@jwinklerSB4SV wrote:
Yes, I did do something. I installed an AutoCAD service patch!

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If you are still having issues, consider starting a support ticket through your subscription portal as explained here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/users-software/support-options#:~....

HTH

[aludovic214]

Thank you for that tip on Turning off LASSO, it works great.