JHayes Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 My grips stopped working. I first noticed it as I was trying to resize a viewport. Now in paperspace even drawing a polyline I can't manipulate it using the grips. Picking a blue corner it just turns red. I've tried putting things on different layers and made sure everything is turned on. I've had this problem before and can't figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi and welcome to the forum! First enter "Pickfirst" and set it to 1 Now make sure "Gripblock" is set to 0 Then right click the screen and go to "Properties" Under selection - make sure that all boxes are checked except Show grips withen blocks. It looks like you are using Civil 3d not plain autocad? If you have an image in the drawing sometimes you have to turn the "Shift+left click to select image" off type MAPIOPTIONS and uncheck "Shift+left click to select image". Good luck and let us know if any of the above worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHayes Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Thanks. I ended up re-booting and when I re-opened the drawing things were back to normal. I've had this problem before though and I suspect it will happen again, so I'll keep your suggestions close at hand. Yes I'm using Civil 3D 2014. I can't be sure but it seems this issue may be related to making changes to the scale while using annotative text and/or making changes to the scale while using dynamic arrows/scale bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHayes Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Here we go again with the same problem! I knew it was only a matter of time. I don't know if it is something I'm doing or what. I tried all your suggestions and nothing worked. The settings are already set as you suggest. Any other ideas are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHayes Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Another symptom of this problem is the escape key doesn't work to deselect items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEGAdevelopment Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Try hitting Ctrl when esc doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Did you ever try to restore or re-install AutoCAD? I know that's last resort, but it might fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHayes Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 No I've never re-installed. This problem occurs fairly rarely... maybe once a week. Usually I can save, close, then re-open the drawing and it will work fine, but the problem will occur again later in that same drawing. Seems like it happens recurringly only in certain drawings, though I don't know what would distinguish those drawings from all my others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 There's probably some sort of corruption in those files. I don't know of any variables that would cause that to happen and I don't think you'd accidentally change it if there was such a variable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwartzbwithu Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 If you are using Civil 3D, this can be cause by using the North Arrow Layout Element, and a clipped viewport. AutoCAD will just stop responding, you won't be able to move grips, etc. You will have to restart AutoCAD, make your layout, and then explode the North Arrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADElvis Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Did this ever get resolved I have the same issue and the only thing that works is shutting down Civil #d and restarting the drawing. Very frustrating and time consuming. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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