[CTRL][ALT] - Redefine?

[Lee Mac]

Ok, on with the help:

 

Try PICKSTYLE = 0 or 1, see if that makes a difference.

 

Does it happen on all big drawings? Or only those with hatches? I cannot reproduce it at all... and none of the Keyboard Shortcuts in the Interface menu are assigned to CTRL+ALT?

[wizman]

It is a company practice also here to lock one's computer everytime a user is away. all company files are on server. It's a personal or company confidential information security like for your emails and for programmers also they don't want to leave their computers easily exposed to ones who like to grab what is in their machines. Going back to topic, another idea the OP may want to try also is to turn OFF selection preview. In the Tools>Options>Selection tab, try turning off the selection preview when a command is active or not.

[ILoveMadoka]

I dont know, thats what I wanted to find out.

 

 

Sorry for the long delay..

Been out of the office.

 

Lock workstation -> Ctrl-Alt-Del -> Lock Computer

[ILoveMadoka]

Just to add, use Windows Button + L to lock computer and you may want to enable screensaver which prompts for password

 

 

Very cool.

Did not know that!

 

This may be the fix

(although I'd still like to know what the deal is..)

[ILoveMadoka]

Yes, but logging on/off takes a lot lot longer than locking, but there is no need for this conversation to continue - surely he has given that the computer must be locked, hence this is not part of the problem, but a given.

 

Again sorry for the delay.

Been out of the office and offline...

 

Many times I'll have Autocad and Solidworks open in addition to various other crap that I don't want to close down just to take a leak

or get a drink, etc..

[ILoveMadoka]

Never meant to casue any strife!!

I'll restate the whole issue..

We have to lock our workstations when not sitting at them.

Often (NOT ALWAYS)..

pressing Ctrl+Alt (as part of Ctrl-Alt-Del to get to Task Manager to lock my screen)

would result in this error:

More than 10000 hatch boundary objects are selected.

Creating this hatch object can be timeconsuming.

Do you want to proceeed?

I ALWAYS cancelled to prevent some infinite loop or infinite wait period.

Just wondering one day I pressed Continue...

When I pressed continue, whatever was running (seemingly the Hatch command) would just *Cancel*

There were instances where the error locked up my machine.

I could find no reference to a Ctrl-Alt hot key assigned to ANY command.

I was hoping someone could shed some light on what command was running.

With all that said...

Windows Key + L is now my favorite hot key combination.

Pressing Ctrl+Alt does not ALWAYS give that error.

I'm researching if has to do with drawing size or complexity or what

to find out WTF is happening at those times I get the error.

Thanks and sorry for any hassle!!

[wizman]

Very cool.

Did not know that!

 

This may be the fix

(although I'd still like to know what the deal is..)

 

 

Glad to hear, you're fine with that.

[nick bessey]

ILoveMadoka,

I have, this morning, started to suffer the same problem, if you press ctrl+alt+delete you will notice that this hatch command is invoked at the ctrl+alt combination. We also are expected to lock our screens as part of IT security and I would have thought that that would be apparent to those above as soon as you said 'we are required'. Yes the windows+L is a fix but it's certainly not an explananaton, a colleague here also had the same problem which 'went away' but upon investigation I noticed that it happens on one drawing but not another. Perhaps this is why, for him, it stopped as suddenly as it began, so there is hope.

I have compared, side by side, the CUI keyboard shotcut pages for the 2 drawings and they appear identical. If anybody has an answer please let us know where it 'hidden' in the drawing

[ILoveMadoka]

It is so sporadic and non-reproducable I've given up and written it off as a fluke.

It doesn't happen on all drawings. I have found if I mess with the speed at which

I press the CTL-ALT-DEL sequence I can "beat" it.

Sometimes ALT-CTL-DEL / DEL-CTL-ALT is enough to get around it too.

 

When it is most frustrating is when Autocad seems to not respond and I find the error dialog has been thrown to the back and is not readily apparent that it is waiting for some user interaction..

 

 

Glad I'm not alone with my Ghost in the Machine...

[nick bessey]

I know it's not the answer but it is a solution...

as the problem is not present in all drawings I guess it is fair to assume that is something defined within a particular drawing.

simply cut'n'paste the drawings contents into an empty drawing and it should clear it.

(I have tried INSERTing the original drawimg but it still has our CTRL+ALT 'ghost').

 

happy days!

[harrison-matt]

Try using the window key + L (the one between ctrl & alt) It works wonders!

[ILoveMadoka]

Agreed......