littlemonkey Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 We just loaded 2010 LT at our office (I know, I know, we put it off too long). Anyway, for a while I've enjoyed that one could undo the last action while a command was still active instead of having to undo the whole thing and start over again. An example of this is if you chose a wrong point while using AREA or if you were copying the same object to 5 different coordinates and accidentally keyed the last coordinate wrong. You could undo only the last copy point (while the command was still active) and it would only undo that one, not the entire command. It appears I can't do this anymore in 2010 and I'm wondering if this is a variable I have to set somewhere or what. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 not sure but try changing the value of system variable 'undoctl' to 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemonkey Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks but no luck with that. It comes up: Command: undoctl UNDOCTL = 53 (read only) I looked into the undo controls but if you set them to 1 it actually only lets you undo 1 command. It looks like I just have to do it by keying U while I'm in the command instead of clicking the undo button like I could in 09. It'll just take me a little getting used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I'm running plain vanilla AC 2010 and I can Undo the last action while the command (in this case it was Copy) is still active. Tried it twice. No problem here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemonkey Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hmmmm... doesn't work in LT, though. To confirm, you're clicking undo, not keying U, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I'm all keyed up. Clicking an Undo button is a waste of time IMHO. Unless you have only one arm or the other one is busy tuning your iPod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 The settings for UNDOCTL in plain vanilla AC 2010 read: 0 = Off 1 = On 2 = Only one command can be undone. 4 = Auto 8 = A group is currently active. 16 = Zoom and pan operations are grouped as a single action. 32 = Layer property operations are grouped as a single action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Tried it in AutoCAD Classic (I work mainly with the Ribbon) and you're description of the problem is correct. The UNDO button is grayed out and does not appear to be useable during the command. Only using the keyboard works; don't know why that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemonkey Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 "I'm all keyed up. Clicking an Undo button is a waste of time IMHO. Unless you have only one arm or the other one is busy tuning your iPod." Or are a left mouser... I did ALL keyboard entry for years because that's how I learned but as they change/modify/"improve" AutoCAD with each release I try to adapt my drafting style to reflect the changes to the program. Over time they have changed to a more "click-driven" workspace than a "keyboard-driven" one so when 09 came out I decided I would try to get used to the ribbon (and I did). Once I got used to keeping my left hand on the mouse exclusively and my right hand on the number pad I started to like clicking more (although I still can't seem to stop using a few "staple" keyed commands here and there - LOL!). I just don't understand why they would have made this a new feature in 09 LT only to take it away in 10 LT. Regarding UNDOCTL, in LT it's accessed by UNDO and then the CONTROL option but it's still not the fix to my problem. The "Only one command can be undone" variable means you can only undo once before it will disable the undo command. The other settings are moot... Like I said, I guess I'll just have to get re-used to hitting U mid-command instead of clicking the undo arrow. This is tedious when my left hand is mousing and my right hand is on the number pad - LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Get a multi-button mouse (side buttons for instance) and program one for the UNDO command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemonkey Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Do you think that would even work since that action is only available during an active command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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