Express Tools Problem

[happyunited]

Hi,

 

I am working in another office today and for my sins I have been given a machine with AutoCAD 2006. The problem is non of the expres tools work neither does any of the draw order commands. I have unloaded/reloaded express tools but still get the following error message ;

 

Command: layiso Unknown command "LAYISO". Press F1 for help.

 

When I press F1 it can't find it either.

 

What am I doing wrong? I won't be able to get the disc to install the express tools again as i'm only here for the day and IT normally take a day to get going.

 

Cheers

[Fire_col]

It's not an LT version is it?

[happyunited]

It's not an LT version is it?

 

Nope full ACAD. The express tool bar is loaded I just can't use any of the commands??

[Fire_col]

Have you checked the program file to see that all the lisp routines are there?

[happyunited]

Have you checked the program file to see that all the lisp routines are there?

 

What is the best way to go about that?

[Fire_col]

Right click on start>Explore>Local Disk (C: )>Program files>AUtoCAD2006>Express

 

All the files that make the express tools work should be in there if they're not then that's where your problem lies.

[ReMark]

Maybe it is just a case of the Express Tools folder NOT being listed in the Support File Search Path.

 

Does this line, or something similar to it appear in Tools > Options > Files > Support File Search Path?

 

C:\program files\autocad 2006\express

[Fire_col]

Oh yeah, forgot about that bit.

[happyunited]

Yes that folder is full of stuff?

[ReMark]

Yes that folder is full of stuff?

 

What folder and what stuff are we talking about? Please be specific. I can't tell if you are asking me or telling me.

[happyunited]

Maybe it is just a case of the Express Tools folder NOT being listed in the Support File Search Path.

 

Does this line, or something similar to it appear in Tools > Options > Files > Support File Search Path?

 

C:\program files\autocad 2006\express

 

That is there and I have just re-pathed it just to be sure.

 

Re-pathing done the trick.

 

Thank you very much.

 

xx

[happyunited]

Ah it's still not working in this particular drawing file. Must be a problem with it??

[ReMark]

Close AutoCAD, then reopen it and try again.

 

If that doesn't work bring up the Layers II toolbar. Is the Layer Isolate command on the toolbar?

[happyunited]

It's working with other drawings now but still a problem with this one. I'll try WBLOCK on it and hopefully that will do the trick. AUDIT fixed 137 errors but still the problem is there.

[ReMark]

The Layer Isolate tool works within other drawings but not the one you're working on? Really? That just doesn't make sense. What's with trying WBlock? What are you hoping to accomplish?

[happyunited]

The Layer Isolate tool works within other drawings but not the one you're working on? Really? That just doesn't make sense. What's with trying WBlock? What are you hoping to accomplish?

 

The drawing I am working on contains 2 xrefs. I opened up both them to try layer isolate it worked on one and not the other so I have WBLOCK the faulty one and after the WBLOCK layer isolate works on it. I have now re loaded both xrefs back into the drawing and......

 

It still doesn't work.

[ReMark]

Now I know why I don't use Xrefs in my drawings. Sometimes they are more trouble than they are worth. Thanks for the reminder.

 

Sorry to hear that your root problem still plagues you. However, I'll take some small part of the credit in getting Express Tools back on line.

 

I can't think of a logical reason why the command won't work unless the layer you are trying to isolate is included in the Xref. Is that the case?

[happyunited]

Now I know why I don't use Xrefs in my drawings. Sometimes they are more trouble than they are worth. Thanks for the reminder.

 

Sorry to hear that your root problem still plagues you. However, I'll take some small part of the credit in getting Express Tools back on line.

 

I can't think of a logical reason why the command won't work unless the layer you are trying to isolate is included in the Xref. Is that the case?

 

You certainly can take some credit - I wish we had a reputation button where we could rep other members ofr giving advice.

 

It's no particular layer - it's the entire drawing! the command simply doesn't work. I have now xref the 2 drawings into a blank sheet and the command still works. I'm now going to bring in the text and title block and see what happens.

 

Annoying!!

 

Thnaks for your help, much appreciated.

[happyunited]

Just a quick one;

 

If you don't use xrefs what would you do if you had 20 drawings needing the same 10Mb background in each drawing???

[ReMark]

Your comment is much appreciated. And you're entirely welcomed.

 

Let us know what finally happens. I'll be curious to see if the workaround does the trick.