Commands are not recognized

[camillastn]

Very suddenly, auto cad (2010) does not recognize my commands...I try to copy, move, etc...and the command line keeps saying unrecognized command. Has this ever happened to anyone? I can't do anything...

[JD Mather]

Did you reboot?

[camillastn]

I did restart my computer...is there anyway to do a reset in cad?

[BlackBox]

What happened when you restarted your computer... are your commands working again?

 

As for the reset question, please be more specific... reset what exactly?

[Dana W]

Do you have a path pointing to anything in your support files search path on Options > Files tab?

 

You may have to go to Windows Control Panel > Change/Remove Programs > select AutoCAD > select the Repair option.

 

Have your install disk ready, and you may have to re-install all the service packs for 2010.

[camillastn]

Restarting my computer did not make the commands work, I was just wondering if there was anywhere in CAD I could go to restore everything in CAD to its default settings...

[ReMark]

There is no Reset button. As previously suggested you may have no other recourse than to do a Repair.

 

Repair AutoCAD

 

Click on the Windows Start button.

 

Open the Control Panel.

 

Select Add or Remove Programs.

 

Windows will list all programs loaded.

 

Scroll down the list until you find your version of AutoCAD.

 

Click on the Change/Remove button.

 

Setup initialization begins.

 

At the next screen you should be presented with three options:

 

-Add or Remove Features

-Repair or Reinstall

-Uninstall

 

Select the Repair or Reinstall option and follow the on-screen prompts. Have your installation media (CD or DVD) nearby in case you are prompted to insert it.

[camillastn]

Thanks everyone, I'll give it a try.

[ReMark]

By the way, have you downloaded and installed any updates for 2010?

[camillastn]

Also, I realized that I can type in the complete command, I just cannot type shortcuts for them, so somehow my shortcuts got disabled...

[BlackBox]

Sounds like PGP is no longer in the support path.

[designerstuart]

try command REINIT and slect pgp file?

[alanjt]

Search the Support folder for your acad.pgp file.

 

eg. (from Win7)

"C:\\Users\\athompson\\AppData\\Roaming\\Autodesk\\Civil3D09\\enu\\support\\acad.pgp"

For XP, it will be something like Documents and Settings...

[CAD Library]

I did reinstalled my autocad 2009... whenever I encounter problems like this... thanks to this.. I somehow know the alternative moves...

[ReMark]

You never said whether you are current with any updates to 2010.

 

Users should not do an uninstall/reinstall unless it is absolutely called for. Troubleshoot first. If that fails then attempt a Repair. If that fails then do the whole uninstall/reinstall following AutoDesk's explicit instructions so nothing is missed.

[CAD Library]

ok thanks remark!

[kiidaka]

Have you tried the redifine command? what is the complete message that comes up when you try to enter a command?