What happened to my autocad

[Timber]

Hi folks,

 

I wonder if anyone can help me. My 2009 autocad student edition crashed. On the screen is only a red A in the top left hand corner. No menu's, no pulldowns...and if I left click on the screen in order to bring up another menu, nothing happens. It's as if the whole screen just disappeared.

And I have a project due tomorrow.

 

thanks in advance..........Tim

[Kapanther]

have you clicked on the red A?

[mateen]

i think your cad is currpt. Reinstall your cad.

[MarcoW]

No, I believe there is missing the ribbon and menu's. This happenes if you delete workspaces etc.

I did it once and "repaired" the install. THis works good.

I believe that reloading CUI could help also but I am not able to try now.

Please google for "autocad missing ribbon" and see what they come up with.

[ReMark]

Did you hit the "Clean Screen" button by accident? It would be down in the lower right-hand corner of your screen.

 

Do you have a command line at the bottom of your screen?

[Slaraffenmann]

If possible, try to enter the options-menu by clicking your right mouse button. At the profile tab, try to choose one profile, and click set current. This might get your ribbons back.

[ReMark]

If the OP has a command line typing the word RIBBON might also work as well. However, he has failed to provide any further pertinent information so I guess we just wait and see.

[Dana W]

I'm thinking the thing might have expired, and the OP has the splash screen turned off.

[Timber]

Hi folks,

 

thanks for all the input. However, I think Dana is correct.....the darn thing expired....and it expired at 8 pm, on the last night of class right before the project was due.

[ReMark]

Hi folks,

 

thanks for all the input. However, I think Dana is correct.....the darn thing expired....and it expired at 8 pm, on the last night of class right before the project was due.

 

Great timing. Nice call there Dana.

[Dana W]

Great timing. Nice call there Dana.

Just speaking from experience.

 

My last class was in November several years ago. Class started on 10/29, and ran through 11/30, but I installed my software from the disk in the AutoCAD 2007 Bible to my home computer a week before the class started. Luckily, most of class time was usually devoted to completing the work.