Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 I am using AutoCAD 2010. Recently there are commands that I have used in the past but now are not able to attain through mouse clicking. I used to be able to right click on a viewport and a dialogue box would come up which had a feature allowing me to unlock that particular viewport. Now all I get is a standard dialogue box with copy,cut and paste,etc. I tried to go to the help section and find a command I could type in for unlocking the viewports and was not successful in finding that info! I need this info today (June 18, 2012)! Also, I used to be able to click on an object and it would "list" its attributes without typing in the command "list". Another is I used to be able to double click text to edit...now I have to go to the text editor icon. Thank you! Quote
ReMark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Please remain calm. We don't want to upset the other passengers. Re: unlocking viewport. This can be accomplished via the Properties palette and/or Quick Properties too. What is the setting for the system variable DBLCLKEDIT? It should be set to "ON". Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 OMG! Thank you for the properties palette solution! ......you calmed me down! Yes, my DBLCLKEDIT is set "on" Quote
ReMark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 You can utilize Quick Properties to obtain information about entities that you click on however you did use the word "attributes" so I want to clarify what you mean. Do you mean actual attributes that have been attached to a block? Ex. - a desk with attributes for employee name and telephone extension number. Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Thank you. No, by attributes I meant the layer the object is on, the angle in the plant, line type, color,etc... I also thought it was a mouse clicking problem as you did, so is there another mouse clicking setting besides DBLCLKEDIT, for single clicking or right clicking, for ie? Quote
Dadgad Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you want to set your TEXTED system variable to 2, check in the image for available options. It also sounds like you have used your QUICK PROPERTIES in the past, which I find much more useful and customizable than the regular PROPERTIES. See if the other image rings a bell for you. You may also be looking for TIME SENSITIVE right click settings which you can find in your OPTIONS on the USER PREFERENCES tab. If you haven't tried it before you might want to. Quote
ReMark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Is the system variable SHORTCUTMENU set to its default value of 11? It can be accessed at the command line? Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Hi! Thank you, How do get to the "system variables" dialogue box? I also cannot find an icon for "quick properties" ...I have one for regular properties and thank you for the "display locked" solution. Quote
Dadgad Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 SYSVDLG at your commandline, and turn on the icon in your lower right hand corner. Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Thank you. No, it was set to "7", however, after setting to "11" it did not seem to solve any of the problems Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Thank you for the system variable command tip. "TEXTED" is not in the AutoCAD 2010 version of the system variable Quote
Dadgad Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Thank you for the system variable command tip. "TEXTED" is not in the AutoCAD 2010 version of the system variable I don't know if you saw my edit to POST #8, regarding the RIGHT CLICK CUSTOMIZATION options. Quote
Dadgad Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Dadgad meant MTEXTED. Try again. Thanks ReMark, not so, but I wish I had, now that you bring it up! Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 yes, I put a check mark in the "time sensitive" box of the right click customization as you showed me and now when I right click the "options" dialogue box comes up! Quote
ReMark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Does this mean you have stopped hyperventilating Catcall? Can we put the O2 cylinder away? Quote
Catcall Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 yes and no....don't need the O2 cylinder because I can finish my deadline for today (), but still have clicking issues Quote
Dadgad Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Does this mean you have stopped hyperventilating Catcall? Can we put the O2 cylinder away? Yeah, break out the nitrous! Check the image please. Might this be what you are after? Quote
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