CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 OK, I think this one's a collector's item. I haven't seen it before and it is quite spectacular. I had just opened a drawing and the first thing I did was to click the Layer Manager button and I was presented with this: What does it all mean? Although I was offered 3 alternatives, AutoCAD just crashed and I had to close it down using the Task Manager. Has anyone seen this before or is this a real rarity? Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 OK, so AutoCAD had managed to reproduce a previously reported defect - cool I hope those Autodesk boys are watching - it looks like they've been waiting for this one. Yep, service packs up-to-date. Quote
ReMark Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 "ReadProperty failed" would lead me to believe a problem within the drawing file itself. What happens if you just load the drawing but don't click on the Layer Manager button? Can you work with the drawing? Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 I can open the drawing and I can navigate etc but I get the same problem when trying to open the Layer Manager. I'll try Wblocking. Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 OK, Wblocking doesn't work and the error also occurs in a larger drawing that Xrefs the problem one. The weird thing is they were all OK yesterday when I was working on them and I haven't changed them since. I'm hoping to find a workaround because this project has a deadline tomorrow. Quote
ReMark Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 And you tried Audit and Purge before working on the drawing? Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 And you tried Audit and Purge before working on the drawing? Oh it's worse than I thought. It now happens on ALL drawings - even ones I created ages ago. I don't think it has anything to do with the drawing - it's AutoCAD. I'll try a restart. Quote
ReMark Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 So now we've gone from bad to worse? Not good. What else is running besides AutoCAD? Have you had any hardware problems lately (hard drive acting up)? Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 So now we've gone from bad to worse? Not good. What else is running besides AutoCAD? Have you had any hardware problems lately (hard drive acting up)? This is BAD. A restart hasn't helped and AutoCAD now crashes every time I try to open the Layer Manager - even in a new drawing (before drawing anything). Basically, AutoCAD has broken and I can't use it for the intended purpose. Deadline looming!!! I'm coming to the conclusion that a reinstall may be required Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 Installation repaired - problem remains. Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 AutoCAD reinstalled - problem remains. I'm guessing this must be a registry problem but I'm all out of ideas. Quote
ReMark Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 Registry problem? Why? Did you add any new hardware or software prior to the problems you have experienced? What OS are you running? You can try using the old standby REGCLEAN program (an unoffical release by Microsoft). It's relatively safe. Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 It looks as though this may be related to the .NET framework. The Layer Properties Manager uses .NET and on Friday, Microsoft released the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, which I installed because it was flagged as "Important". It just seems too much of a coincidence to be anything else. Advice for everyone: DO NOT install the .NET service pack if you are running AutoCAD on Vista until the problem can be identified. Quote
ReMark Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 I think I saw something about the possibility of it being a NET Framework problem but I considered it to be fairly remote. That's the price you pay sometimes for immediately downloading and installing service packs I suppose. I usually wait a couple of weeks and see if there are any bugs in the bug-fix. Looks like you caught yourself a fine specimen. Glad you were able to sort it out. Gonna make that deadline? Quote
skipsophrenic Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 Is there a way to uninstall the .NET service pack? - if so would that "undo" the error's your getting? Quote
CADTutor Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 Is there a way to uninstall the .NET service pack? - if so would that "undo" the error's your getting? I haven't tried uninstalling the .NET service pack yet because I have found a workaround to the problem. It seems to be something to do with the modeless nature of the Layer Palette. If I set it back to legacy mode (LAYERDLGMODE = 0) everything works fine. Quote
skipsophrenic Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 odd, how a single variable can cause such a headache Quote
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