Group command not working.

Jim Canale
Jim Canale
in 2D Drafting
Anyone here using the GROUP command?  I've got V14.2.17.  I can assign a group name, and select the objects for the group.  If creates the group.  If I tell it to highlight the group, it correctly selects all the objects in the group.  But if I try to select the group and move or place it in an array, only the individual objects I select are moved or arrayed.

I've had the command work on occasion.  But not for some time.

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  • Jim Canale
    Jim Canale
    Figured it out.  PICKSTYLE variable was set to the wrong thing...  I don't know how these things spontaneously and randomly change in BricsCAD.  I never mess with variables.
  • John Gaunt
    John Gaunt

    I have had settings which changed, defaulted to a non-preferred, or turned up in imported files.

    As I come across them, I add them to the on_doc_load.lsp so I don't have to remember them again.

    This is the list which has grown over many years - chamferA/chamferB was the very first one (from Acad days) - I could never understand how its default was a small non-zero number but no one ever mentioned it.

    (SETVAR "APERTURE" 4)
    (SETVAR "AUTOMENULOAD" 0)
    (SETVAR "BASEFILE" "C:\\DWGS\\std.dwg")
    (SETVAR "BLIPMODE" 0)
    (SETVAR "CHAMFERA" 0)
    (SETVAR "CHAMFERB" 0)
    (SETVAR "CMDECHO" 0)
    (SETVAR "COPYMODE" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMADEC" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMASSOC" 1)
    (SETVAR "DIMCLRD" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMCLRE" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMCLRT" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMSHO" 0)
    (SETVAR "DIMZIN" 0)
    (SETVAR "EDGEMODE" 1)
    (SETVAR "GRIPSIZE" 4)
    (SETVAR "HIGHLIGHT" 1)
    (SETVAR "HPASSOC" 0)
    (SETVAR "LUPREC" 2)
    (SETVAR "NFILELIST" 10)
    (SETVAR "OSNAPCOORD" 1)
    (SETVAR "PDMODE" 0)
    (SETVAR "PELLIPSE" 1)
    (SETVAR "PICKBOX" 4)
    (SETVAR "PLINEGEN" 0)
    (SETVAR "PLINEWID" 0)
    (SETVAR "PROMPTMENU" 0)
    (SETVAR "SAVETIME" 0)
    (SETVAR "UCSICON" 1)
    (SETVAR "VISRETAIN" 1)
    (SETVAR "XLOADPATH" "C:\DWGS")
    (COMMAND "REGENAUTO" "ON")
    (command "colorx" 1)
    (command "grid" "off")
    (command "viewres" "y" "100")

  • Roy Klein Gebbinck
    Roy Klein Gebbinck
    Jim, variables do not randomly change. Some variables are stored in the drawing so they can have a different value in different drawings. But pickstyle is not one of those.
  • Roy Klein Gebbinck
    Roy Klein Gebbinck
    ... If you really are experiencing random bugs then this article by Rakesh Rao may be helpful:
    http://rakeshrao.typepad.com/work_smarter_geotools/2012/11/tip-install-bricscad-as-an-administrator.html
  • Jim Canale
    Jim Canale
    Thank you for the list John.   And thank you, Roy for the link.  I looked at the article you referred me to Roy.    I don't have administrator rights.  Just basic User rights.    Our IT manager HAS been installing by right clicking the installer and selecting  "Run as Administrator".    Despite this, I've had quite a few problems with variables and other settings changing, seemingly at random.    The group command was working, then it stopped.   I changed the value of the PICKSTYLE variable from '0" to "1" and it started working again.    If I didn't type the variable on the command line, how did it ever get set to "0"?   I'm not doing any programming or running any programs.

    I've had a particular problem with the Autosnap settings too.    
  • Jason Bourhill
    Jason Bourhill
    Hi Jim,

    I agree with Roy, variables shouldn't randomly change, there is usually an underlying reason. A common one is LISP routines. I suspect in your case that maybe it is from accidentally pressing a shortcut key? In SETTINGs it states Ctrl + H will toggle the value for PICKFIRST.

    It can be confusing as to where variables get saved. SETTINGs actually states (see bottom left of dialogue) where each variable will be stored. There is also an option to export these details to a spreadsheet.

    BTW, I'm not sure whether Rakesh's post is valid anymore. Recent versions of the BricsCAD installer come as an .MSI rather than .EXE. As far as I can see .MSI doesn't provide the option to run as admin.

    Regards,

    Jason Bourhill

    CAD Concepts
    imagedlgSettings-PickFirst.png
  • Jim Canale
    Jim Canale
    Thanks Jason.  Not sure when I would have accidentally hit "Ctrl + H", but I suppose it is possible.  I've never run any LSP files in Bricscad, unless some are loaded by default that I don't know about.  I don't even know how to load them..

    My machine has been awfully wierd lately.  We use an internet based timeclock to log our arrivals and departures.  I punch out when my work for the day is done.   I don't watch the time.  I get so wrapped up in my work that I put in hours of unauthorized overtime.  Yet for the past three days, the Paychex time clock reported that I logged out at EXACTLY 3:52 PM!   What's the odds of that?  I've asked our IT manager to investigate.  Maybe something wierd going on with the time synchronization of my PC.    Twilight zone....
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