Expert: Shauna Anderson - 3/20/2009

Question
QUESTION: I have a user that has set the right click Customization to turn on time sensitive right click, repeat last command in Default and Edit Mode and to Enter in Command Mode.  He says that this works for an hour or two and then reverts back to the default settings, causing him to have to reset it.  Could you give me some idea of why this is happening and how to stop it from happening?

ANSWER: Hi Kathy,

I can help you fix this.  Have him re-set this up. When he is in the right click customize dialogue box it forces you to pick "apply & close". Once it is set up again -> before doing anything else <- he needs to hit "APPLY".

Then - go to the Profile tab and create a new profile. This should save the setting for him in his profile. Set the new profile current, and the hit "APPLY".  Then hit OK to close the options dialogue box.

As to why this happens  - my common response is that because it is ACAD and it can.  If you have any customization, I suspect there is something from an old lisp routine or macro that is being read by AutoCAD in a new way and is knocking out that setting.

That should do the trick!
-Shauna

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QUESTION: We have a specified profile that needs to be used so I would not like to create a new one if I can help it.  Would it still work I set the profile current again?  Also I noticed that once the profile has been set current the Apply button is grayed out.

Answer
This should work for you then Kathy. I don't know how familiar you are with lisp but this is an easy quick fix anyone can do!

Since he has a profile he is required to use, have him set it the way he likes it, then type in the command SHORTCUTMENU. It will be followed by a number in brackets. <> All we really want here is to get HIS number, mine is <27>.

Next create a little lisp file to go into his startup suite. (bottom right corner after typing appload) Then when he starts ACAD it will run that routine and reset this for him.

Here is what the lisp routine will look like, just cut and paste this into a notepad file and save it on his machine as lsp instead of txt.
  I called this fred.lsp:

;;; fred.lsp
(defun c:fred nil (command "shortcutmenu" "27"))


Those two lines will fix him up. If you aren't familiar with it, where the c:fred is it could be c:ANYTHING. But keep it simple. I use ww for something similar. If his right click quits working in the middle of acad, he just has to type the word at the c:, in this example fred.

Further explanation is given down below, but this is enough to get "Fred" right-clicking and happy again!


Best Wishes,
Shauna


In further depth, the number is adding together variables that toggle settings:

0)  Disables all Default, Edit, and Command mode shortcut menus, restoring AutoCAD Release 14 behavior.

1) Enables Default mode shortcut menus.

2) Enables Edit mode shortcut menus.

4) Enables Command mode shortcut menus whenever a command is active.

8) Enables Command mode shortcut menus only when command options are currently available at the command prompt.

16) Enables display of a shortcut menu when the right button on the pointing device is held down longer

OSNAP works the same way!