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robinrobinsonsa 
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 Topic: Reset UCS to default position and remain so
Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 10:07 |
My UCS keeps changing positions when alternating between
views. I have to constantly reset it to
WCS. How do I reset it to it's original position (WCS) to remain so?
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John Connor
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Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 11:33 |
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Could it be you have Dynamic UCS enabled?
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robinrobinsonsa
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Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 19:11 |
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I've tried a few settings actually and lost track of what I've had on / off. My last resort was to copy and paste the whole drawing into into a new file which seems to have resolved the issue, nonetheless I'd still be interested to know what the issue is. I'll post again if the i pick up the problem again. Thanks for your assistance.
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John Connor
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Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 19:20 |
Did you try this: "At the command line, type "UCS" then
choose the "World" option. Next type "Plan" and choose
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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robinrobinsonsa
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Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 21:36 |
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Yes, I've tried that. The UCS resets itself to the World position where I'd like it to remain, then on changing views reverts to the other position.
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 09.Feb.2017 at 21:54 |
 John Connor wrote:
Could it be you have Dynamic UCS enabled? |
It sounds like exactly that. Check the UCSDETECT System Variable.
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robinrobinsonsa
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Posted: 12.Feb.2017 at 07:32 |
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Just looking back at previous files for this drawing (I save drawings as a new file each time I work on them as backups), Dynamic UCS was on in each file so I don't think that was the issue. The only "out of the ordinary" thing that has happened over the last few weeks is that my laptop has spontaneously shutdown a few times due to an insufficient power supply having used a smaller adapter from one of my old laptops until I replaced the original one the other day so maybe the file was corrupted??
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robinrobinsonsa
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Posted: 14.Feb.2017 at 07:36 |
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Okay, I'm experiencing the same problem again in my TOP VIEW. The only thing that I've done that might have something to do with the change is opening BLOCK EDITOR, COPYING some of the content within the BLOCK, PASTING IT WITH A BASE POINT as another BLOCK within the BLOCK and closing it. I did it this way because as far as I know one can't CREATE A BLOCK within a BLOCK. Anyway, whatever the case is that is all that I've done that has something to do with this problem.
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John Connor
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Posted: 14.Feb.2017 at 11:55 |
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A block within a block is a nested block and you don't have to use the block editor to create a nested block.
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robinrobinsonsa
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Posted: 21.Feb.2017 at 08:57 |
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I'm having the same issue again, none of the above suggestions have helped. Any other advice please? Only the TOP VIEW seems to be affected. The only thing that I can recall doing around "the time of change" is using the PRESSPULL command.
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