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gaander 
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Joined: 02.Mar.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
 Topic: unknown commandPosted: 02.Mar.2011 at 16:39 |
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I am using AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 and all of a sudden
if I click on the power diminsioning tool I get the following text:
Command: _ampowerdim Unknown command "AMPOWERDIM". Press F1 for help. Anyone know what is going on and how to fix the problem? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 17:57 |
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Is it possible that the command has been undefined?
Is there a Redefine command in your program? Edited by John Connor - 02.Mar.2011 at 17:59 |
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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."
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gaander
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Joined: 02.Mar.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:04 |
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I am not sure what you mean by undefined. I tried reinstalling and upon reopening the program I am being told that it "cannot find a dll or other file that it needs". Then at the end of loading this is what I have found.
Unable to load the following modules:
ge_load.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\dm.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\ad.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\grefad.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\assembly.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\mapiad.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\mapiam.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\mapidm.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\mapisys.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\amdt_browser.arx amg3.arx amg3d2d.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\amdt_designer.arx C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MDT 2004\desktop\am_asmui.arx Does any of this make sense?
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gaander
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Joined: 02.Mar.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:06 |
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I am not sure how to check for a redefine command in the program?
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gaander
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Joined: 02.Mar.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:11 |
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I typed redefine then AMTITLE. Then I got "unknown command name" |
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:14 |
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Yeow! Uninstalling / reinstalling AutoCAD was a pretty drastic step for the problem you were trying to solve.
Check your Help file for both the UNDEFINE and REDEFINE commands.
In the future, if you have a problem that cannot be solved by any normal means then first try the REPAIR option located on your installation media or in Windows > Add/Remove Programs > AutoDesk Mechanical 2004. If that fails to solve the problem then you might have to reinstall. I say "might". As you have found out a reinstall can cause problems you did not have beforehand.
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gaander
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Joined: 02.Mar.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2004 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:32 |
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I should have told you before that I did try the repair option first; it seemed like nothing had changed. From the begining I tried the mechanical help file and it was not able to be found. Then I tried the AutoCAD 2004 help and it opens up just fine only no help for mechanical issues.
I tried to type redefine and it came back as a unknown command.
I type undefine then the command name "amtitle" that came back as unknown command name.
I have also found that if I open options I get no mechanical tabs like I had before.
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:40 |
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When I type UNDEFINE at the command line AutoCAD prompts me for the command name.
Sounds like you have a real mess on your hands. The uninstall may not have caught everything that needed to be cleaned up.
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:51 |
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I wonder if you could load the missing components via the ARX command?
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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."
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HAWDesigner
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Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310 |
Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 19:07 |
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gaander, have you repathed all your original support files?
Command: OPTIONS Files Tab Working Support File Search Path |
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