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stephenr
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Topic: Escape button Posted: 22.Sep.2014 at 15:04 |
I am used to being able to cancel commands by means of the Esc button; twice now, this function appears to have gone AWOL on my recently installed ACAD LT 2015. The first time it happened, Autodesk Help told me which variable to check; it has happened again and I cannot remember which one it was. Can anyone please advise?Many thanks Stephen
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John Connor
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Posted: 22.Sep.2014 at 23:50 |
Was the variable PICKFIRST?
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stephenr
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 00:49 |
It might have been but as that is set to 1 and the problem still persisted when I changed it to 0 (and then later back to 1) I'm guessing it must be something else. What I really don't get is how whatever it is, gets to re-set itself. Thanks for coming back to me on that.
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John Connor
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 11:26 |
Did you try resetting your Profile?
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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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stephenr
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 11:27 |
No. It never occurred to me to do so. I will investigate Thanks
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John Connor
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 13:39 |
You don't happen to have an Adobe program like Photoshop or Illustrator running on this computer do you?
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stephenr
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 14:31 |
I have had Photoshop on my PC's for many years. Interestingly, Autodesk asked the same question. I have never experienced any compatibility issues other than slightly reduced speed of performance from AutoCAD, which I hoped that my recent change to a 64 bit computer with increased RAM, would alleviate. Photoshop was not running at the time that I started noticing the inability to close commands by using the Escape key. This problem is particularly acute when, having selected an object, I change my mind as to the command to be carried out; getting AutoCAD to 'let go' of the object's grips is really problematic. I am wondering whether a complete re-installation of the software would be the best option.
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John Connor
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 14:43 |
Would you replace all the tires on your car if one were flat? I see no need to uninstall then reinstall AutoCAD. If you go that route I would expect the problem to reappear anyway so don't waste your time.
Adobe programs are notorious for locking out the use of the ESC key for use by other programs. I think that is what is happening here.
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kmorgan
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 14:52 |
Enlightened!Thanks you two!
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stephenr
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Posted: 23.Sep.2014 at 17:05 |
Thank you John. Are you therefore suggesting that I unload my Adobe products to resolve this issue? My AutoCAD software has continued its march of insufferable interference - I can no longer double click on an item of text in order to edit it. The grips come up on the text showing it has been selected but that's it. Could this be from the same cause? Regards
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stephen richter
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