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Topic: unknown command

Posted By: gaander
Subject: unknown command
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 16:39

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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Greg

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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 17:57

Is it possible that the command has been undefined?

Is there a Redefine command in your program?

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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>>

Posted By: gaander
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:04

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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Greg

Posted By: gaander
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:06

I am not sure how to check for a redefine command in the program?

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Greg

Posted By: gaander
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:11

I typed redefine then AMTITLE. Then I got "unknown command name"

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Greg

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:14

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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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: gaander
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:32

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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Greg

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:40

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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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 18:51

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."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: HAWDesigner
Date Posted: 02.Mar.2011 at 19:07

gaander, have you repathed all your original support files?

Command: [CMD]OPTIONS[/CMD]
Files Tab
Working Support File Search Path

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R. Williams
AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional

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