Have you ever find your AutoCAD doesn’t feels right when you select objects? You select them, press delete, move, mirror, etc the objects still stay. You select the objects, the layer toolbar still showing current layer. And after you select objects, the properties palette may still showing no selection.
I see this problem occurs many times, and I’m not sure how, even AutoCAD LT users also have this problem. It is not common that system variables just changed like that. Usually some poor programming routines change the system variables and don’t restore it back. AutoCAD LT doesn’t support programming, and I’m sure the user doesn’t use any macro, so it must be something else cause it.
It is a very simple problem. What’s described above is showing that you are using noun/verb selection. You select the object first, then you activate the modify tool. The system variable that control this has changed, so it won’t allow you to do that. The only way you modify object is activating the modify tool first, then select the object(s).
To restore the system variable, you only need to type PICKFIRST in command line then change it to 1. Or you can open AutoCAD option, in selection tab, activate noun/verb selection.
If your AutoCAD working fine now, I strongly suggest you to backup all system variables and use it in emergency situation. Have you done it?
Read how you can backup AutoCAD system variables here.
you made my day!!!!!
My autocad 2013 randomly did this. Looked this up and solved the problem. Thanks!
A HUGE help. Thank you. I have been trying to figure out why i can't select an object first and then move. This also bothered me almost half of my day.
thanks. It worked. :)
Hello, I assume this is the same problem as not being able to select objects while using the move function. Shown in the picture is what happens after i select the move function, and first select just one object, then try and select the whole object. Thanks
its not working … please tell me other solution
Thanks. This really bothered me for whole day. Sincerely,
Wow. This has been driving me nutty at the office thank you.
This has been driving me absolutely crazy for about a month and this fix worked. But I can't figure out how it got screwed up in the first place.
Running Autocad 2011 from a server with 2 seats.
This did not work on my autocad 2009.
What about PICKADD variable? Have you set it to 1?
Thank sir, you made my day.