Topic: Steering Wheel ends up on prints

[M-dub]

We're using AutoCAD 2012 and one user occasionally has this issue where the navigation wheel appears on prints.  Anyone else ever experienced that?

Here's a (poor quality) scan of the print... it's actually the viewcube, I guess.

[mjfarrell]

does it happen with the publish command, or only when they plot using window?

[M-dub]

does it happen with the publish command, or only when they plot using window?

I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it.  Seems totally random.

[mjfarrell]

does it happen with the publish command, or only when they plot using window?

I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it.  Seems totally random.

Suggest that they use ONLY the Publish command for the next 10 (ten) days.
Report back.

[M-dub]

does it happen with the publish command, or only when they plot using window?

I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it.  Seems totally random.

Suggest that they use ONLY the Publish command for the next 10 (ten) days.
Report back.

Thank-you for your suggestion, Michael but....
If someone made that suggestion to me, I'd suggest to them that they fornicate in the general direction of off. 


While I AM curious as to how and why it's happening, we don't use either enough to warrant leaving it turned on so, off they go.

NAVVCUBEDISPLAY
Controls the display of the ViewCube tool in the current visual style and the current viewport.
0   ViewCube is not displayed in 2D and 3D visual styles
1   ViewCube is displayed in 3D visual styles, but not in 2D visual styles
2   ViewCube is displayed in 2D visual styles, but not in 3D visual styles
3   ViewCube is displayed in both 2D and 3D visual styles

NAVBARDISPLAY
Controls the display of the navigation bar in all viewports.
0   Navigation bar is not displayed
1   Navigation bar is displayed

[mjfarrell]

So you are not interested in discovering the actual cause...s'OK by me.

Treating the symptom is not the same as finding the cure.

And I'll chose which direction or position my fornication occurs in thank you very much.   

[dgorsman]

Interesting - AutoCAD 2011 has the same problem.  Its not tied to plotting, publishing, or anything else, it just "is" and frustratingly infrequent at that.  AutoDesk is aware of the problem (for 2011 at least) but doesn't have a solution.

[alanjt]

Only a bad solution, but what about a reactor that turned off the viewcube when plot/publish are executed?

[Lee Mac]

Nice idea Alan, would something like this work to solve the issue?

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (vl-load-com)
2. (if (null *navcube-reactor*)
3.     (setq *navcube-reactor*
4.         (vlr-command-reactor nil
5.            '(
6.                 (:vlr-commandwillstart . navcube:disable)
7.                 (:vlr-commandended     . navcube:enable)
8.                 (:vlr-commandcancelled . navcube:enable)
9.                 (:vlr-commandfailed    . navcube:enable)
10.             )
11.         )
12.     )
13. )
14.  
15. (defun navcube:disable ( reactor params )
16.     (if (wcmatch (strcase (car params)) "*PLOT,*PUBLISH")
17.         (progn
18.             (if (setq *navvcubedisplay* (getvar 'NAVVCUBEDISPLAY))
19.                 (setvar 'NAVVCUBEDISPLAY 0)
20.             )
21.             (if (setq *navbardisplay* (getvar 'NAVBARDISPLAY))
22.                 (setvar 'NAVBARDISPLAY 0)
23.             )
24.         )
25.     )
26.     (princ)
27. )
28.  
29. (defun navcube:enable ( reactor params )
30.     (if (and
31.             (or *navvcubedisplay* *navbardisplay*)
32.             (wcmatch (strcase (car params)) "*PLOT,*PUBLISH")
33.         )
34.         (progn
35.             (if *navvcubedisplay* (setvar 'NAVVCUBEDISPLAY *navvcubedisplay*))
36.             (if *navbardisplay*   (setvar 'NAVBARDISPLAY   *navbardisplay*))
37.             (setq *navvcubedisplay* nil
38.                   *navbardisplay*   nil
39.             )
40.         )
41.     )
42.     (princ)
43. )
44. (princ)

Its a quick start if someone wants to improve it.

[Matt__W]

We're using AutoCAD 2012...

Have you thought aboot switching to Revit?   

[M-dub]

We're using AutoCAD 2012...

Have you thought aboot switching to Revit?   

I have, but it passes quickly.

[Krushert]

We're using AutoCAD 2012...

Have you thought aboot switching to Revit?   

I have, but it passes quickly.

Kind of like bad gas.

[mjfarrell]

hot fix is available for this...
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/When-plotting-a-layout-the-view-cube-and-navigation-toolbar-get-plottet-as-well.html

[ChrisCarlson]

We get this occasionally, by occasionally I mean maybe once or twice a quarter (Vanilla 2016) but the tables also plot with column and row identification showing.

[mjfarrell]

We get this occasionally, by occasionally I mean maybe once or twice a quarter (Vanilla 2016) but the tables also plot with column and row identification showing.

It pretty much shows up on all our plots to PDF