Monday, January 25, 2010

AutoCAD Basic: OK to Regen?

Hello all,

Have you had deja-vu (on a minute by minute-basis) while working in AutoCAD? You know, where each time you ZOOM in/out/extents, etc., AutoCAD displays a dialog box which asks you if it is "OK to Regen?" If you are on a tight deadline, this can turn into a nuisance real quick.

If you are sick the Autodesk equivalent of a 3 year old always asking you, "Why?". Don't sweat it - it's an easy fix.

At the command prompt, type in REGENAUTO. Then change the setting on ON (or 1). Viola! AutoCAD will regenerate the view without asking you if it's 'OK' each time. I could 'rib' Vista, but I'm not ^_^.

But be warned, this setting is saved in the drawing that you are working in. That means, when you change the setting, that only applies to that particular drawing. If you open another drawing and the REGENAUTO variable is set to OFF (or 0 - zero) for that drawing - It's back to 21 questions.

The good thing is that now you know how to combat the issue when it comes up again.

...thanks for listening...

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