UCSFollow variable not saved within drawing

[nathanh]

Whenever I set the UCSFOLLOW variable to 1, it always defaults back to 0 if I close the file and re-open it. This is very frustrating as I have to change it every time I open the drawing.

I never had a problem with this on older versions of AutoCAD (2006 and earlier).

Is there something I need to do to make sure this does not re-set?

Thanks.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

As far as I know the behaviour of UCSFollow has not been altered in AutoCAD 2007.

Is it being automatically set within a file like...

Acad.lsp
AcadDoc.lsp
Custom.mnl
etc

Just checking here...

You do realise UCSFollow is per Tab ( Model and Layout(s) ) and per Floating Viewport ?

Have a good one, Mike

[philpiper]

I've found the same problem as you, so have contacted Autodesk to see if this is a bug with 2007. Apparently it is and they are aware of it. They have sent a Lisp file as a short term workaround solution for now. Basically, all it does is force UCSFOLLOW to 1 each time a drawing is opened. Works great - just copy it into the SUPPORT directory of AutoCAD and you're away.

[dick.dudley]

Originally Posted by philpiper

I've found the same problem as you, so have contacted Autodesk to see if this is a bug with 2007. Apparently it is and they are aware of it. They have sent a Lisp file as a short term workaround solution for now. Basically, all it does is force UCSFOLLOW to 1 each time a drawing is opened. Works great - just copy it into the SUPPORT directory of AutoCAD and you're away.

7 months later and I still having the same issue...

Is this lisp routine still the best work around? Will this be fixed in v2008?

[cblackford]

Over a year later, we are now having this problem on about half of the machines in the office. It started with the upgrade to 2008. Does anyone have a better solution than switching the setting via startup lisp. That kind of goes against the whole reason the setting is file specific in the first place, doesn't it?

[Firmso]

Originally Posted by nathanh

Whenever I set the UCSFOLLOW variable to 1, it always defaults back to 0 if I close the file and re-open it. This is very frustrating as I have to change it every time I open the drawing.

I never had a problem with this on older versions of AutoCAD (2006 and earlier).

Is there something I need to do to make sure this does not re-set?

Thanks.

Just curious. Have you played around with VISRETAIN?
Not sure whether it has anything to do with the ucsfollow, but whenever I have issues with layers and viewports this is one of the first things I check and most of the time it does.

[ccowgill]

according to help, the setting is ignored in paperspace, and is kept separate from modelspace, or from inside each viewport. we have ours set at 0 as we dont have a necessity to change it otherwise, I have no problem working at an angle to the drawing space.