"Delete" key wont work :-(

[cchallis]

after some major software issues yesterday (instability and continuous crashing) i was advised to reinstall ac2010, only thing is now my Delete key isn't working (only in autocad)

ive checked the acad.pgp file and its fine
ive also ckecked and its working fine everywhere else on my machine.
i havnt messed with my cui either

any ideas?

brilliant way to kick of the year

[rkmcswain]

Is PICKFIRST set to 1?

[cchallis]

thats sweet worked a charm. no idea how it got like that in the first place though.

cheers

[rkmcswain]

thats sweet worked a charm. no idea how it got like that in the first place though.

cheers

Many times, it's an autolisp, vba, or other custom routine that sets a variable and doesn't put it back to its former state.

You could add code to your "acaddoc.lsp" to set things like this. Then if things go haywire, close and reopen the drawing to straighten out...

;;example code
(setvar "pickfirst" 1)
(setvar "blipmode" 0)
;;etc.

[cchallis]

mint i shall add that in, i have talked to my manager about it and we are going to add this over the office to prevent any future issues.

thanks for your knowledge

cheers

corey