When I type "O" for Offset, nothing happens. Unknown command.

[stephen.coff]

Help somebody please,
I have come in today and my AutoCAD isn't feeling well.
When i type in "o" for Offset, nothing happens. Unknown command.
When i type "li" for list, instead i get layer to be isolated.

Is there a variable to be set or an option not ticked in the options dialog ?
Can anyone shed some light and make her better again.


Regards

Stephen

[jaberwok]

The acad.pgp (or aclt.pgp) file isn't getting loaded.

[Sammie]

Hi Stephen

Please note I have *moved* this thread from the Coffee Without Cad forum to this one...

Thank You,
Samantha

CWC Moderator

[stephen.coff]

John,
If this file is not being loaded, how do i rectify this problem.
Can i manually load the file ?
Is there somewhere i can check to see if the file is there ?
Its very strange, the AutoCAD has been working fine for months now and then one day the computer was unplugged by the cleaner and now this ?
If anyone could assist me in fixing the problem it would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Stephen

[Glenn Pope]

Type this into the command prompt

(findfile "acad.pgp")

This will give you the location of the pgp file if it its there. If it doesn't you will get "nil".

[stephen.coff]

Glenndp,
Well i typed what you said and it gave me the location of the file on the d: drive under the enu folder.
It is there and seems to be in the right place ?
Where do i go from here ?
How do i get it to load the file ?

Regards

Stephen

[Glenn Pope]

For the fact it found it means its being loaded. The next thing is to make sure that O is assigned to Offset. You can open the pgp file using notepad, or you can go to Tools>Customize>Edit Custom Files>Program Parameters (acad.pgp). Then scroll down until you get to the keys that start with "O". If you don't see O being set for offset you can add it.

O,     *OFFSET

Then save and close the file. Then at the command line type "reinit". Check "PGP File" and hit OK. It should work then.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Plus the following thread ( and associated links found within might help )...

Command aliases not working

Have a good one, Mike