Originally Posted by
Opie
Can you replicate the drawing and get the same results? Was the size of the file larger than normal? Did a third party add-on modify the drawing in some way? I've had AutoCAD crashes before with a clean drawing.
Even though the Autodesk technician states it is a bad idea, what are the possible problems from it?
I have dealt with drawings over a period of months to even years that contain objects placed or drawn using the defpoints layer. A small percentage of those drawings have been corrupted. With such a small percentage of corruption, I cannot conclusively determine the corruption is from inappropriate uses of the defpoints layer.
As I have said before, I don't advocate for or against its use for other than what it is supposedly intended for. I am looking for some type of evidence which proves data loss is from this use. Just saying it is a bad idea doesn't answer the original question.
I could tell my kids that same answer to something they don't need to do and the next question would be, "Why?"