Troubleshooting Methods Flashcards

Several menus, palettes, and settings behave strangely after customization. Which option restores AutoCAD to its out-of-the-box configuration?

Answer: Use 'Reset Settings to Default' from the Windows Start menu

The Reset Settings to Default utility rebuilds the user profile and settings, and it can back them up first.

Which file is created automatically when you save over an existing drawing and can be renamed to .dwg to get back the previous version?

Answer: .bak

When ISAVEBAK is on, AutoCAD saves the previous version as a .bak file that you can rename to .dwg.

After you resize associative dimensions, some of them no longer follow their geometry. Which command reconnects dimensions to objects?

Answer: DIMREASSOCIATE

DIMREASSOCIATE links selected dimensions back to points on objects.

Panning and zooming are slow and objects flicker. Which command opens the settings for hardware acceleration and display performance?

Answer: GRAPHICSCONFIG

GRAPHICSCONFIG opens Graphics Performance, where you can turn hardware acceleration on or off and adjust related settings.

A drawing has layer names that do not follow your company standards. Which tool maps and converts layers to match a standards file?

Answer: LAYTRANS (Layer Translator)

Layer Translator maps the layers in the current drawing to layers from a standards drawing or template and converts them.

A hatch draws on top of the lines you need to see. Which command fixes this?

Answer: DRAWORDER, Send to Back

DRAWORDER changes the display order of objects, so you can send the hatch behind other geometry.

Commands that normally open a dialog box (such as PLOT) show prompts only at the command line, even though FILEDIA is 1. Which variable should you check?

Answer: CMDDIA

CMDDIA controls whether some commands, such as PLOT, show their dialog boxes.