Unexpected Markers

[stayathomedad]

This has happened to me a few times. Every once in a while I will have a file that has different plug-in objects suddenly get a marker turned on. We joke around that the file has Markeritus™. The drawing I am currently working on has a very severe case.

 

As you can see in the screenshot I have Truss Cross text, Truss Cross Symbol and Lighting Pipes in my file that, all of the sudden, have markers turned on. No change in attributes setting can make them go away.

 

 

If I convert the objects into groups I see that the polylines and polygons have markers turned on. Here you can see a Truss Cross is now three polygons with the Marker turned on.

 

 

All new similar plug-in objects that I create in the file will have the marker turned on, but if I copy the objects and paste them into a new drawing, the marker disappears. I wish I had a process of correcting this outside of copying and pasting everything or converting all of them to groups.

 

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by stayathomedad

[michaelk]

I have seen this, but it was years ago.

 

If I remember…

 

Try 

0) Do this on a copy of the drawing.

1) Deselect everything - OIP should say "No Selection"

2) In the attributes palette, make sure there are no markers chosen.  If the markers are by class, best to turn that off.

3) Tools > Utiltiies > Reset All Plug-ins 

4) If it's a big drawing, go get a cup of coffee

 

I haven't seen this for years (are you using 2018 as it says in your signature?).  So I might be wrong.  But I remember that the key was to get all the plug-ins to reset themselves with the default line not having a marker.

 

 

[stayathomedad]

Thank you sir! That worked perfectly.

 

For the sake of clarity - I'm running the latest Service Pack on 2022.

[michaelk]

That signature is hard to find!

 

If you click on your name in the top right of this window, go to Account Settings (not Profile where you might expect it to be 🙂), the signature tab will be in the left column on the bottom.

 

I forget and have to hunt for it every year.

[Pat Stanford]

Or you could cheat and look at my signature. 😉

 

 

[stayathomedad]

I was wondering what you were talking about!

 

Well, it has been 9 years since I updated that. Had signatures turned off and I had completely forgotten that they existed.

 

 

Thanks