Don Foster Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 About an hour into a project I returned to a previous layer and found certain objects in gray which could not be selected or removed. Smart cursor cues seemed to function, but other than that dead in the water. Started new file and same thing occured. A few years ago I lost a major drawing to something similar. Grave uncertainty. I am using VW 12.5.1 (just updated) on OS X 10.4.8. Any ideas and thanks Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 At the top of your Navigation Pallet (or View>Class & Layer Options) check to make sure you don't have Gray/Snap Others turned on for either Layers or Classes. This setting would allow you to smart cursor the objects but not select them if they're not on the active layer or class. Good luck, Quote Link to comment
Tom4 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 You can also right click on the object and select force select and it should select it and if you look at your object info pallet it will tell you the layer & classof the object. Katie told me about this it is great. Tom xp pro sp2 dual 3gh 3gb VW 12.5.1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If you don't have a Navigation Palette, you can check for class options and layer options set to show/snap/gray others under the View menu Quote Link to comment
Don Foster Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 Hi, Thanks, force select got rid of problem objects but not uneasy feelings. Is there a way to avoid this problem? It did not seem to be a matter of class settings. Is this problem a symptom of "corrupted files"? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If an object or series of objects is gray, but still visible and snappable, it's not corrupt. There's a class option and layer option that does just this. The force select just merely changes the active class and/or layer so it appears to be "fixed". It's simply just a matter of class and/or layer visibility options. Quote Link to comment
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