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Huge gaps in Windows Add/Remove programs list
Over the years, numerous Autodesk products have caused huge gaps to appear in the Windows Add/Remove Programs list. This is caused by an incorrect registry entry.
Workarounds: If you’re very comfortable with editing your systems registry, look for all Autodesk programs under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Uninstall until you see one that has a “,-1″ following the path shown in [...]
Can’t change leader arrowhead back to “closed filled”
AutoCADs quickleader settings allow you to specify how you want the arrowhead to appear. In most cases, “closed filled,” is the default arrowhead block. If you happen to change the block to something other than “closed filled”, (for example, “dot”), and then draw leaders using the new style, then it becomes impossible to set it [...]
VBA can’t explode non-uniformly scaled blocks
As of AutoCAD 2004, VBA can no longer be used to explode non-uniformly scaled blocks although this could easily be done with earlier releases.
Test with the following snippet:
Sub ExplodeNonUniform()
Dim oLine As AcadLine
Dim oBlock As AcadBlock
Dim oBlockRef As AcadBlockReference
Dim StartPoint(2) As Double, EndPoint(2) As Double
StartPoint(0) = 0#: StartPoint(1) = 0#: StartPoint(2) = 0#
EndPoint(0) = 1#: EndPoint(1) [...]