

Support Team Manager - AEC Team<br><br>An AutoCAD Certified Professional, Ryan is responsible for taking client cases and assisting with issues with the software - everything from regular glitches to software deployments and whatever else goes wrong. He's proficient in AutoCAD-based software, Revit, Navisworks, 3ds Max, customization of software and deployments, LISP and VBA Coding

Issue: You are plotting drawings that have OLE objects, and the plots with the OLE objects are either missing or poorly represented

Issue: When importing XML files, they do not come in properly Causes: This problem is triggered by the units of the exported XML and the units set in the DWG file you are importing into

Issue: Running Recover on a drawing shows an AcDbSpatialIndex error was present and repaired:

You are using AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP 2024 or older in an environment that uses Vault and cannot enable Sheet Set features when using Sheet sets.

When bringing in a custom dynamic block with Attributes, and that dynamic block is Annotative, via the tool palette, when changing the Annotation scale, the Attribute text reverts to original size

When plotting a PDF from Civil 3D, where text is below a certain text height (as displayed) and depends on drawing viewport scale, the text will no longer print correctly

There is a specific plotting behavior with the AutoCAD-based 2026 software when using anything but the standard rectangular viewport in a layout tab.

When you open a drawing or attach a reference template while active in a locked or unlocked viewport, the viewport zooms out.

You are trying to use the CHSPACE command (Change Space) to have objects move from paper space to model space or vice versa and they are not changing to the selected space.

Profile Labels Shifting with Plotting Buffer when an Axis offest is applied

You either attempt to create a Survey Database in a folder or attempt to open one and get an error message

You see multiple plot.log files in many places across network folders and on your own local machine

Issue: Turning off or freezing the layer the surface is on also turns off the surface labels

This problem can be due to a number of possible reasons. Here's what you need to consider and changes you can make.

When deleting layers in Civil 3D, using the LAYDEL command, unexpected behaviors occur.

You have Civil 3D 2023 and newer installed with the IFC 4.3 Extension and have exported an IFC file. When attempting to link the IFC file into Revit 2024, you get an error

You go to print a Profile Plot and are on Windows 11, version 24H2 and it fails to create a PDF or the PDF is blank and subsequent tries trigger a failure
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This problem is specific to having either having “%%” codes that are not recognized or other possible text issues where the character(s) are either not correct or not readable by AutoCAD.

You have a custom icon and a custom profile (ARG file) for that icon and when you launch Civil 3D form that icon, you are missing the changed paths.