Layer Properties Manager - unable to change colour

[Engineeeeeeeeer]

I am using AutoCAD 2008 and I have a problem which fairly major and seemingly unsolvable

After opening the layer properties manager, I highlight a specific layer and then click on the colour, in order to change it to a different colour.

Unfortunately, nothing visible happens - usually another window opens with the colour palette but I can't see it. I have a feeling that it is open [somewhere] as unless I press escape, I cannot click on anything else within the Layer Properties Manager.

I would be grateful for any suggestions - I have reinstalled AutoCAD but that didn't change anything, and this problem is seriously hampering me as I use colour plot styles

Thanks

 

[Exxit]

Maybe the colour dialog box is outside the screen.

Can you change the colour manually?: layer -> highlight a specific layer and then click on the colour -> type "3" for the colour number. What does happen?

Moving a dialog: ALT + Spacebar -> <enter> -> arrow keys

Lothar

ADT 2004

 

[lpseifert]

Pickfirst=1 maybe?

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[chicopee]

Go to the FORMAT pull down menu and select COLOR and see if the color pallette shows up on the screen.

 

[DonSchaefer]

Sounds like the "select color" dialog box is opening up outside of your screen area or behind another window. If you have any other software open I would close it first and try this.

Alternately, the "select color" dialog box and the "layer properties manager" both open up at the last location that they were closed at, so if it is off of your screen it will continue to open there until you move it. You could try to change your screen resolution to its absolute maximum setting if it is not there already. Then you may be able to see the dialog box when it opens and move it back to the center of the screen.

Also if you are set up to work with dual or triple monitors and you do not have them hooked up it may be positioning the dialog box on the other monitor.

hope this helps -ds

 

[Engineeeeeeeeer]

Thanks for the replies people;

I tried all your suggestions, unfortunately to no avail. I ended up having to uninstall AutoCAD completely and then install it from a fresh.

For some unknown reason that did the trick, whereas 'reinstalling' it didn't.

 

[eLCAD]

This will be because it will clear the memory of where you set the colour palette to be.
For future reference, another option would be to change your screen resolution.

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