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<DIV STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Porter, William B.<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> shrug-l: AutoCAD Civil 2013 quirk<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I found a problem in AutoCAD Civil 2013 with the<b><i> Hyperlink</i></b> command that my vendor/tech support could not solve. This version replaced Map 3D but has the same functions allegedly. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The first time I type the command “<b><i>Hyperlink”</i></b> AutoCAD locks up for hours – literally. If I am running more than one instance, they all lock up. I crashed out a couple of times and could not make the hyperlinks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One day I went to lunch and worked on other stuff – then came back to the CAD project and found it had finally come out of its dazed state. I could use Hyperlink normally for that session. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Every time I start an instance of CAD the same thing happens. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The best CAD support could tell me was to minimize network mapped drives. That was not my problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Later it occurred to me: I have a USB card reader [for SD and Compact Flash chips] with six apparent drives [MyComputer insists they exist, even when no cards are installed. It’s possible to hide them, but that has no effect on this problem]. This version of AutoCAD insists on checking every placeholder for the chips – and apparently has a 45 minute timeout for each ‘drive.’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So – if you use AutoCAD 2013 and need to use the<b><i> Hyperlink</i></b> command, disconnect chip readers. This is a little tougher if it’s built into your PC. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Don’t have inactive mapped drives and I suppose that an empty diskette drive [if they still exist] or a damaged CD/DVD could cost time as well [it does not have a problem with an empty CD/DVD drive].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>It was an infuriating problem and I am surprised that it is not documented by AutoDesk. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>William B. Porter <b><a href="mailto:william.porter@famu.edu">william.porter@famu.edu</a> 850 412 5972</b></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Application Coordinator for GIS / Infrastructure</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Florida A&M University</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>EIT / GIS</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Perry-Paige, West Wing Ground floor,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Office 1 -C</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>1740 S. 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