Display Order not working anymore

[SouthernDrafter]

When I try to "send to back" or "bring to front", using my TOOLS--->DISPLAY ORDER command it does not work anymore. I get this message in the command line:

(ai_draworder "_f") ; error: no function definition: AI_DRAWORDER

Any ideas on how to fix this? With all the hatching we do at my company, this little problem is killing me.

Thanks.

 

[CADSTUDENT]

Several express tools are written either in VBA or LISP program format. The error means that the program can't find a program function call "AI_DRAWORDER". The "_f" is a passed parameter to the function call. To correct this problem, you may have to reload express tools into ACAD. Usually, DRAWORDER command is used in drawing that contain both raster and vector images that have objects that overlap each.

 

[SouthernDrafter]

Well, I wasn't using express tools...just tools in the acad menu. Actually, I can't the same command in express Tools..just order by color.

 

[Exxit]

SouthernDrafter,

what happend, if You type "_draworder"?
Maybe You have to search for the acad.mnl. Searchpath ok?

best regards, Lothar

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[Exxit]

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2882311&linkID=2475323

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[JStephen]

Check and see if there is some way to avoid using the drawing order command in the first place.

My finished drawings are all in black & white- not colors.

I used to use the gray colors for lighter shades. And I got into drawing order issues, because where a gray item overlapped a dark line, the dark line would have a gap in it.

Then I switched it where each color prints in black, not gray scale, and adjusted line widths to give the light lines for hatching, etc. And that drawing order issue just disappeared, it no longer mattered what order things went in.

 

[SouthernDrafter]

I appreciate everyone's help in this matter. I did resolve the problem. I had changed the name of my acad.mnu file. In doing so, it did not load the acad.mnl file. I found the answer in the link that Exxit provided. Thanks Exxit!
I wasn't aware that the .mnl file contained "stand alone" commands exclusive to its menu.

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