Fixing Malfunctioning

If you are working with a really buggy file:

AUDIT - Evaluates the integrity of the drawing and will correct some errors
PURGE - Removes unused items from the drawing (e.g. block definitions and layers)
-PURGE - Removes unused named items from the drawing (e.g. block definitions and layers)

If you can’t select the object and then apply a command:

PICKFIRST = 1

If you are asked to enter a file path to open a file:

FILEDIA = 1

If you lose your command line:

Try Crl+9
Try typing COMMANDLINE
Try selecting workspace switching (bottom right hand corner)
Customize
Highlight Civil 3D Default (current) in the left-side window
Expand Palettes on right-side window
Command line
Change the Settings: Show – yes, Orientation – bottom
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To turn off the "unreconciled layers" notification:

To turn off for the active drawing:
LAYERNOTIFY = 0 or click the Settings button in the upper-right corner of the layers palette and uncheck “Evaluate New Layers Added to Drawings”
To turn off for all drawings:
LAYEREVALCTL = 0

To remove comment boxes when they show up in PDF XChange:

EPDFSHX = 0

If you lose your menu bar (click Clear Screen Button):

Type CUI
Go to Workspaces and select Civil 3D (Default)
Go to properties and turn Menu
Borrowing the AutoCAD Civil 3D license Bar to <On>

If the coordinate system becomes messed up:

Make sure your Drawing Units are correct.
DWGUNIT =
<2>, feet
<1>, inches

If you insert a block and it comes in far away from where it should be:

Type UCS and hit enter.
Type W and hit enter.
Try inserting the block.

When working from home:

Type BORROWLICENSE and hit enter
Elect the date you want to return the license and hit enter.
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If you can’t see the XREF:

Make sure it's layer is turned on and that it is on the correct layer.
If multi-sheet printing isn’t working:
PUBLISHCOLLATE = <1>

If you can't move a window:

press ALT+Space (enables the control menu for the remote layer manager window)
Press the M key to move the window and use the arrow keys
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If you can't see the layout tabs at the bottom of model space:

Type CUI and hit enter (opens Customize User Interface)
Select the workspace you want to change
Under properties (on the right) in the Display Section turn Model/Layout Tabs to On
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If multiple auto-generated point groups pop-up:

Recover the drawing
Delete the duplicate point groups
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