Reactor limit??

Hello All,

Is anyone aware of problems with having too many reactors running in an
AutoCAD session?
We're experiencing problems with AutoCAD crashing when multiple drawings are
open, all have 10+ reactors running in them.
Not loading the reactors appears to solve the problem.
Any ideas??

Steve

 

Luis,
They are .lsp files loaded into each drawing via acaddoc.lsp
I'd honestly not know how to do what you are asking.
Would this help, and if so, any tips on how to do it?

Steve

 

Luis

They are a combination of reactors, mainly (vlr-command-reactor), nothing
too fancy.

 

Luis,

No objects being modified, ADT 3.3 and no setvars.
AutoCAD usually crashes on opening a drawing, usually the 4th or 5th in the
session.
I thought maybe it was a maximum number of reactor problem??
Would separate namespaces make any difference?

Steve

 

Steve,
Did you look at your code? There are several setvars.

You should also make arrangements to disable your reactors
when the drawings are closed.

There are better ways to layer your dimensions. Check
out Eric Schnider's Autolay functions.

Regards,
Doug

 

Hi Luis,

Have missed your contributions. Welcome back.

I'm certainly not always right.

Your proposed function does not improve matters though.
The situation is rather complicated. There are cases when
a dimension command ends without a resulting dimension
and others where cases where many dimensions have
been created.

For instance: DIM puts one in the dimension mode.
Exit returns to command mode and flags an end to the
"DIM" command. There may be no dimensions or many
dimensions within that "DIM" command. If one cancelled
out of that command, there could be many dimensions left
un-relayered, since a commandended event would not flag.
During the "DIM" mode, no commandended reactors fire.

A test for entlast should be added to ensure that the object
is some sort of dimension to eliminate incorrect re-layering.

For the cases where a single command results in numerous
dimensions, a method of getting finding those dimensions would
need to be used. That case would need to be checked. Examples:
DIMBASELINE and DIMCONTINUE

In addition, certain objects that are dimension-like such
as leaders and their associated text might be tracked as well.

I would lean toward some sort of database reactor but a more
complex command reactor might work as long as one doesn't
expect to see the layer changes immediately.

The setvar that Steve uses might work also. There is no guarantee
that the setvar is what is causing his problems.

My own solution, which I have had since R14, was to redefine
all the dimension commands. I wouldn't do it that way today.


Regards,
Doug

 

Thanks for the input gents, at least I've learned a bit more regarding
reactors.
Unless I'm completely wrong though, I'd have thought that any code within my
reactors wouldn't crash AutoCAD when a drawing was opening (unless there was
a reactor that fired on the open command, which there isn't)

I'll investigate Luis's web-site more thoroughly in hope of discovering the
answer.

Steve

 

Looks good Luis. Just downloaded it this morning.
First time it ran, I got one error. I include a command log below.
After that, everything seemed to work well. I haven't exhaustively
tested it but it handles the situations that I mentioned well. Good
job!

Saludos


Command log:---------------------------------------------------------V
AutoCAD menu utilities loaded.
AutoCAD Express Tools Menu loaded.
Command: (load "layerdim")

DIMLAYER by Caddximation Software - http://www.draftteam.com
nil

Command: on-dimlayer

DIM to layer ability - Enabled.

Command:
Command: dim

Dim: hor
Specify first extension line origin or <select object>:
Specify second extension line origin:
Non-associative dimension created.
Specify dimension line location or [Mtext/Text/Angle]:
Enter dimension text <2.1685>:

Dim: ver
Specify first extension line origin or <select object>:
Specify second extension line origin:
Non-associative dimension created.
Specify dimension line location or [Mtext/Text/Angle]:
Enter dimension text <1.6667>:

Dim: al
Specify first extension line origin or <select object>:
Specify second extension line origin:
Non-associative dimension created.
Specify dimension line location or
[Mtext/Text/Angle]:
Enter dimension text <3.5887>:

Dim: ro
Specify angle of dimension line <0>: Specify second point:
Specify first extension line origin or <select object>:
Specify second extension line origin:
Non-associative dimension created.
Specify dimension line location or [Mtext/Text/Angle]:
Enter dimension text <1.8200>:

Dim: rad
Select arc or circle:
Dim: RADIUS
Select arc or circle: *Cancel*

Dim: *Cancel*
; error: bad argument type: VLA-OBJECT nil

Command log --------------------------------------------^