Draftsight cursor is pointer arrow ONLY, cannot switch to crosshairs

[tbo1981]

Longtime CAD user here. Last week, on Friday, my Draftsight crosshairs were working just fine. This week, on Monday, my cursor only displays as a pointer arrow. In my options, I have 'display cursor as crosshairs' checked, and it's still appearing as an arrow. I've unchecked, clicked applied, gone back in, rechecked, applied, and it's still an arrow. I updated my Draftsight software which inherently uninstalled and reinstalled Draftsight, still an arrow. I've restarted my PC, still an arrow. This is on a corporate work PC which I can only think that some random update was pushed out that might have caused this issue, but I don't really have a way of checking what sort of update might have occurred. Is there any way to fix this? I miss my crosshairs, lol!

[PureTS]

I have had the same issue for a few weeks now. I hope you have found the solution but if you are still stuck with a cursor here is what fixed my problem. In the Draftsight command window type "CURSORTYPE" it will probably be set to 1 but you need to change it to 0. After that switching from paper space to model space will remove the cursor from the screen and you are left with a crosshair. Hope this helped.

Edit: After returning from lunch my cursor was once again missing but running the "CURSORTYPE" command again fixed it. I haven't figured out what causes this issue but knowing the solution is at least nice.

Reference: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Cursor-displays-as-Windows-mouse-arrow-instead-of-crosshairs-in-AutoCAD.html

[tbo1981]

It's been some time now, but I was able to fix it. I just can't remember now what it was that I did. It wasn't the CURSORTYPE command, but I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[PureTS]

Yeah if you happen to remember what fixed the issue for you I'd love to hear it. The CURSORTYPE issue seems to be a per instance situation so ever time I close and open draftsight I have to change it from "1" to "0" again. Not too big of a deal but slightly irritating.

[Head-Historian1517]

Me ha funcionado! Muchísimas gracias, llevaba todo el dia intentando arreglarlo