When using any of the Civil Platform products, the Toggle AccuDraw Button should be replaced with a 3 Way button that cycles through the three options from the subject of this post: AccuDraw | Civil AccuDraw | No AccuDraw (or AccuDraw Off) to make it impossible to activate both Civil AccuDraw and AccuDraw at the same time. Even with all the warnings, I discovered a process today that resulted in both operating at the same time and creating a number of problems.
We have a VBA tool that when using one of its options, it tries to turn on AccuDraw as its interface fits well with the workflow of the tool. However, an my PC, it failed to run as expected. It turns out, that I had enabled Civil accuDraw and when this tool tried to activate AccuDraw, the conflict resulted in an error loop in the code causing it to fail. I ended wasting a couple of hours trying to determine what was causing the problem and why only on my PC.
Also, the Civil AccuDraw icon is used for two tools - one to open its toolbar and the other to turn it off and on. The icons should be visually different. and the one that opens the toolbar should probably be a toggle that opens and closes the toolbar. And when the tool bar is closed, there should be a setting that users can select to turn of Civil AccuDraw when closing the toolbar, if they desire that behavior.