What is a Proxy Object? From AutoCAD Help:
"A proxy object is a
substitute for a custom object when the ObjectARX application that created the
custom object is not available to AutoCAD or other host applications. Later,
when the application is available, the proxy object is replaced by the custom
object."
What does Show Proxy Objects mean?
"When you open a drawing,
you might see a Proxy Information dialog box. The dialog box tells you the total
number of proxy objects in the drawing (both graphical and non graphical) and the
name of the missing application and provides additional information about the
proxy object type and display state. You can use the dialog box to control the
display of proxy objects."
Applications such as AutoCAD MEP create proxy objects. HydraCAD also creates Proxy Objects by its use of Visual Lisp (VL), a standard AutoCAD programming language. It has long been our opinion that AutoCAD's own tools should at least be understood by AutoCAD itself and no proxy notice displayed because of them. We have reported the issue to Autodesk. They have acknowledged the problem but not fixed it.
That being said, you can turn off all proxy notifications by setting the PROXYNOTICE setvar to 0 (zero). Type in PROXYNOTICE and then type in 0 at the ensuing prompt. The downside? you won't be notified that proxy objects exists, instead they will be displayed anyways (the default even if the proxy notice is shown), so no real downside as far as I am concerned.
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