Starting the session of AutoCAD with Template pre-loaded
Monday, August 22, 2005
A few weeks ago I published a posting about “AutoCAD and the Command line switches”. Today, when I started my system, I found that I’ve got too many old templates. This is why my tip for today is how to start AutoCAD 2005 with a specific template.
The switch to create the default drawing when you first startup AutoCAD is /t.
Since at my actual work I only need to use one template and in today’s world we all know how precious time is so anything you can do to help yourself is important.
To use the switch, start off by right-clicking on the AutoCAD program on your desktop, and selecting properties. When the window pops up, you will see three tabs – make sure to select the Shortcut tab. Under this tab, there are certain fields filled in. The one you need to change is Target.
When you make the changes in the target box you must be careful not to remove any section of the application path or the filename while ensuring that you have a space after the path, the file name and before your switch (see image). You will also need to make sure that there is a space between each argument of your switch statements.
You can use a relative path (e.g. “MyTemplate.dwt”) for the template path, if AutoCAD has the path to the template within its support paths. If the template is not within the support paths, then you will need to enter the absolute path (e.g. “C:\CADTemplates\ MyTemplate.dwt”).
The switch to create the default drawing when you first startup AutoCAD is /t
Since at my actual work I only need to use one template and in today’s world we all know how precious time is so anything you can do to help yourself is important.
To use the switch, start off by right-clicking on the AutoCAD program on your desktop, and selecting properties. When the window pops up, you will see three tabs – make sure to select the Shortcut tab. Under this tab, there are certain fields filled in. The one you need to change is Target.
When you make the changes in the target box you must be careful not to remove any section of the application path or the filename while ensuring that you have a space after the path, the file name and before your switch (see image). You will also need to make sure that there is a space between each argument of your switch statements.
You can use a relative path (e.g. “MyTemplate.dwt”) for the template path, if AutoCAD has the path to the template within its support paths. If the template is not within the support paths, then you will need to enter the absolute path (e.g. “C:\CADTemplates\ MyTemplate.dwt”).
Once you’ve made all the necessary changes, click on OK and you are all set. I hope you will find this useful.
Until next time,
Fernando Salgado
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