Autocad Startup With Blank Drawing
2010-11-04,12:13 PM #11
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
The problem is you have to sit there and watch a drawing you do not want open up.I always click on a drawing from explorer. So no I have to sit there and watch/wait for a empty drawing open up then my drawing opens. Then when I go to close everything I now have to close an empty drawing.
I have my startup changing things in the drawings when I open them so the blank drawing is "changed" and doesn't close.
Autocad 2010 didn't seem to do this. But Autocad 2011 does it to me.
2010-11-04,01:42 PM #12
Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
The time it takes to open the default template drawing is negligible, unless your default template is large and complex I suppose.
Originally Posted by rick.77924
The problem is you have to sit there and watch a drawing you do not want open up.
I don't understand. If you double-click a drawing in explorer, while AutoCAD is not running, then the drawing you double-click on is the only one that opens. There is no empty drawing to "watch/wait" on.
I always click on a drawing from explorer. So no I have to sit there and watch/wait for a empty drawing open up then my drawing opens.
Remove the code that is changing the drawing and this will no longer be a problem.
Then when I go to close everything I now have to close an empty drawing.
I have my startup changing things in the drawings when I open them so the blank drawing is "changed" and doesn't close.
2011-05-24,01:32 PM #13
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
In 2012 it generates a Drawing1 even when you start by opening a file thru Explorer.And to those who don't understand the desirability of opening AutoCAD to the empty 'zero state'... sometimes it is very convenient to have that 'zero state' when you want to open your files by drag and drop. Maybe this isn't how you like to do things - but some of us out here do. Don't scoff just because your workflow habits and preferences are different.
2011-05-24,07:25 PM #14
Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
It doesn't here.
In 2012 it generates a Drawing1 even when you start by opening a file thru Explorer.
Out of curiosity, what is the value of STARTUP?
It's not just habit and preference - it's a hold-over from experience with using the many previous releases where opening files from Explorer caused unreliability in acad.
Maybe this isn't how you like to do things - but some of us out here do. Don't scoff just because your workflow habits and preferences are different.
2011-05-24,09:49 PM #15
Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
It does not here either.
In 2012 it generates a Drawing1 even when you start by opening a file thru Explorer.
It doesn't here.
2011-06-20,01:39 PM #16
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
2012 generates a new "drawing 1" when opening other files if autocad is closed, pointless.
2011-06-20,01:53 PM #17
Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
Switch to "drawing1.dwg" and type in DBMOD at the command line. What does it return?
2012 generates a new "drawing 1" when opening other files if autocad is closed, pointless.
2012-01-04,12:50 PM #18
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
I found this snipit of information on another site.
This has worked for me as i am also looking into disabling the opening of a template upon startup of autcad. This has worked for me in AutoCAD 2012The STARTUP system variable is not only let us to choose open AutoCAD with a startup dialog box, but also let us to start it without opening anything. Now we have new value.
Revit now doesn't open a new file when we start it. It shows a startup page. Probably this is something AutoCAD users will also love.
Snipped from the help file, now STARTUP system variable has these values:
0Displays the Select Template dialog box, or uses a default drawing template file set in the Options dialog box, on the Files tab.1Starts without opening a drawing template file, and displays the Startup or the Create New Drawing dialog box.2Starts without opening a drawing template file. If available in the application a custom dialog box is displayed.
I'm aware that*link http://cad-notes.com/2011/04/autocad...-opening-file/
2012-09-25,12:30 PM #19
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
This is because autocad is opening first before opening your file. To stop this you must set your default program for .dwg to "Autocad DWG launcher".
The problem is you have to sit there and watch a drawing you do not want open up.
I always click on a drawing from explorer. So no I have to sit there and watch/wait for a empty drawing open up then my drawing opens. Then when I go to close everything I now have to close an empty drawing.
I have my startup changing things in the drawings when I open them so the blank drawing is "changed" and doesn't close.
Autocad 2010 didn't seem to do this. But Autocad 2011 does it to me.
You can do this by right clicking and selecting Open with > Choose default program...If you want a blank autocad program with no drawing.. I can't help.
2013-01-17,09:54 PM #20
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Re: Start AutoCAD without a new DWG?
Hate reviving a really old thread, but I'm using AutoCAD Architecture 2011 because STARTUP=2 doesn't exist in this version, and STARTUP=1 just doesn't appeal to me. I tried this and for some reason, the (command "_CLOSE") causes the program to hang. Any ideas?
If you just can't live without this....
Add this to your "ACAD.LSP" file.
Code:
(defun-q mystartup () (while (eq 1 (logand 1 (getvar "CMDACTIVE")))) (if (eq "DRAWING1.DWG" (strcase (getvar "dwgname"))) (command "_CLOSE") ) ) (setq S::STARTUP (append S::STARTUP mystartup))But I still don't get it. What difference does it make if "Drawing1.dwg" opens when AutoCAD opens? As soon as you open an existing drawing, this one closes anyway (as long as DBMOD=0) -- and if you need a new drawing in which to start, it's already there.
Closing the initial drawing and then doing something else takes more steps than either leaving it - or using the startup dialog.
I replaced "_CLOSE" with "_HELP" and determined that a bunch of interface preferences, such as "_ToolPalettes" "_aecprojectpalettesstartup" etc., are being executed AFTER the _CLOSE/_HELP command, which may be causing it to freeze. Is there anyway to avoid this?
Source: https://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?76425-Start-AutoCAD-without-a-new-DWG/page2
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