Beyond leveraging to setup AutoCAD, this switch is especially helpful when maintaining multiple client-specific standards.Īt its core, this switch specifies a user-defined registry profile for starting the program. With it, you can apply a custom AutoCAD Profile (ARG) file to any session of AutoCAD. The /P switch is the single switch I use the most. Use the following format to use this switch:
I like to use this switch in tandem with the /P switch to build standardized AutoCAD configurations for specific projects. Opposite to /NOSSM above, the /SET switch loads a sheet set of your choice at startup.
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Should you change your mind about Sheet Set Manager after startup (and I hope you do) the full SSM toolset is still available after startup.
Much to my dismay, you can disable the Sheet Set Manager palette from appearing at startup with the /NOSSM switch. nossm – Suppress the Sheet Set Manager PaletteĪfter its introduction in AutoCAD 2005, Sheet Set Manager quickly became one of my favorite features. What you will miss out on with this switch is the abstract hero artwork for AutoCAD. This can have the perception of speeding up the AutoCAD startup process, but I find the improvement tends to be minimal with modern hardware. nologo – Disable the AutoCAD Splash ScreenĬontinuing the trend of disabling parts of the software, the /NOLOGO switch disables the splash screen upon startup. Finally, the same security measure as described in the /b switch above applies to ARX and DBX files. Similarly, if no path information is included, the program search path is used. First, if the path or file name has spaces, then the path or file name should be wrapped in double quotes. One idea for this switch is to leverage it to automatically load a customization such as the Navisworks Exporter.Īpply the following format to use this switch: Have a compiled ObjectARX or ObjectDBX application you would like to run each time you start AutoCAD? The /LD switch is here to help! Add the path and filename to your application after the switch, and AutoCAD will load it into each session you start. If the script file is in the Start In folder, a full path to the script file is required unless this security measure is suppressed either by including the /six command line switch or setting the LEGACYCODESEARCH system variable to 1. Prepare to say goodbye to the dreaded FILEDIA = 0 configuration with this switch. Have a set of system variables that you want to set a specific way each time you start AutoCAD? Create a script file with those variables, and AutoCAD will make sure they’re set to your liking each time you start the software. Here’s a list of the available desktop shortcut icon switches inside of AutoCAD: /b – Run a Script File in fact, you can combine as many switched as you need to start AutoCAD your way. Best of all, you don’t have to choose just one. With these, you can choose to automatically run a script file at startup, set the default workspace, disable Hardware acceleration, and more. So what desktop shortcut icons are available? AutoCAD provides more than a dozen shortcut icon switches. While each is powerful in their own way, the real power rests in the ability to combine switches to start AutoCAD just the way you like it. In all, there are more than a dozen different ways to customize the way AutoCAD starts on your computer. While such customization options are indeed endless, did you know you can begin customizing AutoCAD before you ever start it?Ī lesser discussed customization method rests with the desktop shortcut icon you use to launch AutoCAD in the first place. Many of these discussions focus on things we can do inside the software.
You’re likely familiar with many of the ways we can customize AutoCAD.
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