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How do I automatically load variables?
Automatic loading of variables is achieved using the acaddoc.lsp file. AutoCad reads this file every time a drawing is opened. Find this file by typing on the command line: (findfile "acaddoc.lsp") . If the file exists, the path to it will be returned. Open the file using a suitable text editor ...
- How do I import a text style into a new drawing?
There are a few ways to import text: Method 1 Create the text style in the drawing template or in the current drawing: Creating the text style in the template will load that text style every time a drawing is opened. Use the command STYLE to get the following dialogue box up, where the text s ...
- Why do my blocks come in the wrong size?
This problem arises from incompatibility between drawing units set in the drawing used to create the original block (the source drawing) and the drawing the block is imported into (the target drawing). When a block is imported into a target drawing, AutoCAD automatically scales the block to fit ...
- The dialog box isn't showing up in AutoCAD
If the dialog box does not show up for commands such as SAVEAS, IMPORT or OPEN, check the setting of the FILEDIA system variable. The settings are: 0 - Dialog boxes WILL NOT show. 1 - Dialog boxes WILL show. When FILEDIA is set to 0, AutoCAD reverts to the command line version of commands such ...
- Drawing template won't open
Drawing templates (.dwt files) can only be saved as the version in which they were created. It is not possible to save them to a lower version, as can be done with .dwg files. To create a lower version template file from a higher version of AutoCad, the file needs to be saved as a .dwg file in ...
- Default Paths for Profile, Templates and Configuration Files
When AutoCad is installed, it creates a number of folders that the program uses as default search folders for a number of files, such as templates, icons, textures, help files and such. In versions previous to 2004, these folders were placed under C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2002. Since AutoCad 20 ...
