Insert box

Hi All, only new at this so please be gentle

I have a cd with aluminium extrusions. I would double click on an extrusion and it would insert straight into autocad (model space). Now when I try to do it it brings up an insert box which it never did before. is there a way I can stop this happening and go back to the way it use to be

cheers hatto

Welcome to the CADTutor forum hatto.

Please check the following settings for me. What is FILEDIA and CMDDIA set to? Each can be accessed via the command line.

Welcome to the CADTutor forum hatto.

 

Please check the following settings for me. What is FILEDIA and CMDDIA set to? Each can be accessed via the command line.

If I type them in o the command line and hit enter they both have

cheers Hatto

Try resetting first one, then the other, to "0" and in-between doing so test an insertion of a block off your CD.

Try resetting first one, then the other, to "0" and in-between doing so test an insertion of a block off your CD.

Thanks for the reply, I have tried both your suggestions and it did not fix the problem

Any other ideas

cheers Hatto

Could you re-word the original problem?

"a cd with aluminium extrusions"-does this mean a CD with drawing(.dwg) files?

"double click on an extrusion "-does this mean double-click on the file icon? And are you in the midst of an AutoCAD command when you do this? If not I would think the drawing would just "open".

"would insert straight into autocad " -really, how would it know where to be inserted?

..and so forth, I couldn't quite follow...

Could you re-word the original problem?

"a cd with aluminium extrusions"-does this mean a CD with drawing(.dwg) files?

 

"double click on an extrusion "-does this mean double-click on the file icon? And are you in the midst of an AutoCAD command when you do this? If not I would think the drawing would just "open".

 

"would insert straight into autocad " -really, how would it know where to be inserted?

 

..and so forth, I couldn't quite follow...

Sorry, Not good at this

Yes they are dwg files

In the cad selector there are pictures of the extrusions, if I select the extrusion and d/click it use to put the dwg straight into an open drawing (so I can do an extrusion shop drawing), but now it opens the insert box -then I have to browse, d/drive, find the dwg and insert.

The cd is from a supplier with all their extrusions as dwg files.

hope this makes it clearer

Instead of d/clicking on "extrusions" try right-click, copy, then in drawing, right-click, and "paste"

Put the extrusion drawings on your hard drive. Then make a Tool Palette with the extrusions on them. Drag and drop.

Thanks everyone, I have gone back to supplier for new disc to see if it is the disc not right

cheers

I really think you would be doing yourself a big favor by putting the contents (drawings) of the CD on your hard drive. Why are you working off the CD in the first place?