Starting AutoCAD takes long time

[muthu123]

Dear friends,

 

Whenever we are opening New AutoCAD, it struggled at 98% and wait for 2 to 3 minutes to complete the process.

 

1. What it is doing at 98% of loading.

 

2. It is not happening in all System.

 

3. The AutoCAD is loading From New work.

 

Please give me your feed back..

 

Regards,

Muthu.

[ReMark]

Re: #3. Is that supposed to be "network"?

[muthu123]

Re: #3. Is that supposed to be "network"?

 

Yes. But not in all systems.

 

Yours,

Muthu.

[ReMark]

Perhaps it is a "pathing" problem. AutoCAD is searching for a path to some file or files it requires.

 

What OS is being used?

 

What version of AutoCAD are you trying to load?

 

What are the system specifications of the computer that is having the problem?

 

When did the problem first occur?

 

Has this happened with previous releases of AutoCAD and this computer?

 

Has anyone from your IT department been notified of the problem?

 

What steps have you taken so far to remedy the situation?

 

Is your version of AutoCAD current with all updates?

 

Is the OS current with all updates/service packs?

[muthu123]

Dear Friend,

 

Find my reply.

 

Perhaps it is a "pathing" problem. AutoCAD is searching for a path to some file or files it requires.

 

What OS is being used?

 

Windows-XP

 

What version of AutoCAD are you trying to load?

 

AutoCAD-2007

 

What are the system specifications of the computer that is having the problem?

 

Intel core du-deo 2.4GHZ and some of the PC Pentium-4.

 

When did the problem first occur?

For long time

 

Has this happened with previous releases of AutoCAD and this computer?

We didn't try.

 

Has anyone from your IT department been notified of the problem?

Yes.But they can't fix it.

 

What steps have you taken so far to remedy the situation?

Nothing

 

Is your version of AutoCAD current with all updates?

I don't have any idea.

 

Is the OS current with all updates/service packs?

I don't have any idea.

[rkmcswain]

Dear friends,

 

Whenever we are opening New AutoCAD, it struggled at 98% and wait for 2 to 3 minutes to complete the process.

As mentioned, most likely AutoCAD is looking for something it can't find. Non-existent paths, missing printers, etc.

Take a look at this, it may help you track down the issue:

http://cadpanacea.com/node/71

[muthu123]

As mentioned, most likely AutoCAD is looking for something it can't find. Non-existent paths, missing printers, etc.

Take a look at this, it may help you track down the issue:

http://cadpanacea.com/node/71

 

Thanks a lot.

 

I have used that tool and i noted that it is trying to do something. But I can't understand.Refer attached sketch and let me know what it is doing and how can we avoid it?

 

Yours,

Muthu

[muthu123]

Thanks a lot.

 

I have used that tool and i noted that it is trying to do something. But I can't understand.Refer attached sketch and let me know what it is doing and how can we avoid it?

 

Yours,

Muthu

 

 

Pleas refter attachment which was missed in earlier post.

[fart_plume]

From what I've have seen when loading files from other computers on a network Autocad tries to check home to verify that the file came from a good licensed product. The time it is taking could be the timeout it is set for. (we had two cad PC's on a separate network from the one connected to the internet and we would get a pop up that it could not verify the files license with a question of whether to continue or not(to go ahead and load the file)

[rkmcswain]

From what I've have seen when loading files from other computers on a network Autocad tries to check home to verify that the file came from a good licensed product.

 

The time it is taking could be the timeout it is set for. (we had two cad PC's on a separate network from the one connected to the internet and we would get a pop up that it could not verify the files license with a question of whether to continue or not(to go ahead and load the file)

 

Do you have a screenshot of this dialog box?

I have never heard of such a thing, and as far as I know, no identifying information is stored in the drawing regarding the license status of the application that last saved the drawing.

[fart_plume]

Do you have a screenshot of this dialog box?

I have never heard of such a thing, and as far as I know, no identifying information is stored in the drawing regarding the license status of the application that last saved the drawing.

 

Unfortunately I don't, I no longer work at that company where it occured, nor did it occur to me to get a screenshot of it. However I do know there are a lot behind the scene processes in programs now that if connected to the internet they call home every so often.

[rkmcswain]

....I do know there are a lot behind the scene processes in programs now that if connected to the internet they call home every so often.

 

Of course, but I'm trying to find out more about your specific claim that...

 

...Autocad tries to check home to verify that the file came from a good licensed product...

 

Maybe you are talking about the DWGCHECK feature that will let you know if a drawing was not last saved by an Autodesk product? This isn't "calling home", it's simply reading the DWG file to see if an Autodesk product last saved it.

[fart_plume]

The setup we had was one machine with autocad 2002lt and a new machine with auto cad 2007lt thiese two machines were connected two gether via router and no other pc's one that at all and it would ask everytime we either loaded a drawing file from one of the other engineering pcs in a different location of the building, flash drive or the connected pc.

[Dana W]

I had a similar problem when I first started at a certain company. AutoCAD files were stored on the server. Everyone else could open the files slambamthankyamam.

 

AutoCAD exe was on my computer though.

 

If I opened something by typing in the name, or using the Recent list, it would take from 5 to 10 minutes. Heaven forbid that I would need to "windows search" for a file name. That just would not come back before I gave up and resorted to eyeballs and mouse.

 

Funny though, if I went to My Network, and drilled down to it, it would open right away.

 

Once I got it loaded to my "C" drive, problem went away until the next drawing.

 

Seems the person that installed my computer and my AutoCAD was not a 'computer wizzard' by any means, and at the time, neither was I, at least as far as PC's go.

 

The network drive was mapped incorrectly. Seems the path for my "M" drive was mapped to my cubicle neighbor's computer, to his "K" drive, which was mapped to the network PROJECTS folder where the drawings lived. Of course, the AutoCAD search path contained my "M" drive path.

 

I found out about what was wrong the first day my co-worker called in sick. With his computer off, All I could open was file not found.

 

We were saved by Geeks-on-Call, of all people.

 

Oh, and the reason searches took so long, the same wizzard had set my search so it looked on the internet first. Apparently XP pro has something where you can set up your search locations by a list. They left Internet in position 1.

[GTVic]

Another issue could be the "start in" folder for the AutoCAD shortcut. By default that is C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 20xx\UserDataCache which is a hidden read-only folder so AutoCAD automatically ignores that and switches to your home "my documents" folder. If that folder is on a slow network connection (eg. VPN) then AutoCAD can take an extremely long time to load (e.g. 30 minutes). You can solve that by modifying the shortcut to point to your AutoCAD drawings folder.

[ReMark]

"From what I've have seen when loading files from other computers on a network Autocad tries to check home to verify that the file came from a good licensed product."

 

Bunk.