mikekmx Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Hi all, just a quick question please..... How do i launch AutCAD so there's no blank dwg or existing drawing? Quote
nestly Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 AFAIK, there's no option for that in AutoCAD2008. In '12 or '13 they finally changed the STARTUP sysvar to permit suppression of "Drawing1" Quote
mikekmx Posted June 18, 2014 Author Posted June 18, 2014 AFAIK, there's no option for that in AutoCAD2008. In '12 or '13 they finally changed the STARTUP sysvar to permit suppression of "Drawing1" Oh. That's annoying. Thanks Nestly. Quote
BMXerScott Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Enter the STARTUP command. When prompted to enter a new value, enter Quote
nestly Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Enter the STARTUP command. When prompted to enter a new value, enter That's the correct answer for 2012 and newer, but "2" ( the option to start without a drawing or Startup dialogs) wasn't available in 2011 and older. Maybe STARTUP = 1? but that Startup dialog makes my blood boil. Quote
BMXerScott Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 "2" ( the option to start without a drawing or Startup dialogs) wasn't available until AutoCAD2012 Oops, my bad. I'm working in 2014. Quote
nukecad Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Hi all,just a quick question please..... How do i launch AutCAD so there's no blank dwg or existing drawing? I've got to ask Why? Quote
nestly Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Why? .... because there's absolutely no logical reason we should have to close a blank drawing in every AutoCAD session for a drawing we didn't need/want open to begin with. Quote
mikekmx Posted June 18, 2014 Author Posted June 18, 2014 That's the correct answer for 2012 and newer, but "2" ( the option to start without a drawing or Startup dialogs) wasn't available in 2011 and older. Maybe STARTUP = 1? but that Startup dialog makes my blood boil. Why? .... because there's absolutely no logical reason we should have to close a blank drawing in every AutoCAD session for a drawing we didn't need/want open to begin with. [ATTACH=CONFIG]49558[/ATTACH] correct (tried '2' but to no avail) & correct i have 2012 (don't know why not 2015 as i thought it was on subscription) on my laptop but only ever use my PC with 2008 atm. Quote
Boro Nut Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 ...Maybe STARTUP = 1? but that Startup dialog makes my blood boil.That used to happen to me. Then in in 2012 we finally upgraded to a new microwave oven. Boro Nut Quote
nukecad Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) Why? .... because there's absolutely no logical reason we should have to close a blank drawing in every AutoCAD session for a drawing we didn't need/want open to begin with. [ATTACH=CONFIG]49558[/ATTACH] Ahh, I had forgotten that it did that save Drawing1 thing, my Autocads havent done that for years. It could be because I habitually work in SDI mode (single drawing). And I use the traditional startup dialogue. If I dont want to open a drawing on startup I just hit the cancel in the dialogue, or I may use "Start from Scratch". Start from Scratch does open a Drawing1.dwg but as long as you dont draw anything on it it just goes away when you open another drawing or quit. Anyway enough of me; I believe the answer to your problem is the DBMOD system variable. DBMOD tells Autocad when a drawing has been modified. If this is set to zero in Drawing1 then it will go away as soon as you open another drawing and will not prompt you to save it. So something in your startup routine is setting DBMOD to none-zero for Drawing1. Problem is its not that easy to find out what is changing it. More info here- http://cadpanacea.com/node/193 Edited June 19, 2014 by nukecad Quote
SLW210 Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 Check this old thread out http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?20245-Start-AutoCAD-with-no-new-drawing... Quote
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