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If you want to run your AutoCAD without creating an empty "unnamed" drawing "Drawing1.dwg" (Zeichnung1.dwg, etc.), you can use a simple script to avoid it.

In the properties of the AutoCAD icon on your desktop edit the line Target and add a parameter:

  
/b close
e.g.:
  
"C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2010\acad.exe" /b close  
Now create a simple text file CLOSE.SCR in AutoCAD search path (so it can find it) - this file will containg a single line (ended with Enter):
  
_CLOSE  

If you start AutoCAD using this icon, the empty DWG drawing will be immediately closed.

Another option is the variable STARTUP.

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18.9.2009    17848×  
applies to: AutoCAD ·

See also:
Tip 14620:Converting object data (OD) to XData (XD) in AutoCAD Map 3D.
Tip 14618:Easy copying of DWG entities with rotation.
Tip 14613:How to set the elevation of objects according to the value of Object Data, OD? (OD2Z)
Tip 14436:Conversion of arc polylines to straight-segment polylines (e.g. for GIS).
Tip 14431:What are the AutoCAD commands -FIND, FINDMATCH and FINDINCLUDE?


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