Display full version of the post: AutoCad opens new dwg file on every Vault open?

tulip3D
05.01.2012, 21:37
Sup guys...
 
So the search function on this site sucks...
 
This has to be some sort of mundane setting...
 
Everytime I open a drawing from vault, autocad creates a new, sequential drawing in the background that I must click, NO, dont save, ect ect.
Its just plain annoying.
 
Any ideas on how to turn that crap off?
 
thanks in advance!!

tulip3D
06.01.2012, 13:47
So nobody has any clue what im talking about?

Vladimir Michl
06.01.2012, 14:13
Vault client does not open any other drawing (by default). You may be using some add-on tool (LISP, VBA) which perfoms this unwanted additional Open.

tulip3D
06.01.2012, 14:21
Thanks Vlad...
 
The only other 'add on' that im aware of is 'dwg man', which creates tabs to swith drawings (thanks John C, for that!!)
 
And it definetly does create sequential, blank dwgs upon vault access...what kind of add on would do this?? is it a matter of simply finding and eliminating it? or changing some sort of setting?

John Connor
06.01.2012, 16:01
Right-click on the desktop shortcut for opening Vault and check out its Properties.  Maybe there is something there that is triggering this unusual behavior.


tulip3D
09.01.2012, 17:51
John,
Tried that, as you said. only the quick access properties for the tool/taskbar come up...nothing about opening a new drawing file...
 
wtf man...i tell ya, when i stop learning acad is when i change careers LOL

John Connor
09.01.2012, 18:14
Your optimism is truly heart warming.


tulip3D
09.01.2012, 18:31
LMFAO!!

Yeah, but alas, its true. Once you master something, whats the point? oh well if i find anything i'll report it back to this thread

tulip3D
18.01.2012, 14:11
So I havent found SQUAT...
 
Anybody got any ideas on how to even say...pull a list of 'add on' tools or 'VBA, LISP' or whatever as Vlad said?
Then I could at least narrow it down to the offending item(s)...
Cause this issue is REALLY annoying...and non-stop

tulip3D
18.01.2012, 19:56
Nobody got ANY ideas on how thats done????

heinsite
18.01.2012, 20:25
I'm not familiar with Vault at all... don't use it, but the Autodesk Discussion Groups page has a Vault section with over 400,000 entries in it.  I'll bet a little snooping in there will get you an answer.
 
Dave.

tulip3D
18.01.2012, 21:47
Thanks for that...
 
But in the meantime, is there a way to list what 'add ons' or LISP things or whatever are installed on your computer to work with acad? as Vlad stated, it may be one of these causing problems...

John Connor
19.01.2012, 12:06
acad2011.lsp (AutoCAD file)acad.lsp (User file - only loaded once at AutoCAD startup, unless ACADLSPASDOC=1)acad2011doc.lsp (AutoCAD file)acaddoc.lsp (User file)You would have to check the contents of each one of these to know what lisp routines are being loaded when you fire up AutoCAD 2011.


tulip3D
19.01.2012, 13:43
Searched
acad2011.lsp...turned up nothing.
when i searched this one, acad.lsp, this came up:
;startup for application ACADM, installed xxxxxxx(princ (load "gen/acadm.lsp" "\nError: acadm.lsp not loaded!"));(if acadmappend (setq s::startup (acadmappend s::startup)))
acad2011doc.lsp...turned up nothing
when i searched this one, acaddoc.lsp, this came up:
;;;*-*TXT acad.lsp is loaded once, acaddoc.lsp is loaded for each;;;       document, s::startup in any case is called after acaddoc.lsp;;;       has been loaded;;;(if (= nil acad_helpdlg);; (progn;;    (load "acadr15.lsp");;    (load (strcat (getvar "menuname") ".mnl"));;  );;)(if (= nil genlade)  (progn    (princ (load "gen/acadm.lsp" "\nError: acadm.lsp not loaded!"))    (if acadmappend (setq s::startup (acadmappend s::startup)))  ))

John Connor
19.01.2012, 14:00
Are you on Subscription with AutoDesk for any of the programs you are running?ACADM?  Is that AutoCAD map?


tulip3D
19.01.2012, 14:08
Matter of fact we do have subscription...but their slow and they suck...quite frankly you reply much quicker! hahaha wtf our company should just funnel money to you! we pay those bastards and they generally dont help with sh1t...
And yeah, Its acad mechanical I beleive...and I dont know what all that txt is...it came up in a notepad style dialog box...I copied and pasted...

John Connor
20.01.2012, 12:28
I'm quicker?  Jeez, I've got to raise my rates.  From now I I'm charging you double.  Let's see 2 x zero is..........?  LOLI wish I could give you some useful advice on this one re: Vault but I purposely avoided it when asked if I wanted to use it to manage our electrical drawings.  But I'll keep searching.


tulip3D
20.01.2012, 13:44
Yeah, for simple electrical schematics like we do here...lol its kinda overkill i agree...and i dont blame you for avoiding it for reasons such as this LOL