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AutoCad opens new dwg file on every Vault open?

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Topic: AutoCad opens new dwg file on every Vault open?
Posted By: tulip3D
Subject: AutoCad opens new dwg file on every Vault open?
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2012 at 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!!


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Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2012 at 13:47
So nobody has any clue what im talking about?

Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2012 at 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.

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Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2012 at 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?

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2012 at 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.

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Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 09.Jan.2012 at 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

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 09.Jan.2012 at 18:14
Your optimism is truly heart warming.

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 09.Jan.2012 at 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

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 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

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 19:56
Nobody got ANY ideas on how thats done????

Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 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.


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Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 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...

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 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.




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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 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)))
  )
)

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 14:00
Are you on Subscription with AutoDesk for any of the programs you are running?

ACADM?  Is that AutoCAD map?


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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 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...

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 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..........?  LOL

I 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.


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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 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


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