Almost daily I get calls from customers saying that when they type in Open they don't get a dialog box but a command line asking for a file name, or their pipe sizes come in with the word -LENGTH- instead fo the actual length. AutoCAD variables are usually at fault.
Here are the most common offenders and their correct settings for this and similar problems.
The following list is taken from our Frequently Asked Questions page in the Updates and Support area of our website.
Variable: Recommended Setting: Problem:
FILEDIA 1 Dialogs do not appear when New, Open or Save is done
ATTDIA 0 Shows dialog every time block inserted
ATTREQ 1 Does not use attribute value you picked
PICKADD 1 Cannot pick more than one item
ATTDISP Normal Cannot see attributes, or can see all of them
DRAGMODE Auto Cannot see dragged objects
PDMODE 1 Points show up as X’s or other shape
INSUNITS 0 Blocks/Xrefs come in at the wrong scale
INSUNITSDEFSOURCE 0 Blocks/Xrefs come in at the wrong scale
INSUNITSDEFTARGET 0 Blocks/Xrefs come in at the wrong scale
Don't forget system variable FILEDIA with a recommened setting of 1
Posted by: MikeK | August 24, 2006 at 02:49 PM
Fine...
Posted by: Art | August 24, 2006 at 04:09 PM
Thanks Art. Very useful information.
Posted by: LukeJ | August 24, 2006 at 05:56 PM