AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

Hi All,

This may seem like a silly question, but when you start autocad for the first time, it creates a profile with the default support file search paths. Where does AutoCAD get this from?

I want to use this for a tool I am creating.

Thanks

[#2]

Brent,

Command: setvar acadprefix

will give you the support file search path (it was written to registry when you install AutoCAD)

clearify what do you mean by tool?

Moshe

[#3]

The tool has our support paths stored in an XML file that can be used across multiple versions. I thought it would be something very basic like that. I'll give it a crack when I get to work.

Thanks!

[#4]

Thats the one I am looking for. Do you know how to access the initial value of that?

[#5]

ACADPREFIX contains the initial value plus the paths the user add since the install

[#6]

Is the initial value stored anywhere (ie in the registry)?

[#7]

The only reason I ask is that I need to be able to access it programatically

[#8]

I believe the initial paths are partially hard-coded, using some of the installation information as the starting point for the drive and first few folders.  You might be able to pull some of this information out of the registry, but it would be just as easy to hard-code it yourself in the registry or a data file rather than re-calculate it every time.

[#9]

here it is:-

HKCU\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R1XX.X\ACAD-XXXX:XXX\Profiles\Your Default Profile\General\ACAD

where XXXX it is version dependet

in key "Profiles" you should read the (Default) key and have Your Default Profile

and key ACAD contains what you are after.

Moshe