filedia resetting?

[Anonymous]

Every time I start Civil3D 2007 after a freeze up, filedia resets itself back to zero, why is this happening?

[Anonymous]

Because it does.....

Add this to your acad.lsp file (it should be in the Support folder, if it
isn't just create it with Notepad):

(setvar "Filedia" 1)

Now everytime you start C3D it will set the variable correctly.


"cad_farmer" wrote in message news:5860028@discussion.autodesk.com...
Every time I start Civil3D 2007 after a freeze up, filedia resets itself
back to zero, why is this happening?

[julboese]

Autodesk should make t shirts that say filedia 1 on them. Someone was in my office asking about resetting it today... someone that works with cad everyday and has been for yrs.
Julie

[Anonymous]

thanks I hope it works..I don't know if I have the authorization to change anything on my computer as I work for the State..I have been using Auto CAD for 4 years and never heard of 'filedia' , I asked my teacher from school he did not know anything...its really weird.

[Anonymous]

This behavior is not specific to C3D. I've had FILEDIA reset to 0 in Land
Desktop, and Map after a crash over the years.

wrote in message news:5860166@discussion.autodesk.com...
thanks I hope it works..I don't know if I have the authorization to change
anything on my computer as I work for the State..I have been using Auto CAD
for 4 years and never heard of 'filedia' , I asked my teacher from school he
did not know anything...its really weird.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget the even lesser know cmddia for command dialog boxes.

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"neilw" wrote in message
news:5860338@discussion.autodesk.com...
This behavior is not specific to C3D. I've had FILEDIA reset to 0 in Land
Desktop, and Map after a crash over the years.

wrote in message news:5860166@discussion.autodesk.com...
thanks I hope it works..I don't know if I have the authorization to change
anything on my computer as I work for the State..I have been using Auto CAD
for 4 years and never heard of 'filedia' , I asked my teacher from school he
did not know anything...its really weird.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

An even better fix is to edit the CUI file to put:

filedia;1;

preceding the file handling commands.


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Regards

Laurie Comerford

"Jeff Mishler" wrote in message
news:5860105@discussion.autodesk.com...
Because it does.....

Add this to your acad.lsp file (it should be in the Support folder, if it
isn't just create it with Notepad):

(setvar "Filedia" 1)

Now everytime you start C3D it will set the variable correctly.


"cad_farmer" wrote in message news:5860028@discussion.autodesk.com...
Every time I start Civil3D 2007 after a freeze up, filedia resets itself
back to zero, why is this happening?

[Anonymous]

Hello,
I don't believe that AutoCAD is "resetting" it back to "0", it is in fact NOT "resetting" it back to "1". When certain routines run it sets it to "0" to eliminate the file dialog from popping up and requiring user input. If the routine successfully completes, then the variable is reset to "1". When something causes it to crash, the routine never has a chance to reset the variable.
The same thing happens to the command dialog "cmddia". This is one of those things that you either remember, or as others have said, to add something that makes sure that it is set to "1" every time AutoCAD starts.

Daryl

[Anonymous]

Jason Hickey where are you?

[davidokonewski8100]

In theory this sounds like a good answer Daryl. However I do not believe having it reset to "0" is the cause of a routine failing to finish correctly. I've had Civil just up and disappear after a save. Now the save command does not pull the Filedia variable to 0. There is a flaw in the recovery process after a crash. There are many ways to eliminate the File dia reset, I personally use several so that I really never have this problem.

I added it to the Agad.lsp as mentioned, added the (setvar) to both my Open and save commands. And now with laurie's comment I'll add it to my CUI.

It's another flaw in the process of restarting after a crash. The only thing is that it doesn't always reset to 0 after a crash.

[Civil3DReminders_com]

I would venture that the save command may set it to 0. The save process in the background deletes the old .bak, makes the existing file a .bak file and then saves the drawing that is open as a new file replacing the previous .dwg. That's a lot going on in the background for a save and I could see the need to suppress a file dialog boxes during the process..