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    Distinguished Contributor
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    Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

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    02-20-2013 10:51 AM

    Every Time I open C3D I have to open my drawings. 

    In adition I have always an empty and irritating empty "drawing1" ....

    Any way to  change this behavior ?

    Thanks

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    rgalbraith
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 11:02 AM in reply to: tonnot

    Setting the STARTUP variable to 1 will display a dialog box when Civil3D is opened so a file to open can be selected.

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    neilyj
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 11:06 AM in reply to: tonnot
    look in help for startup variable there are several permutations
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 11:27 AM in reply to: neilyj

    Is not useful....

    Is that there is not a "project" objet ?

    If I have 12 dwg's , have I to load the twelve singly ?

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    neilyj
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 11:56 AM in reply to: tonnot

    Not sure what you have changed the original question now...

     

    You can open 12 drawings at once if (and only if) they are in the same folder by CTRL-clicking on each.

     

    Why would you want to open all the drawings anyway - use XREF's / data shortcuts as a best practice

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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 12:40 PM in reply to: neilyj

    Thanks,

    I'm going to explain me better.

    I'd like (or I imagine ) to have a "project object" or "project concept" in which I have some dwg's (some of them can be placed at any folder in my pc or at our officce net). I'll decide when and which I'm going to set as current.

    I dont want to open manually a lot of dwg's (and it is not a xref theme....) every time I open C3D.

     

    Then, Is there a project concept ? 

    I 'd like:

    - Have a "project concept"

    - An initial dialog box to Load the last 'project' or create a new one or open an empty project . 

     

    Thanks.

     

     

     

     

     

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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 12:48 PM in reply to: tonnot
    Use the sheet set manager for this. You can specify any number of drawings in its list then after C3D opens you can open them all at once (I believe).
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 01:13 PM in reply to: mathewk

    Humm.

    Now I'm going to sleep. 

    I think it can be a solution but..... 

    After a quick creation of sheet set  I have discover how a new C3D launch offers me the same : open a drawing .....

    Thanks any way .

     

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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 01:42 PM in reply to: tonnot
    You keep going back and forth between 2 issues here. One is the startup behavior which was already answered. The other is the "project" thing for which I gave a suggestion.
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    neilyj
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    Re: Any way to open last prospector 'work' ?

    02-20-2013 02:01 PM in reply to: tonnot

    I'm too confused now...i'm going to sleep as well....:smileyfrustrated:

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