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    Registered: ‎01-25-2007

    SDI Mode????

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    02-01-2007 12:19 PM
    When I try to close out of a single drawing, command line says that I cannot close while I am in SDI Mode...what does that stand for?
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    *Dennis Hyman

    Re: SDI Mode????

    02-01-2007 12:29 PM in reply to: abc2006
    SDI mode is Single Drawing Interface. 0 allows for multiple drawings, 1
    allows for only one drawing at a time. Are you trying to close out of a
    single drawing while leaving the AutoCAD window open? That's the only thing
    that I can think of that will give you that error.


    wrote in message news:5472017@discussion.autodesk.com...
    When I try to close out of a single drawing, command line says that I cannot
    close while I am in SDI Mode...what does that stand for?
    Please use plain text.
    *Don Reichle

    Re: SDI Mode????

    02-04-2007 01:28 PM in reply to: abc2006
    snip>That's the only thing that I can think of that will give you that
    error.
    At 1st I thought this might be due to a 2K7 issue that's being discussed
    here.

    But a trip to the Knowledge Base helped me to find out that this particular
    issue has been around awhile. I found 4 possibilities using "land desktop
    sdi" - w/o quotes - as you'll see in my tinyurl below:
    http://tinyurl.com/yupscg

    HTH you get this thing straightened out.

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    "Dennis Hyman" wrote in message
    news:5472047@discussion.autodesk.com...
    SDI mode is Single Drawing Interface. 0 allows for multiple drawings, 1
    allows for only one drawing at a time. Are you trying to close out of a
    single drawing while leaving the AutoCAD window open? That's the only thing
    that I can think of that will give you that error.


    wrote in message news:5472017@discussion.autodesk.com...
    When I try to close out of a single drawing, command line says that I cannot
    close while I am in SDI Mode...what does that stand for?
    Please use plain text.
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    benjineer
    Posts: 1
    Registered: ‎09-06-2011

    Re: SDI Mode????

    09-06-2011 09:08 AM in reply to: *Don Reichle

    I was having the same problem.  None of the answers said how to make it go away, so I tried the obvious. 

     

    To make it go away:

    Type SDI at the command prompt and Enter.  It will ask what to change it to.  Type 0 and Enter.

     

    I still don't know how it got activated.

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    Stovetopsue
    Posts: 1
    Registered: ‎09-21-2011

    Re: SDI Mode????

    09-21-2011 02:21 PM in reply to: abc2006
    I had similar issue & just like benjineer, I have no idea how it got changed in the first place! I'm just glad I found this forum!

    Anyone know how it could have got changed without typing in 'SDI' so I male sure not to do it again??
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