Hello everyone,
I'm requesting your help with a problem I've had for a few weeks now.
Can anybody help me find the reason why, while a dwg file is already open, my pc opens the software a second time to access another file?
I don't understand what happened all of a sudden and why each dwg file I wanna open isn't processed using the same Autocad LT software which is already running.
I thank you in advance for your help.
Regards.
Forgive me, but you did not answer my question, did you not understand it: so I will guess you are doing it from outside AutoCAD and not inside.
What did you recently change, or what did someone change for you? did someone help you fix a problem you had with drawing files not opening in LT by chance?
Sorry for not answering your question.
Sure I can open every dwg file using Autocad's "open" button but this takes longer for me and it's quicker to directly double-click on the file.
I recently downloaded the demo version of Autocad LT 2012 but uninstalled it after a day or 2.
Do you think this can be the reason?
Thank you!
SDI = Single Drawing Interface
1 is on and means you can only open one drawing per ACAD session.
0 is off which means you can open multiple drawings per ACAD session.
Type SDI at the command line and set it to 0 (zero) to be able to open multiple drawings in single ACAD session
Helpful tip #237:
Use CTRL+TAB to toggle between multiple open drawings in the session.
HTH
Regards,
DJ
OP you may also want to check in explorer to see if the command to open a drawing is acad.exe, or is it launcher.exe (the correct one)...
Hello all and thank you for your help.
I find it strange that the "SDI 0" option doesn't seem to work.
To make sure I'm doing the right thing :
I type "SDI" in the command line then press "enter"
Then "0" then "enter".
Is that correct?
If so, it isn't working for me.
About the lauching option, I haven't tried it as I don't know how.
I told you I'm very bad at this!!