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Plot Style Table Search Path disappears on restart

glenn.chandlerCLAHT — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:37:29 GMT

When using Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 or 2022, I set the plot style search path to where our drafters maintain our plot styles (shown below) and after adding the path I can use them without issue. When I close AutoCAD and reopen it, only the default plot style path is shown and the one I added disappears. Does anyone know what is causing this and what can be done to keep the path? At the moment, I am copying the plot styles over to the default folder so I don't have to add the path, but would be easier if I could keep the correct path in the options.

Re: Plot Style Table Search Path disappears on restart

Valentin_CAD — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:14:18 GMT

@glenn.chandlerCLAHT ,

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cadffm — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:37:06 GMT

I guess it has nothing to do with the profiles,

because you start ACAD, change the current profile

and if you restart Autocad, you are using the same, right?

But i can see another thing, perhaps the right hint for you:

See the other path, that is not a usual path and not the default one.

BUNDLE in the pathname..

It comes from an application!

I guess this application (you can read the name in the path too)

is written wrong (or the programmer want to delete other pathes).

I think this tool delete all pathes and add the own one, every time.

Ask the programmer!

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cadffm — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:41:03 GMT

Simple test:

Start Autocad without this tool!

Disable it

Uninstall it

start Autocad in /safemode

🙂

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glenn.chandlerCLAHT — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 02:07:19 GMT

Thanks, I didn't look closely enough at the path that I thought was a default path to see that it was from a customisation a client wants us to use. I was able to edit the PropSettings.ini they had in their LISP folder so now my paths don't get reset.

Thank you so much!

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cadffm — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:25:06 GMT

Glad to help

and inform them about the unfavorable implementation of their program.

If it is not absolutely necessary, then needed paths for the tool
1. Just to be added
2. Do you have to consider whether the path should be the current directory

(in which AutoCAD creates new files, in this case plot styles)

or not (you can have multiple pathes, but just one folder is the "active" one)