SAVEAS using Windows Explorer

[Anonymous]

When I use the SAVEAS command in Civil 3D Landdesktop 2008, I have to type the entire file directory on the command line. My AutoCAD won't open a Windows Explorer box so I can browse to my SAVEAS destination. My old Landdesktop 3 version used to always give me a browser when I wanted to save a file somewhere else. Another guy in my office installed the exact same software but he doesn't have any problem. He gets the browser window when he hits SAVEAS. Neither of us know why our Autocads are different or how to change the setting so that the explorer browser opens with SAVEAS instead of making me type in the file directory on the command line. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

2 strikes 🙂

First strike, this group is for Civil3d, not the Landdesktop companion.
Second strike, it's the customization group to boot.

But now to answer your question and point you to the correct group for these
questions.

Answer: FILEDIA sysvar, set it to 1
In the future, post LDT questions to the landesktop group. Better yet,
search that group first to see if you can answer it yourself. I know you
could have this time, because this question comes up 1 or 2 times....a week.
:-)

HTH,
Jeff

"elgin66" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
When I use the SAVEAS command in Civil 3D Landdesktop 2008, I have to type
the entire file directory on the command line. My AutoCAD won't open a
Windows Explorer box so I can browse to my SAVEAS destination. My old
Landdesktop 3 version used to always give me a browser when I wanted to save
a file somewhere else. Another guy in my office installed the exact same
software but he doesn't have any problem. He gets the browser window when he
hits SAVEAS. Neither of us know why our Autocads are different or how to
change the setting so that the explorer browser opens with SAVEAS instead of
making me type in the file directory on the command line. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeff,

Funnily enough I just answered the same question in the Land Desktop
customisation NG.

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Regards

Laurie Comerford
"Jeff Mishler" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
2 strikes 🙂

First strike, this group is for Civil3d, not the Landdesktop companion.
Second strike, it's the customization group to boot.

But now to answer your question and point you to the correct group for these
questions.

Answer: FILEDIA sysvar, set it to 1
In the future, post LDT questions to the landesktop group. Better yet,
search that group first to see if you can answer it yourself. I know you
could have this time, because this question comes up 1 or 2 times....a week.
:-)

HTH,
Jeff

"elgin66" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
When I use the SAVEAS command in Civil 3D Landdesktop 2008, I have to type
the entire file directory on the command line. My AutoCAD won't open a
Windows Explorer box so I can browse to my SAVEAS destination. My old
Landdesktop 3 version used to always give me a browser when I wanted to save
a file somewhere else. Another guy in my office installed the exact same
software but he doesn't have any problem. He gets the browser window when he
hits SAVEAS. Neither of us know why our Autocads are different or how to
change the setting so that the explorer browser opens with SAVEAS instead of
making me type in the file directory on the command line. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Sorry about using the wrong discussion group. This is the first time I ever had to obtain product support from this sort of forum.

[Anonymous]

Hi Elgin,

You have not received "product support" You get that from your dealer or
from Autodesk.

Instead you have received help from ordinary users who read these newsgroups
and try to help one another.

For future reference you should:

Search the AutoCAD help files. 99% of anwers are found there.
Search the newsgroups (Google Groups searches are very good for this
purpose)
Search the web
Then look at these newsgroups and work out which one is most relevant to
your query.
Post to the ONE newsgroup only.

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Regards

Laurie Comerford
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Sorry about using the wrong discussion group. This is the first time I ever
had to obtain product support from this sort of forum.

[Anonymous]

OK, Thanks. By the way, the FILEDIA command worked like a charm.