enter name of drawing to open??

[Anonymous]

after a recent crash civil 3d now asks me to type in the full path and file name for a file i want to open after selecting the open option on the menu or toolbar.
i know there is a variable that requires re setting but i don't know how. advice gratefully recieved.
thanks!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

FILEDIA=1

[Anonymous]

I have run into a similar situation where Civil 3D crashed and now when I try to open a file in Civil 3D it asks in the command line: "enter name of drawing to open <.>: The way I've been able to get around it is to have civil 3D open and in the start menu I search for the drawing file and double click it there to open it in Civil 3D. This is not cool. Anyone, please help!!!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

When civil3d crashes like that some parameters get set to the wrong variable. As the previous post mentions, you should Type FILEDIA at the command line and set this variable to 1. Then your open command will work as designed. GL.

[Anonymous]

AutoCAD has lots of stupid options like this. I was frustrated by this f software. It sucks.

[andrewpuller3811]

Until you want to automate something then this option comes in very handy.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information on fixing this issue.

[neilyj666]

add the line

(setvar "filedia" 1)

to your acaddoc.lsp file and you won't see this again

[Anonymous]

Where do I find the acaddoc.Isp file? Thanks.

[neilyj666]

See message 20 in link

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/Hot-Fix-isn-t-very-hot/td-p/4332149/highlight/true/pa...

[Ajilal.Vijayan]

In AutoCAD command line type this

(findfile "ACADDOC.lsp")

 This should return the path of ACADDOC.lsp

[neilyj666]

This is true - if acaddoc.lsp isn't found then follow my previous post

[Anonymous]

Hi I am not an expert by any means on CAD, however somethign has cause my computer to to that thing they're all talking about on this forum where you have to type the name of the drawing in to open it.

I have tried typing Fieldia=1 in and what ever i type it just says there is not a drawing of this name?!!?

Please help I have major project drawings to finish and i cant open them..... I also noticed I couldnt save as when recently working in CAD I had to save over what I had done.

I forgot to mention this is Civil 3D 2013

Thanks

Sam

[troma]

If it's asking for the drawing name, type a tilde. It's normally at the top left of the keyboard, looks like this ~
Then, when you have a drawing open, type FILEDIA in the commandline. Hit enter. Then type 1. Enter.

[Anonymous]

Thank you sooo much!! it worked a treat!

[Anonymous]

It works ........Thank you very much for the solution

[Anonymous]

Hello;

What if the command line does not show up? I type in FILEDIA after the sentence: "Enter name of drawing to open <.>" and nothing happens

[antoniovinci]

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KBN11 wrote:

Hello;

What if the command line does not show up? I type in FILEDIA after the sentence: "Enter name of drawing to open <.>" and nothing happens

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Read the 23-01-2014 10:47 PM post, man.

[Anonymous]

​Enter Filedia command and change value to 1


Regards,
Prashant​
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[Anonymous]

Just to clarify for those having difficulty understanding what you are being advised... If you happen to get the prompt for file opening or saving at the command line and not the dialog you expect to see, hit escape to exit the command and THEN type filedia at the command line and change the value to 1. Then try the open or save command again and you will see the dialog box. John