enter name of drawing to open??

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enter name of drawing to open??

Anonymous
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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!
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Syed_aligoher
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when you open the Auto CAD then you wright fiedia enter then press 1 ok 

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lutf80
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Thanks a lot i have the same problem since half a month very helpful

 

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Anonymous
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In C3d 2018. I'm getting this same prompt. I'm typing in "FILEDIA" and it says "cannot find specified drawing.." What should I do?

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Anonymous
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^^ thanks for the help reading this post helped fix the problem!
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Anonymous
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Now I can tell there are more people saying the same as I do. I heard there are other softwares with more commom sense in their programing than this one. For Autodesk: K. I. S. S. (Keep It Simple Stupid).

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Anonymous
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Thank you for your big help!

 

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Anonymous
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filedia 1 really works! tnx for that new knowledge.

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Anonymous
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Typing in this option also works for the original AutoCAD program, not just AutoCAD Civil


@Anonymouswrote:
FILEDIA=1


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neilyj666
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@Anonymous wrote:

Typing in this option also works for the original AutoCAD program, not just AutoCAD Civil


@Anonymouswrote:
FILEDIA=1


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Yes it does as Civil is built on AutoCAD.....in fact pretty much all the original AutoCAD commands work in Civil...!!!!!

neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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Anonymous
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Thanks a lot

 

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RunarPJCMNN
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Worked perfectly, been trying to fix this stupid issue for ages!

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Anonymous
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after i get : No system variable changed **** . what can i do abour it ?

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Anonymous
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It has been a while since I had this problem and posted this question so I do not recall for sure.

for your question have you typed in sysvarmonitor (for system variable monitor) on the command line?

when I do this I get the System Variable Monitor box where I can change the variables or reset them all.

I believe I have reset them all before when I was having that problem  and it resolved the issue.

If the problem you are having is that you can not open a drawing using the 'open drawing' icon and it is wanting you to type the name of the drawing to open in the command line I think I fixed this issue before by opening the system variable monitor box and changing the FILEDIA variable to 1.  I think you can do this directly on the command line also by typing filedia and entering 1.  

hope this is helpful.

Anonymous
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çok teşekkürler kral

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Anonymous
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Greatly appreciate that!!! Mark. that was very help full

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anita.michaud18
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NONE OF THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE WORKING FOR ME.  WHEN I TYPE ON THE COMMAND LINE IT GOES UP ONTO THE BAR THAT SHOWS UP ASKING FOR THE FILE NAME,  I SEEM TO BE STUCK

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anita.michaud18
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ME TOO

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terry2
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When I attempt to open a drawing session, after I select  open I get a notice in a white box That says "entEr name of drawing" and my screen freezes and will not respond

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