Main Dictionary Not Available

[Anonymous]

After installing AutoCAD on 3 new Windows 7 workstations, one of them can't find the main dictionary.  I can find dictionaries (*.dct) by using the Windows Search function, but when I try to specify a path with the Options command, I'm told that there are "None available".  What do I need to do to get a dictionary path loaded?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I don't believe anyone posted this answer, so here goes.

I had this exact problem, but found that I could open the Options dialog (Tools/Options) and set the profile (from the Profiles Tab) to a default Autodesk profile and the dictionaries were all there with American English set as the default.

Upon seeing this I realized that it was simply a path was not set.

If you then go to the Support File Search Path tab in the option Dialog, make sure you have an entry to the default Autodesk Support path, as well as any support path you may use if you customize (which we do here where I work).

I added the line ...

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\ACADM 2011\Support

... which is where the .dct files (dictionaries) are stored.

Now click Apply but don't click OK just yet.

Now go down a few lines, still on the Files tab in options, to the line that says Text Editor, Dictionary, and Font File Names.

Click 'Main Dictionary'.

If it is not populated with all dicitonaries I'd be very suprised.

Select your language and be sure to select the button 'Set Current' - now you can click 'OK'.

You should be good to go with not only your spell checker but this will also cause errors occasionally with using DDEDIT as well.

God bless you. You're a life savior.

[Anonymous]

Just to clarify: the missing Support directory probably happens when you create a new workspace profile.

In my case, it was AutoCad 2016 and a workspace created to recover normal usable toolbars.

[Anonymous]

That fixed it for me too. I had to copy the dct files into C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2019\R25\enu\Support (windows)

[Anonymous]

Do NOT do that. Don't copy dictionary files anywhere. Just add the ACad directory back to Support list.

[Anonymous]

I've been dealing with this issue for two years and looked at lots of solutions.  How simple, thanks.

[Anonymous]

Dessa forma funcionou. Obrigado.

[aaron.isberg · Accepted solution]

Just to clarify:

On certain installations to drives other than C:, two errors appear each time a user either initializes an ACAD session, or when a user attempts to run a command.
In the first case, the following error appears:



To resolve this, simply navigate to the following location:
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2021\R24.0\enu\Plotters\Plot Styles

Delete the shortcut for “Add-A-Plot Style Table Wizard.lnk

A new, correct shortcut will replace this deleted one on the next startup.

For the “Unable to find main dictionary” error,

many online solutions say to simply enter the correct path in the “Main Directory” field under “Text Editor, Dictionary, and Font File Names” category.

For alternate drive installations though, this will not allow any entries to be made, and there is a “None Available” error:



Resolution:
 Search for any .dct (dictionary) file within the installation path for ACAD (support folder) and copy the path to the “Support” folder for your installation. Mine was in “D:” drive, where I had installed ACAD:

 D:\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2021\Support

Copy this path.

Next, open ACAD>Options and expand the “Support File Search Path” tree in the “Files” tab.
Click the “Add” button and paste the path to the “Support” file you previously copied.

Restart ACAD and the errors should be gone.