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The syntax for using command line switches is
"drive:pathname\acad.exe" ["drawing name"] [/switch "name"]
When using a switch option, you must follow the switch with a space and
then the name of a file, path, or view within quotation marks. For example
the following entry starts AutoCAD from a folder named AutoCAD 2002 with
the template drawing arch1.dwt, restores a named view
PLAN1, and executes
a script file startup.scr.
"d:\AutoCAD 2002\acad.exe”/t "d:\AutoCAD 2002\template\arch1" /v
"plan1" /b "startup"
AutoCAD resolves the environment settings in the following way:
■ If you use a command line switch to specify an environment setting, the
command line switch overrides the settings specified in either the Options
dialog box or the environment variable.
■ If a command line switch is not set, the corresponding value set in the
Options dialog box is used.
■ If neither a command line switch nor an Options value is set, the environ-
ment variable value is used.
Note Command line switches and environment variables override Options
values for the current session only. They do not alter the system registry.
/nologo No AutoCAD logo screen Starts AutoCAD without first displaying the
logo screen.
/p User-defined registry
profile for starting AutoCAD
Specifies a user-defined registry profile for
starting AutoCAD. The selected profile is in
effect only for the current session of AutoCAD,
unless you make another profile current in the
Options dialog box during that session.
You create or import Profiles on the Profiles
tab in the Options dialog box. With the /p
switch, you can only specify those profiles that
are listed in the Options dialog box. If the
profile does not exist, AutoCAD uses the
current profile.