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in /AcadJobs/Job1. Specifying support (with no path prefix) in the Support path
adds the support directory within the current directory to the Support path.
Notice that if you use the Options dialog box to specify a directory, AutoCAD
creates a hard-coded path to that directory. To use the relative naming
convention previously described, you must specify the Support path with the
/s switch on the command line. See “Customize Startup” in the User's Guide.
To make sure that the required drawing directory is the current directory when
you start AutoCAD, and that all files and subdirectories in that directory are
easily accessible, you can create a program icon or a Start menu item that
specifies the correct working directory for each job. This functionality works
only if you set the AutoCAD system variable REMEMBERFOLDERS to 0.
You can use a batch program to create new job directories automatically. The
following batch program verifies that a specified directory exists, sets that
directory to be current, and then runs AutoCAD.
@echo off
C:
if exist \AcadJobs\Jobs\%1 goto RUNACAD
echo.
echo *** Creating \AcadJobs\Jobs\%1
echo *** Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
echo.
pause
mkdir \AcadJobs\Jobs\%1
:RUNACAD
cd \AcadJobs\Jobs\%1
start “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2012\acad.exe”
Using an ASCII text editor (such as Notepad), save the batch program to a file
named acad.bat. Be sure to change the drive and directory names to match
those on your system.
Place this file in a directory that is on your system search path (for example,
C:\winnt). You can run this batch program using the Run command on the
Start menu or by double-clicking the file in Explorer. If you saved the file as
acad.bat, use the following syntax:
acad jobname
where jobname is the name of the job directory to make current.
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