Datasheet

 Add a shortcut for AutoCAD to the Start menu. Right-click the AutoCAD short-
cut on the desktop and choose Pin to Start Menu.
 Add a shortcut for AutoCAD to the Quick Launch toolbar. Drag and drop the
AutoCAD shortcut from the desktop into place on the Quick Launch toolbar. If
the Quick Launch toolbar isn’t visible on the taskbar, right-click the taskbar and
choose Toolbars
➪Quick Launch.
AutoCAD allows you to use what are called
command line switches. Command line
switches automate some of the tasks that are normally performed each time you start
AutoCAD. Removing manual steps from the start-up process ensures that the drawings
you create are more consistent with each; then you can worry more about the models
that you need to create than all the intricate setup processes. You use them in con-
junction with desktop shortcuts that define the default template, workspace, and user
profile that are set up when AutoCAD first starts.
Command Line Description
Switch
/p Allows you to specify which user profile to use when AutoCAD
starts. For information on user profiles, see Chapter 3.
/t Allows you to specify which drawing template to use for the
default drawing that is created when AutoCAD launches. For more
information on drafting templates and creating a new drawing,
see Chapter 2.
/w Allows you to specify which workspace to use when AutoCAD
starts. For information on user workspaces, see Chapter 3.
You can use more than one command line switch at a time with a shortcut; you just
need to use them correctly. Figure 1-1 shows an example of using the
/t and /w com-
mand line switches.
Figure 1-1:
The
AutoCAD
2008
Properties
dialog box.
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