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Table 1-1 (continued)
Switch and Syntax Description
/p Controls which AutoCAD user profile is used at
startup. In addition to being able to specify a
“...\acad.exe” /p “profile_name” profile name, you can also specify the file name
of an exported profile that has the ARG extension.
When an ARG file is specified, the file is imported
and is set current. For more on user profiles, see
“Changing Options and Working with User
Profiles” later in this chapter.
/pl Allows you to publish a saved drawing set
descriptions in the background that is saved
“...\acad.exe” /p “publish_drawing_ with the PUBLISH command. For more information
set_descriptions” on publishing, see Book VII, Chapter 3.
/r Restores the system-pointer device settings and
creates a backup of the current configuration file.
“...\acad.exe” /r
/s Allows you to specify additional support paths
that might not be defined on the Files tab of the
“...\acad.exe” /s “path” Options dialog box. For more on support paths
and options, see “Changing Options and Working
with User Profiles” later in this chapter.
/set Allows you to specify a Sheet Set file that should
be loaded at startup. For more on Sheet Set
“...\acad.exe” /set “sheetset_file” Manager, see Book VII, Chapter 2.
/t Allows you to specify the drawing template that
should be used to create the default drawing
“...\acad.exe” /t “drawing_template” that is created when AutoCAD starts. For more
on drawing templates, see Book I, Chapter 4.
/v Allows you to specify a specific view in the
drawing that is being opened. For more
“...\acad.exe” “drawing.DWG”/v information on views, see Book II, Chapter 3.
“kitchen”
/w Allows you to specify a workspace that should
be loaded upon startup. The workspace must
“...\acad.exe” /w “workspace” exist in one of the loaded customization (CUI)
files. For more on workspaces and CUI files, see
Chapter 2 of this minibook.
The command line switches /ld, /nohardware, /nossm, /p, /pl, /r, /s, and /set
are not supported in AutoCAD LT.
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