Drawing 1 - How to disable

[Harley Pawley]

I know I have fixed this problem before, but I can't find the answer again
on the newsgroup...

How do I turn off the automatic creation of Drawing1 upon startup?

Please post the answer to the newsgroup so I can find it the next time I
have to reinstall or an upgrade.

Thanks!

Harley Pawley

[R.K. McSwain]

Harley Pawley said the following on 2/17/2006 9:57 AM:

I know I have fixed this problem before, but I can't find the answer again
on the newsgroup...

How do I turn off the automatic creation of Drawing1 upon startup?

Please post the answer to the newsgroup so I can find it the next time I
have to reinstall or an upgrade.

"Drawing1.dwg" will close itself when the next drawing is opened,
provided that DBMOD=0.

If DBMOD /= 0, then "Drawing1.dwg" will remain open. In this case, you
have a startup routine of some sort modifying "Drawing1.dwg". Find the
offending code and modify or delete it.

The only other option is to turn on the startup dialog in Options on the
System tab.

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Harley Pawley]

How do I change DBMOD to 0? I type it in and it says: Unknown command

Are you giving instructions for SurvCADD with AutoCAD?

In SurvCADD, I get: DBMOD = 21 (read only), how do I change it in there?

I do use the startup dialog, but Drawing1 remains opened, in both
programs...

Harley

"R.K. McSwain" <rkmcswain@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dt544l$a9u$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Harley Pawley said the following on 2/17/2006 9:57 AM:
I know I have fixed this problem before, but I can't find the answer
again
on the newsgroup...

How do I turn off the automatic creation of Drawing1 upon startup?

Please post the answer to the newsgroup so I can find it the next time I
have to reinstall or an upgrade.

"Drawing1.dwg" will close itself when the next drawing is opened,
provided that DBMOD=0.

If DBMOD /= 0, then "Drawing1.dwg" will remain open. In this case, you
have a startup routine of some sort modifying "Drawing1.dwg". Find the
offending code and modify or delete it.

The only other option is to turn on the startup dialog in Options on the
System tab.

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Terry Strickland]

You should be able to do it under settings> enrivonment variables.
However, I could view it, but couldn't change it.
It shows values from 1 to 31, but the "change" button is grayed out.

Harley Pawley wrote:

How do I change DBMOD to 0? I type it in and it says: Unknown command

Are you giving instructions for SurvCADD with AutoCAD?

In SurvCADD, I get: DBMOD = 21 (read only), how do I change it in there?

I do use the startup dialog, but Drawing1 remains opened, in both
programs...

Harley

"R.K. McSwain" <rkmcswain@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dt544l$a9u$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Harley Pawley said the following on 2/17/2006 9:57 AM:

I know I have fixed this problem before, but I can't find the answer

again

on the newsgroup...

How do I turn off the automatic creation of Drawing1 upon startup?

Please post the answer to the newsgroup so I can find it the next time I
have to reinstall or an upgrade.

"Drawing1.dwg" will close itself when the next drawing is opened,
provided that DBMOD=0.

If DBMOD /= 0, then "Drawing1.dwg" will remain open. In this case, you
have a startup routine of some sort modifying "Drawing1.dwg". Find the
offending code and modify or delete it.

The only other option is to turn on the startup dialog in Options on the
System tab.

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[R.K. McSwain]

Harley Pawley said the following on 2/17/2006 12:48 PM:

How do I change DBMOD to 0?

You don't. It only "reports" a value.

It is 0 when a new drawing is opened, and then it's value is modified as
the drawing is modified.

I type it in and it says: Unknown command
Are you giving instructions for SurvCADD with AutoCAD?

Oops, sorry. With CS, I guess you are at the mercy of the programming
staff since a lot of the ACAD functionality has been omitted.

In SurvCADD, I get: DBMOD = 21 (read only), how do I change it in there?

See above.

I do use the startup dialog, but Drawing1 remains opened, in both
programs...

I don't see how, since "drawing1.dwg" is never created. The startup
dialog appears before any drawing is loaded so you can either choose an
existing drawing, or create a new one.

Or are you talking about a special Carlson startup dialog? In that case,
who knows....?


--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com