System Variables FILEDIA, CMDDIA
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Author | Eren Pala |
| Profession | Mechanical Engineer | |
| AutoCAD Specialist | ||
| Location | Istanbul, TURKEY | |
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Hello,
Henceforth, from time to time, I will mention about AutoCAD system variables. Today I will write about the FILEDIA and CMDDIA system variables.
FILEDIA system variable determines whether dialog boxes open or not, during the commands like Open and Save that use file dialog boxes. If its value is 1, then dialog boxes open. If its value is 0, then dialog boxes do not appear and the required path and options are entered from command line.
CMDDIA system variable determines whether dialog boxes open or not, during the commands that which use file dialog boxes. If its value is 1, then dialog boxes open while the commands work. If its value is 0, then dialog boxes do not appear and the required parameters are entered from command line.
There are also some operators available, which enables you to intervene instantaneously without changing these parameters. For example, when FILEDIA variable is 0 and you need to use dialog box, then it is enough to write ~ at the command line after you run the command and approve. After that, file dialog box will open. Such an operator is also available for CMDDIA. For example, let’s say you want to run the BLOCK command only once without opening the dialog box. It is very laborious first to make CMDDIA variable 0, use the command and then make it back to 1. Instead, if we enter the command as -BLOCK, dialog box will not open even if CMDDIA is set to 1.
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March 9th, 2007 03:54
Hello Eren,
there is a problem with mechanical desktop,all dialog boxes con’t display when I was drawing today.After read your article,I still don’t know how to display it.Please help me in detail.
Thank you very much.
Liwei Wang
April 5th, 2007 17:00
Thx for the help… I don’t know how FILEDIA got set to 0 but your reference was a serious lifesaver.
May 5th, 2007 03:55
nice tip. any more tip for me
June 27th, 2007 17:23
Autocad 2008 crashes when importing some .3DS files. For some reason this sets the FILEDIA and the CMDDIA system variable to 0. Why would this occur?
Thanks.
June 29th, 2007 08:45
[...] appear when the commands are executed not to appear. In such cases, we can use system variables FILEDIA and CMDDIA to prevent file and command dialog boxes from appearing. However, due to the fact that this will [...]
July 19th, 2007 10:25
Hi there.. Would you send me a full details and step how to change the parameter from 0 to 1..? Thank you..:)
November 28th, 2007 10:07
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