Default Template File Name for QNEW

Is it possible to set the Default Template File Name for QNEW with VBA?
We are using differenet templates for some departments and I would like to
set this automatically in the acad.dvb file on each workstation during
startup of AutoCAD.

Lambertus

 

ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences.Files.QNewTemplateFile

Regards - Nathan

 

Thanks!
When you type it, after typing the dot, it's not shown in the list...
Any idea how this is possible?

Regards,
Lambertus

 

That's very interesting. I take it you did get it to work. It would seem to be an oversight/error of Autodesk that it is in the helpfile & does work but does not appear in the object browser hence no intellisence.
Regards - Nathan

 

I did a comparison of what is in the help file and what appears in the object browser.

In Help under PreferencesFiles but do not appear in object browser:
PageSetupOveridesTemplateFile
PlotLogFilePath
QNewTemplateFile

In Help under PreferencesOutput but do not appear in object browser:
AutomaticPlotLog
ContinuousPlotLog
DefaultPlotToFilePath

Appears in object browser under AcadPreferencesOutput and in help but not in help under PreferencesOutput:
DefaultPlotStyleTable

Regards - Nathan

 

Lambertus,

You could use a switch to auto load a template....No need for VBA to do
it...Especially if there is a problem with the method...

Highlight AutoCAD Icon on desktop...Right click

Change target to reflect the dwt you want....

"C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2005\acad.exe" /t circle.dwt

Would fire Autocad with circle.dwt as temp...Must be in search
path or use explicit path..

hih

Pual

 

That's no option!
We have >50 AutoCAD stations and I want to set this in the shared acad.dvb
(distributed to C: on each change).
I have made a VBA module that check's every setting in Options and set it as
our company standard, so if a user is changing a setting, the next time he
starts AutoCAD it is reset to the standard.
I think this is what every CAD manager wants. Autodesk has a job to do on
this item: central management !

And now with AutoCAD 2005 I am missing some new Options settings, see also
Nathan's reply.
Thanks Nathan, hope Autodesk is working on a patch to "repair" this.

Regards,
Lambertus

 

That's no option!
Technically is it exactally an option...Just one you don't want...

Dim MyTemplate As IAcadPreferencesFiles2
Set MyTemplate = AcadApplication.preferences.Files
MyTemplate.QNewTemplateFile = "C:\Paul-01\Circle.dwt"

This works fine for me...

 

our company standard, so if a user is changing a setting, the next time
he' 50 men boreing...

If you going to wait for AutoCAD to do your job might be a long wait. Seems
like a CAD Manager job to me..Central templates files(maybe with a small
embeded macro...if necessary.) that you control and roaming profiles... Or
wait for AutoCAD to replace you.

Also, If user is going to keep making the same changes and you keep
resetting them...Lots of wasted time..Give them some control to meet their
individual styles or take away the ability for them to make any changes...

hih
Paul

 

I agree as I am doing the exact same thing even though I only have a small group. I use the ResetProfile method of the new PreferencesProfiles object in 2005 and then only set the options that I need different from the defaults.

As Paul states the option does work (at least in 2005) even though it doesn't appear in the object browser.

The most annoying thing I found left out is the HideSystemPrinters option as there isn't even a system variable for it so it has to be modified in the Registry.

I am certainly hoping someone at Autodesk will make sure all options available in the dialog are available to VBA/ActiveX and visible in the Object Browser and that the help does match what is available.

Regards - Nathan

 

You're right Nathan!
The HideSystemPrinter option was already missing from AutoCAD 2002, where we
are still working with.
Come on Autodesk, this is an option that lots of people want to
enable/disable during the startup of AutoCAD.

Regards,
Lambertus

group. I use the ResetProfile method of the new PreferencesProfiles object
in 2005 and then only set the options that I need different from the
defaults.

doesn't appear in the object browser.

as there isn't even a system variable for it so it has to be modified in the
Registry.

available in the dialog are available to VBA/ActiveX and visible in the
Object Browser and that the help does match what is available.

 

the only reference in your email was to 05...if you want us to guess,
I guessed newest version....and also offered a solution just in case....

I would use an email system to direct each employee to create a target on
their desktops to my templates...and make it the only option they have to
start a drawing...Different depts...different temp targets...

 

I just found out that the ResetProfile option does not reset all values to their defaults. Somehow my PickDrag option was set to true (default is false) and I couldn't work out what was going on.
Regards - Nathan