Just recently, I have had a situation where it is taking a long time to open a CAD session. It also appears that there may be a problem with my Express Tools loading? They work fine. Below is a copy of my command line after startup: Loading AecBase40... Loading AecUiBase40... Loading AecGuiBase40... Loading AecLayerManagerUI40... Loading AecUtilities40... Loading AecCivilBase... Loading AecProjectBase40... Loading AecScheduleData40... Loading AecArchBase40... Loading AecSchedule40... Opening an AutoCAD 2004 format file. Substituting [SANSSB__.TTF] for [SASB____.PFB]. Regenerating model. Press ENTER to continue: < "LONG PAUSE HERE" Initializing.... .....Done. Regen queued. <"ANOTHER LONG PAUSE HERE" AutoCAD Express Tools Copyright © 2002-2003 Autodesk, Inc. ; error: too few arguments AutoCAD menu utilities loaded. Command: properties Regenerating model. Command: TOOLPALETTES <"ANOTHER LONG PAUSE HERE" Command: i don't understand what the issue is with the ';error: too few arguments' statement, or why the three long pauses during startup. I ran 'acadinfo' and below is the section it returned on the express tools: ---------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION --------------------- User Name: "johnm" Computer Name: "JOHNM" Platform: "Microsoft Windows NT Version 5.1 (x86)" ------------------ EXPRESS TOOLS INFORMATION ------------------- ACAD2004DOC.LSP Express Tools load: "No load statement for Express Tools." <"WHAT? WHY NOT?" L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Support\acad2004doc.lsp ACETUTIL.ARX FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Express\acetutil.arx" ACETTEST.FAS FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Express\acettest.fas" ACETUTIL.FAS FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Express\acetutil.fas" ACETAUTO.LSP FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Express\acetauto.lsp" ACETMAIN.MNL FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Support\acetmain.mnl" (menugroup "EXPRESS") = nil ------------------- FILE LOADING INFORMATION ------------------- ACAD2004.LSP FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Support\acad2004.lsp" ACAD2004DOC.LSP FOUND AT: "L:\Land Desktop 2004\Data\Support\acad2004doc.lsp" Tests for successful load of LISP initialization files. Load test passed. File: acad2004.lsp Load test passed. File: acad2004doc.lsp Load test passed. File: acettest.fas Load test passed. File: acetutil.fas Load test passed. File: acetmain.mnl As I said before, I have no idea what happened with this as things had been fine. I did a rebuild of the express tools, but no help there other than to lose my custom toolbar cause I forgot to back it up. Anyone have any ideas? I'm at a loss. Thanks
Sigh, no lag this morning. Nothing different at all. I don't know what to think. Maybe I just won't. Still have one issue that seems to be Express related, so I am going to post over there. Adesu, thanks for your help, I had tried that yesterday with no luck and several reboots. I don't know, maybe the box was just tired.
