twlincoln: thanks for the routine code. i pasted it at the end of acad2000.lsp but the drawings still open slowly
also the link didn't work
i'm ready to throw this whole thing out the window.. lol
bdr
i increased virtual to a minimum 1gig max 3 gig that should help..
also i found a ton of layler manager filters.. not sure how they got there as we don't use them... is there a way to totally disable these things? i read in the help file that acad looks at each filter and layer when it opens a...
i use an autocad panel sched.. the engineers mark it up and then it's just a matter of changing the text in acad
i tried all the copy - paste special settings but nothing worked so that you could edit the data fast, or change the boundry lines or anything so i gave up and made the other
bdr
thanks for the tips, unfortunately nothing worked..
auditctl is set to 0
a new drawing takes almost as long to create
i'm using just straight autocad 2000
i don't think it's a pc problem, because i can run other programs while acad is opening and those programs run normally
rod
hi i had to format my hard drive and ever since, autocad 2000 drawings take 5 minutes to open.. even the start up drawing which is on my hard drive
any ideas would be greatly appreciated, i can play a whole game of solitaire in the time it takes to open some of our huge drawings
operating...
i use a p-line at the width of the flex, then fillet, we have our own mflex layer w the linetype set up, it looks sort of like tracks, but without the center portion, if you want i'll e-mail you a drawing w/ it in there
bdr