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See also:

■ “Customize Startup” in the User's Guide

Quick Reference

Commands

OPTIONS

Customizes the program settings.

Multiple Drawing Folders

Keeping your drawing and other associated files in separate directories makes

it easier to perform basic file maintenance.

Keeping your drawing files and other associated files in separate directories

makes it easier to perform basic file maintenance. The scenario described in

this topic is based on the sample directory structure described in Overview of

File Organization on page 3, but you can expand or alter it to meet your

needs.

You can set up the /AcltJobs directory to contain your drawing subdirectories.

The drawing subdirectories can contain other subdirectories that hold related

support files for that particular drawing type or job. The /AcltJobs/Job1/Support

directory can contain blocks and other files specific to the drawing files in

/AcltJobs/Job1. Specifying support (with no path prefix) in the Support path

adds the support directory within the current directory to the Support path.

Notice that if you use the Options dialog box to specify a directory, AutoCAD

LT creates a hard-coded path to that directory. To use the relative naming

convention previously described, you must specify the Support path with the

/s switch on the command line. See “Customize Startup” in the User's Guide.

To make sure that the required drawing directory is the current directory when

you start AutoCAD LT, and that all files and subdirectories in that directory

are easily accessible, you can create a program icon or a Start menu item that

specifies the correct working directory for each job. This functionality works

only if you set the AutoCAD LT system variable REMEMBERFOLDERS to 0.

You can use a batch program as an alternative to using icons or menus. With

batch programs you can create new job directories automatically. The following

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