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abuv_all
2009-02-26, 02:59 PM
Is there a system variable for turning off the ability to have multiple drawings opened in one autocad session? I have a co-worker that wants his autocad to only be able to open one drawing at a time. He is currently using plain autocad 2008. Thanks
bcgatti
2009-02-26, 03:22 PM
Take a look a the SDI system variable. If it is set to 1 it will open one file per session.
jpaulsen
2009-02-27, 01:08 PM
Changing the setting of SDI will have adverse affects on some commands. I don;t have the software in front of me to check but I believe the Reference Manager is one that will no longer work.
abuv_all
2009-02-27, 03:03 PM
Changing the setting of SDI will have adverse affects on some commands. I don;t have the software in front of me to check but I believe the Reference Manager is one that will no longer work.

Well, for the meantime it seems like this will work. I'm not sure how much AutoCAD this co-worker uses, so if doesn't affect the basic commands.. I think he should be ok. Thanks for both of your help.