Delay after bad Command

[mvsawyer]

Muahahahahahaha!

I found out how to stop the delay after bad commands. I turned demand loading for object ARX off! only problem is that all the ARX commands (e.g. RECTANG) that aren't autoloaded or loaded at startup will issue the "Unknown command." But at least it's done instantly. I will just go through the next couple of days writing down the unknown commands that shouldn't be unknown and compile a list of ARX files to load at startup.

Edit: Well this was a bad idea since so many of Autocad's commands are demand loaded and it's not easy to find which ARX file needs to be loaded to get the command working.

[rkmcswain]

I don't like using the Startup suite but I use it in situations like this, to figure out which file I need to add to my acaddoc.lsp file. Is acad.rx a file that could be overwritten with an update or upgrade?

As far as I know, "acad.rx" is a user file, it doesn't come with AutoCAD. However, I have seen add-ons make use of this file also (which they shouldn't do...), but for the most part, you should be safe creating "acad.rx" one time and not worrying about it getting overwritten...

RKMCSWAIN: Are you running Autocad 2010?

LDT 2009, C3D 2010, C3D 2011 on my machine..
And I have access to vanilla AutoCAD, versions 2008 - 2011.

[mvsawyer]

After some bad luck when turning DEMANDLOAD to 0, I reset my profile to <initial setup> and found that demand loaded commands loaded (almost) instantly. So my problem is having nearly 20 network folders in my support search path. If only we didn't have all of our few thousand blocks in separate folders. Can anyone think of a way to have AC just search local drives for support files? My Network folders are for the blocks only (I don't like typing paths when inserting blocks) so maybe there's a way to have INSERT be the only command worried about the network folders...? Could I redefine INSERT to look in network folders not specified in the support search path?

[jaberwok]

I just wonder why CIRCLE is preloaded and RECTANGLE wouldn't be.

Because CIRCLE has been part of autocad since day 1 but RECTANGLE was added much later and actually calls the POLYLINE function.
A circle is a geometric primitive, a rectangle is just a collection of lines. ~shrug~ it's just the way it is.

[rkmcswain]

Can anyone think of a way to have AC just search local drives for support files?

You already know the answer to that... remove the paths from the SFSP...

Could I redefine INSERT to look in network folders not specified in the support search path?

Sure.