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[BlackBox]

I still find it strange that I'm only observing this behavior in 2018, and not also 2016 (I uninstalled 2017 when 2018 became available).


That said, I've experimented for the past few minutes, and think I've found an easy solution that is working in 2018 here, and presumably the same for other versions as well.

Simply create a Script (.SCR) that loads with /b switch in the application icon's Target path, such that the Script sets the desired workspace.

Example application icon Target path:

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2018\acad.exe" /ld "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2018\\AecBase.dbx" /p "<<C3D_Imperial>>" /product "C3D" /language "en-US" /b "foo.scr"

Example "FOO.scr" (found in top SFSP):

(setvar 'wscurrent "Civil 3D")

** Note that there's a space after closing paren


Cheers

[rkmcswain]

We're on a virtual network and using the Nividia Tesla M60 vGPU. While its a beast of a graphics card I attributed it to the quirks of a virtual network and or an old LISP routine.

So you're running AutoCAD in a VDI environment?
How is the experience compared to a personal desktop workstation?

[BlackBox]

So you're running AutoCAD in a VDI environment?
How is the experience compared to a personal desktop workstation?

I'd also be interested to know more on this; especially how many users/profiles are splitting the 16GB M60 vGPU (i.e., 2x8GB, 4x4GB, etc)?

I found better cost/benefit (performance) in buying 8 GB NVIDIA Quadro P4000 for each physical workstation, than spec-ing the server to operate multiple Tesla cards to provide same GB in vGPU to each user - there is definitely a tipping point, where vGPU becomes the better cost/benefit choice (usually with larger firms), we're just not there. #SMBProblems Haha


Cheers