The path starts from the home folder, not the root folder.Linux uses forward slashes ( / ) to separate folder names, rather than backs lashes (\).The folder names may vary, depending on where BricsCAD was installed on your computer Linux has these differences from Windows: Quotation marks ( ” and ” ) are needed when there are spaces in the names of folders and programs Colon ( : ) identifies the names of disk drives, such as C: Back slashes ( \ ) separate the names of folders. The elements of a path, such as C:\Program Files\Bricsys\BricsCAD V20 en_US\bricscad.exe, have the following meaning: Path Notice that for Windows the default command-line text is similar to the path listed below: Target “C:\Program Files\Bricsys\BricsCAD V20 en_US\bricscad.exe” Linux is straightforward: it knows the location of programs, and so programs do not need a path. In the Properties dialog box of Linux, select the Launcher tab. In the Properties dialog box of Windows, select the Shortcut tab.On the desktop of Windows or Linux, right-click the BricsCAD icon.Īccessing icon properties in Left: Windows 7, Right: Linux Mint.(This feature is not available on MacOS.)
Here’s how to access the Commandline in Windows and Linux. MNU Loads menu files from older releases of BricsCAD and AutoCAD DXF Opens drawing interchange format files from other CAD programs DWT Opens a template file that specifies the initial settings of new drawings DWG Opens a drawing file made by BricsCAD, AutoCAD, and other CAD programs DSD Plots files specified earlier by the Publish command
DLL Loads ADS/SDS or DRX/ARX programs (dynamic link libraries) CUI Loads the file that customizes the user interface The following table lists the file types that can be used at the Commandline, and what they do when BricsCAD starts up: In a moment, I’ll tell you how to access that Commandline. BricsCAD can be made to load specific drawing files - and other kinds of files - as it starts you just need to specify the file name to the OS (operating system) at the Commandline. You can, however, have BricsCAD start with a specific file by editing a target value. Normally, BricsCAD starts with a new, blank drawing.
They are, nevertheless, still available, and here I show you how to use them with BricsCAD. Windows, MaOS, and Linux hide much of what goes on behind their graphical user interfaces, and so command-line options are no longer common.
It was common knowledge in the days of the DOS and Unix operating systems that programs could use options to start up. dwg files.īut there are other ways to launch the program. dwg file this option works only when BricsCAD is the default program assigned to. Or, in Windows Explorer (or Linux File Browser or MacOS Finder), double-click the name of a.In the MacOS dock, click the Applications folder, and then select BricsCAD.In Linux, click the Main Menu button, and then select Graphics | BricsCAD.
The first few post of this series show you how to change the look of BricsCAD later ones concentrate on changing how it works. BricsCAD allows you great flexibility in changing the way it looks and works.