AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Open and
Save Settings
By Alireza Parsai,
May 5, 2003
The Open and Save tab in Options dialog box consists of a
few useful tools and options. Let's check out some of them.
1. Invoke OPTIONS.
2. Select Open and Save tab [Figure 1].
Figure 1 -
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3. In Minutes between saves box, type 40. An automatic
saved version of the drawing files will be created every 40
minutes. The SAVEFILEPATH system variable specifies the location
of automatic created files.
4. In edit box of File Open section, type 8.
5. Click Apply. From now on you will see up to 8 recently opened
files in the File menu.
6. In File Safety Precautions section, click Security Options.
The Security Options dialog box appears [Figure 2].
Figure 2 -
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7. In Digital Signature tab you can select "Attach digital
signature after saving drawing" to attach a digital signature to
the current drawing file.
Note: For more information about digital
signatures read the following article:
AutoCAD 2004: Digitally Sign Your
Drawing.
8. Click Password tab [Figure 3]. Here you can assign a password
to the current drawing file. You can disable this feature as it
can put you into trouble. If you forget the password you will
not be able to open the drawing file. To learn how to disable
the password protection feature refer to the following link:
http://www.cadpanel.com/tipsandtecs.htm.
Figure 3 -
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9. Click Cancel.
10. In Options dialog box click OK.
About the Author
Alireza Parsai is the founder of cadpanel.com. He is a
mechanical engineer with more than 12 years experience with
AutoCAD. Alireza is an Autodesk Authorized Author, the AutoCAD
consultant for Al Khawarizmi Institute, a contributing editor
for Augiworld magazine, a writer for CAD Digest, an instructor
for AUGI Training Program, and an elected speaker for Autodesk
University 2002. He has written 7 books in Farsi, 3 booklets in
English, and more than 30 articles for different magazines and
newsletters. You can reach him at
alireza.parsai@cadpanel.com or visit his website
www.cadpanel.com.
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