BricsCAD Startup Options

When starting up BricsCAD it is possible to add arguments or switches. E.g. the command line "BricsCAD.exe drawing1.dwg drawing2.dwg drawing3.dwg" will start the BricsCAD application and load the specified drawings while the command line "bricscad.exe /P MyProfile" will load BricsCAD using user profile MyProfile.

"/P MyProfile" is called a command line switch. Both a slash or a hyphen are accepted to precede the switch, e.g. "-P MyProfile" will also work. The space is optional, e.g. "/PMyProfile" would also work, and the switch character is case insensitive, e.g. "-p MyProfile" is also fine.

Switch	Description
/P [userProfileName]	Starting without the /P option, BricsCAD re-uses the last used user profile (called current user profile), which is not necessarily the Default profile. If the user profile specified with the /P option doesn't exist at startup, a new empty user profile will be created with that name. If the /P argument is an .arg file the arg file is used to initialize the profile settings on the first run (See Starting BricsCAD with a specific profile).
/B [scriptFileName.scr]	Runs a script at startup.
/L	Suppresses the startup splash screen.
/LD [application.arx/brx/drx]	Loads an application.
/S [path]	Redefines the SRCHPATH system variable. e.g. BricsCAD.exe /S C:\BricsCAD\
/T [TemplateFileName]	Creates a new drawing based on the template drawing specified.
regserver unregserver	To register/unregister BricsCAD COM. Please note these arguments are to be used without a preceding "/".

NOTES

Switch arguments containing spaces should be enclosed by double quotes, e.g. /P "My user profile"
Switches can be combined, e.g. /P MyProfile /L /S C:\BricsCAD\ will start BricsCAD using the MyProfile user profile without the splash screen and sets the SRCHPATH system variable to C:\BricsCAD\.

Besides these switches, BricsCAD supports file names as command line arguments.

Supported file types are:

DWG - to load a drawing

DXF - to load a drawing

SCR - to load a script

LSP - to load a LISP program

DLL - to load an ADS/SDS or DRX/ARX program

SLD - to load a slide file

MNU - to load a menu file

CUI - to load a menu file

If GETSTARTED = ON when you launch BricsCAD, the Get Started dialog displays, which let you choose the workspace and create a new drawing.