Back when Autocad Civil 3D 2008 was our only CAD application, we learned that Autocad stores all ctb files on folders located on our computer C: drives. Problem with this was that if we were part of a group working on a project the only way we could share ctb plot style tables was to e-mail them to each other or place a copy on the network that we could then copy into our C: drive. After a while we also learned that if we placed all of our ctb files in one central location on a network drive and redefined our search path in Autocad we could all have access to the latest project ctb files.
Now that we are all hopefully using Civil 3D 2010 we need to be sure and make the same adjustments to our ctb file search path. Here is a reminder on how to do this.
Open up Autocad Civil 3D 2010 and type in "options" at the command prompt. In the Options pop up window click on the Files tab. In the list of "Search paths, file names, and locations", expand the "Printer File Support File Path" item. On that list expand the "Plot Style Table Search Path" item. Once there you should see the path and name to the default folder that Civil 3D is using to search for ctb files. Click this path to select it then click on "Remove" to remove it.
You'll be left with an empty box where you can type in the new search path. In this box type in, W:\dwgs-1\projectCTBfiles. Click "add", "Apply" and "OK". That's it, you should now see all ctb files that we have saved in that folder. If you create any new ones that need to be shared with others on a project remember to save them to this location.
Thanks,
William
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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