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AutoCAD Based Opening a Drawing (Ribbon/Toolbar/Location)

Error Type: Security Error

Description:

NOTE - If you are getting this message when opening AutoCAD/HydraCAD by using your desktop icon, see HydraCARD #260.  

 

 

 

When opening, closing, or saving a specific drawing, you only receive this error message and not a HydraKEY security error with the golden X. 

 

After AutoCAD opens, press F2 to view the command prompt, see if the text below appears.  This may or may not be related, IDK.

Is 2024; error: no function definition: PRINTEM

 

You will likely this message as well;

All of the possible directories for storing temporary files either do not exist or are readonly.  Please correct this situation before running AutoCAD again.

 

 

Solutions:

1.
Cause:

Bad/corrupt/too many externally referenced files
Solution:

See this Autodesk link;

Remove the files that are xref'd into the drawing then attempt to open/close/save the drawing again.
2.
Cause:

User has an extra ACAD.RX file which is being referenced.
Solution:

To check to see if another ACAD.RX file was loaded (usually by a 3rd party add-in), at the command prompt in AutoCAD, type in; 

(findfile "acad.rx")

It will report the location of the loaded file;  If it is not the location shown below, it means you have to find the extra one and delete it or merge its contents into the one in the HES folder;
"C:\\hes\\hydracad\\ver50\\programs\\versionXX\\acad.rx"  Be aware, a blank ACAD.RX file in another folder will not show up with the findfile command, however it must be found and deleted.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2024, 2:30 p.m. Created: Jan. 30, 2024, 1:31 p.m.