Verify the Support File Search Path
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Verify the Support File Search Path

Issue

You need to verify that the Support File Search Path is correct.

支持文件Search Path is a specific path of folders in theOptionsdialog box that tells AutoCAD Land F/X where to look for certain files. For your installation to function correctly, this path needs to be configured in a specific way. This configuration will vary depending on whether you have a Multi- or Single-User installation.

Solution

Open theOptionsdialog box:

Manage ribbon, Options button

Manageribbon,Optionsbutton

typeOptionsin the Command line

right-clickin the Command line and selectOptionsfrom the menu

Tools menu

Toolspull-down menu

Options dialog box, Files tab, expanding the Support File Search Path

1.Select theFilestab.

2.Click the plus (+) sign next to theSupport File Search Pathentry.

支持文件Search Path will expand, revealing the folders listed in the path. To verify this folder path, go to the instructions for the type of Land F/X installation you have:

Single-User installation

你应该看到:

If you have a Single-User installation, you should see the two folder paths listed below:

  • C:\Program Files\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\landfx.bundle\Contents\Resources\20xx*
    • 20xx*represents the year version of your AutoCAD or F/X CAD installation – 2020, for example.
  • C:\landfx

You may or may not see theC:\landfx\slides,C:\landfx\fonts, andC:\landfx\patternspaths. These paths are created automatically when youload your Land F/X menus, so don't worry about whether or not you see them.

Order of folder paths to verify in Support File Search Path

What you shouldnotsee:

•你应该notsee: Paths in the incorrect order

You shouldNOTsee theC:\LandFXandC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder paths in the order pictured below.

Folder paths listed in incorrect order in Support File Search Path

Thelandfxfolder pathSHOULD NOTbe listed before theC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder path.

If these two paths are listed in the incorrect order, as pictured to the left, click one of the paths and use theMove Upor向下移动button to move it up or down in the list.

If necessary, move the other path up or down in the same way.

You shouldnotsee: the LandFX and C:\Program Files\ ... \20xx* folder paths missing

Don't see the pathsC:\landfxand/orC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*? Follow our steps toStep 4: Update the Support File Search Path.

修正路径:单用户

Once thelandfxandC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder paths are present and in their correct positions, they should be in the following order, with the menu location folder listed first. ClickApplyto save the changes.

You may or may not see the pathsC:\landfx\slides,C:\landfx\fonts, andC:\landfx\patterns. These paths are created automatically when youload your Land F/X menus, so don't worry about whether or not you see them.

Corrected Support File Search Path, Singl-User installation

乘i-User (Server or shared online folder) installation

你应该看到:

If you have a Multi-User installation, you should see the two folder paths listed below:

  • C:\Program Files\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\landfx.bundle\Contents\Resources\20xx*

    • 20xx*represents the year version of your AutoCAD or F/X CAD installation – 2020, for example.
  • L:\landfx\(In this instance, "L" stands for an example letter drive your office hasmapped your forLandFXfolder. Your office may be using a different letter, such asForZ– but definitely notC.)>
Order of folder paths to verify in Support File Search Path

You may or may not see theL:\landfx\slides,L:\landfx\fonts, andL:\landfx\patternspaths (whereLagain denotes your office's letter drive). These paths are created automatically when youload your Land F/X menus, so don't worry about whether or not you see them.

What you shouldnotsee:

You shouldnotsee: Paths in the incorrect order

You shouldNOTsee thelandfxandC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folders in the order pictured below.

TheLandFXfolder pathSHOULD NOTbe listed before theC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder path.

If these two folder paths are listed in the incorrect order, as pictured to the left, click one of the paths and use theMove Upor向下移动button to move it up or down in the list.

If necessary, move the other path up or down in the same way.

Folder paths listed in incorrect order in Support File Search Path

You shouldnotsee: theLandFXandC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder paths missing

Don't see the paths to yourLandFXfolder and/orC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*? Follow our steps to update the Support File Search Path, starting withStep 5: Add the Necessary Paths.

You shouldnotsee: LandFX folder mapped incorrectly (to the C: drive, for example)

For a Multi-User installation, yourLandFXfolder needs to be mapped to a letter drive besides theC:drive.

LandFX folder mapped incorrectly in Support File Search Path

If your office has a Multi-User installation, the entry for theLandFXfolder in the Support File Search PathSHOULD NOTbe pointing toC:\landfx.

Take a minute to verify that this entry is pointing to the correctLandFXfolder on the correct letter drive – that is, theLandFXfolder where your office stores projects, Preference Sets, blocks, details, etc.

To map yourLandFXfolder to a letter drive correctly, follow ourMap a Letter Drivesteps.

To correct this entry, simply click the text in the entry – for example,C:\landfx.

You can now edit the text. Change the letter at the beginning to match the drive where you keep your correctLandFXfolder.

Is the letter drive reverting back to the old letter when you restart CAD?

Here's what to do.

Mapping LandFX folder correctly

•你应该notsee: UNC paths and references to the local LandFX folder in the Support File Search Path

UNC paths and references to local LandFX folder incorrectly listed in Support File Search Path

You might see some entries for "UNC paths." Examples:

  • \\servername\shared-folder\landfx
  • \\servername\shared-folder\landfx\slides

(Where "servername" represents the actual name of your server, and "shared-folder" represents the name of a shared folder on your server.")

You might also see some references to the localLandFXfolder. These will begin withC:\landfx.

If you see any UNC paths or references to the localLandFXfolder in the Support File Search Path, click them to select them, and click theRemovebutton (see image to the right).

Corrected path: Multi-User

A correctly configured Support File Search Path will have:

  • ThelandfxandC:\Program Files\ ... \20xx*folder paths present and in the correct order (as pictured to the right)
  • TheLandFXfoldermapped to a letter drive(for example,L:\landfxorZ:\landfx)
  • No UNC paths
  • No references to the localLandFXfolder (that is, the one on yourC:drive)

ClickApplyto save your changes.

Correctly configured Support File Search Path, Multi-User installation

If you see a few references to theLandFXfolder on your letter drive (such asL:\landfx\slides,L:\landfx\fonts,L:\landfx\patterns, etc., don't worry. Those paths are created automatically when youload your Land F/X menus.

References to LandFX folder in Support File Search Path
Last modified on May 17, 2022

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