Subject: Running IntelliCAD with command line options

Scripts can start CADdirect with or without custom options. These custom options can also be called when starting CADdirect from the operating system’s Command Prompt window.

Command line options for customizing the start of CADdirect

Character	Description
?	Displays the list of available options.
Nologo	Prevents the splash screen from displaying during startup.
P profilename	Specifies an overriding profile name.
S path1;...	Specifies the full path to an overriding support path.
T templatename	Creates a new drawing using the specified template.
B scriptname	Specifies the full path to the script to run automatically after startup.
Ld applicationname	Loads a third-party application automatically after startup.

To start CADdirect from the Windows Command Prompt using command line options

1 Open the Windows Command Prompt.

2 Run CADdirect with any of the available options, for example, the following starts CADdirect and automatically runs a script:

icad.exe /b filename.scr

CADdirect also supports several standard operating system command line options, such as /RegServer and /UnregServer.

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