AutoCAD Civil 3D FILEDIA Fix | Save As Opens Command Line Instead of Windows Dialog Box

Опубликовано: 22 Август 2026
на канале: Surveyor of Kenya
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Is AutoCAD Civil 3D showing the command line instead of the Windows Open or Save As dialog?

This issue is usually caused by the FILEDIA system variable being set to 0.

In this tutorial, I show you how to quickly restore the normal file browser by changing FILEDIA from 0 to 1.

In this video you'll learn:
✔ What FILEDIA does
✔ Why AutoCAD shows the command prompt instead of the file dialog
✔ How to restore the Save As window
✔ How to restore the Open Drawing window

Command used:

FILEDIA

Value:

1

This works for AutoCAD Civil 3D and most AutoCAD versions.

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