Then you can examine the commands loaded to see if it is there. This will show the leaderex.arx file name, or whatever it happens to be for that command. The Help file entry will have a listing towards the bottom titled "File". If and when I encounter them, I will look them up in the Help file. There may be some other commands missing. Now this gets loaded at startup and the TXT2MTXT command is available. Under the section "Startup Suite" "Contents" I added "leaderex.arx". I used the command APPLOAD to bring up the Load/Unload Applications Menu. I added the path "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2014\Express" to the Support File Search Path under the Options, File tab, just to be sure the path was locatable. You may have a different path for your Express Tools. I was getting the unknown command error.īasically, TXT2MTXT is part of the "leaderex.arx" file in the "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2014\Express" directory. I had the same problem whereby some of the Express Tools were not operating specifically the TXT2MTXT function.
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Please let me know if these suggestions help you recover your Express Tools functionality, and feel free to reply with any questions you have regarding the issue. If they still won't load at this point, you may need to repair or reinstall the program. Once you've done this, try loading Express Tools via the command line, and then via the CUI Editor if that doesn't work. Select Reset Settings To Default (You will be prompted backup any custom settings at this point.) If this doesn't work, you might try resetting the program to defaults. Check the functionality of Express Tools in the program Verify EXPRESS shows up under the Partial Customization Files Open the "acetmain.cuix" file (see attached image for location) Under the Customize Tab, right click on "Partial Customization Files" Use the CUI command to open the CUI Editor If the Express Tools don't load properly from the command line, you can load them manually through the CUI Editor. Type EXPRESSTOOLS at the command line to load the tools Select only the content packs you want/need (Imperial and any others you use) Sometimes, when the Express Tools don't load properly via the Uninstall/Change utility, you can reset them by unloading and reloading the Express Tools feature, as follows: Architecture Engineering & Construction Collection 1Īre you still having trouble getting Express Tools to load and work properly for you in AutoCAD Architecture 2014? If so, I have a couple of suggestions you could try.