To Open Drawings Stored Online

Open a Drawing from an FTP Site

  1. First, connect to the FTP site outside of AutoCAD.
    1. Click Finder menu > Go > Connect to Server.
    2. Enter the server address in the box provided, ftp://{server}.
    3. Click Connect.
  2. In AutoCAD, click File menu > Open.
  3. In the dialog box, select the server from the available locations.
  4. Browse to and double-click the file name.

Open a Drawing from a Server

  1. First, connect to the server outside of AutoCAD.
    1. Click Finder menu > Go > Connect to Server.
    2. Enter the server address in the box provided, smb://{server}.
    3. Click Connect.
  2. In AutoCAD, click File menu > Open.
  3. In the dialog box, select the server from the available locations.
  4. Browse to and double-click the file name.