- Click local drive
Applications Utilities Terminal.
- In the Terminal window, enter
AutoCAD drawing_name -b script_name
Note: AutoCAD listed above is the path to the AutoCAD executable. By default it is located at: /Applications/Autodesk/AutoCAD <release>/AutoCAD <release>.app/Contents/MacOS/AutoCAD
To start a new file, instead of a drawing file name, enter the -t switch and the name of a template file: -t template_drawing.
The name of the script file must be the last parameter listed. The file extensions are optional.
- Press Enter.
AutoCAD opens the drawing and executes the commands in the script file. When the script has been completed, the Command prompt is displayed.
Note: When using a switch option, you must follow the switch with a space and then the name of a file. For example, the following entry starts the program from a folder named AutoCAD 2025 with the drawing template
arch1.dwt and executes a script
filestartup.scr.
"/Applications/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2025/AutoCAD 2025.app/Contents/MacOS/AutoCAD" -t /templates/arch1.dwt -b startup.scr