Importing AutoCAD Profiles

[Edgar Soares]

Hi, all.

Is there a way of importing a profile *.arg file (in the "Options"|"Profiles" tab) and have it simply change settings under the "Options"|"Files" tab and nothing else?

I wouldn't mind going into the *.arg file and deleting lines, as long as I knew which ones were important. But would the profile import just fine if it did not have all the lines? For example, if I deleted everything in there that did not pertain to search paths, would it still load up?

Right now, when we load a profile *.arg file it changes everything... the cursor size, background color, buttons, the way it selects elements, etc., and it would be very important that each user could upload a profile, based on which client standards one's working on that day, and have their customizations untouched.

It might simply be that it can't be done, or i just don't know enough about profiles, but any help on this issue would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Edgar

[Ed Jobe]

Welcome to AUGI.

Sorry, but you can't import a 'partial' profile. Probably, most of what you want to do is controlled by system variables. You could have a lisp/script that sets only the variables that you want.

[Edgar Soares]

Hi, Ed.

I was hoping partial *.arg files would be okay... Oh well.

I'll definitely look into lisp and script routines to get that done, it might be simpler anyway.

Thanks a bunch.

[rkmcswain]

Is there a way of importing a profile *.arg file (in the "Options"|"Profiles" tab) and have it simply change settings under the "Options"|"Files" tab and nothing else?

What I've been doing for years is ignoring the profiles altogether and simply setting the things I want to set at startup, including support paths, printer paths, etc.

You can read more about this here: http://cadpanacea.com/wp/?p=624

I also instructed a class on this (and more) at Autodesk University 2015, and hope to do so again this year.

[Edgar Soares]

Thanks, @rkmcswain.

I checked the link you provided and it is exactly what I need . It edits just what needs to be edited and nothing else.

[rkmcswain]

Thanks, @rkmcswain.

I checked the link you provided and it is exactly what I need . It edits just what needs to be edited and nothing else.

You're welcome. Glad that works for you.