Copying Autocad settings to an another computer

[vavalexus]

Dear all,

Please advise what is the easiest way to copy settings from one computer to another. On one I have set all menus I need - toolbars, short keys, new commands with icons, custom tool palettes, material libraries. And now I want all these settings to appear on another computer. Is there a way to copy them all at once?

[rkmcswain]

Dear all,

Please advise what is the easiest way to copy settings from one computer to another. On one I have set all menus I need - toolbars, short keys, new commands with icons, custom tool palettes, material libraries. And now I want all these settings to appear on another computer. Is there a way to copy them all at once?

Let's look at some of these, one at a time.

Toolbars - You need to know to what menu these toolbars belong. Then copy that menu file. Optimally, custom toolbars will be stored in "custom.cui", which is loaded as a partial menu and very portable.

Short Keys - I'm guessing that most, if not all of these are defined in the "acad.pgp" file for you. This should be easy to find and copy. To find, type this at the command prompt (findfile "acad.pgp")

New commands with icons - Not sure what this means, unless you have lisp/vba/arx routines whose commands have been made accessible in a menu or toolbar. If that is the case, then see Toolbars above. If custom icons (.bmp files) were used in the toolbars, then you need to grab those also.

With a little up front planning, this migration could be made very easy. Always store all your custom stuff in a separate directory, then it's just a matter of copying this directory and adding a path to it at the top of the support file search path on the second computer. More details on this: http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com/2006/07/autocad-customization-setup-and.html

[vavalexus]

Thanks for explanation.
I will try to do as you've suggested.
I suppose tool palettes are just a matter of copying from here:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Autodesk\Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2006\R16.2\enu\Support\ToolPalette. And then import it through customization menu for tool palettes.
Thank you for the link!