Installation guide

Customizing AutoCAD Civil

If you have a previous version of AutoCAD Civil 3D installed on your system, you can install

a newer version of AutoCAD Civil 3D and keep other versions of the program on the same

system. This is called a side-by-side installation. If you've purchased an upgrade version of

AutoCAD Civil 3D, you are required to uninstall the previous version within 120 days of

installing your newer product. See your license agreement for more information.

Locating Customized Files

Beginning with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2004, the location of some of the customized

files has changed to allow for:

■ Limited user rights on a workstation. You can run AutoCAD Civil 3D as a

limited user. This means that you no longer need power user or Administrator

permissions to run AutoCAD Civil 3D once it is installed.

■ Roaming profiles. Roaming profiles allow you to log on to any computer

within a network and retain your user settings. Some files, such as your

personal settings and documents, follow you from computer to computer,

while other files, such as templates (including Publish to Web templates),

reside only on your system.

If roaming profiles are allowed on your network, your “roamable” files are

located in the \Application Data\Autodesk\<Product Version> folder, and your

“nonroamable” files are located in the \Local Settings\Application

Data\Autodesk\<Product Version> folder.