User Guide

Restore Profiles After Migrating Files from an Earlier
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Use Migration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Customize AutoCAD with Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Export and Import Custom Settings from the Same Release . . . . . . . 35
Export Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Import Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Migrating and Customizing Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
What are the benefits of identifying my industry? . . . . . . . . . 41
How is this information being used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
What happens if I skip or cancel Initial Setup? . . . . . . . . . . . 41
What are the benefits of selecting task-based tools? . . . . . . . . 42
What is a workspace? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
How do I make changes to a workspace at a later time? . . . . . . 42
What is a drawing template file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
How do I modify drawing templates at a later time? . . . . . . . . 43
What are the benefits of customizing AutoCAD? . . . . . . . . . 43
How do I return to this later? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 3 Installation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General Installation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be
updated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
What is a text editor used for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
When performing a Typical installation, what gets
installed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Why should I install the Material Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Where are my product manuals? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Licensing Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a
network license? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
What is the benefit of using a network licensed version of the
software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What is Internet Explorer used for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Uninstall and Maintenance Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features
get installed by default? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or
removing features? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair? . . . . . . 51
Do I need my original disc to reinstall my software? . . . . . . . . 51
After repairing my installation, is it possible to recover my
settings? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my
system? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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