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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Stand-Alone Installation
- Migrating and Customizing
- Migrate Custom Settings and Files from Previous Releases
- Customize AutoCAD LT with Initial Setup
- Export and Import Custom Settings from the Same Release
- Migrating and Customizing Issues
- What are the benefits of identifying my industry?
- How is this information being used?
- What happens if I skip or cancel Initial Setup?
- What are the benefits of selecting task-based tools?
- What is a workspace?
- How do I make changes to a workspace at a later time?
- What is a drawing template file?
- How do I modify drawing templates at a later time?
- What are the benefits of customizing AutoCAD LT?
- Network Administration and Deployment
- Preparing a Deployment
- Setting Up and Creating a Deployment
- Prepare for a Network Deployment
- Configure Individual Products
- Your Deployment Choices
- Enter User and Product Information
- Creating Log Files
- What Is Silent Mode?
- Select a License Type (Optional)
- Select the Installation Type (Optional)
- Select Installation Folders for Support Content
- Specify User Preferences (Optional)
- Include Service Packs (Optional)
- Configure InfoCenter Communication Center (Optional)
- Allow Users to Access Online Resources (Optional)
- Create a Default Deployment
- Create a Custom Deployment
- Modify a Deployment (Optional)
- Point Users to the Administrative Image
- Distributing an Autodesk Program
- Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- What is the text editor used for?
- What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a network license?
- What is the benefit of using a network licensed version of the software?
- What features get installed during a Typical or Custom installation?
- How do I access my product documentation?
- What is SAMreport-Lite?
- Deployment Issues
- Is there a checklist I can refer to when performing a deployment?
- Where should deployments be located?
- What are the default search paths and file location settings?
- How will changing the support file locations affect my search paths?
- Along with defining search paths and file location, can files be added?
- Where can I check if service packs are available for my software?
- How do I extract an MSP file?
- Can Online Resource settings be modified later?
- Where can I learn about InfoCenter?
- What are information channels?
- What are the benefits to enabling CAD Manager Channels?
- What are RSS feeds and how do they benefit my installation?
- Where can I learn about InfoCenter search locations?
- How do I set or customize search locations?
- Networking Issues
- When installing tools and utilities, which selections are applicable for a multi-seat stand-alone installation?
- When installing tools and utilities, which selections are applicable for a stand-alone installation?
- Where do I find my server name?
- When specifying user workstation settings, I am given the option to specify a profile. What are profiles?
- Can I create custom desktop shortcuts?
- What happens when you choose to append or merge service packs?
- What is an administrative image (MSI) file?
- What is the impact of selecting all products for the administrative image, and can I add products later?
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features get installed by default?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair?
- Do I need my original disc(s) to reinstall my product?
- After repairing my installation, is it possible to recover my settings?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Issues
- Glossary
- Index
Files Migrated with the Migrate Custom Settings Dialog Box
DetailsFile DescriptionFile Name
Contains customizations from
AutoCAD LT 2006 through Auto-
CAD LT 2009.
The new CUIx file is stored in the
same folder as the main CUIx file.
Enterprise CUI files are not automat-
ically migrated. You must do so
manually.
If the CUIx file is supplied by
Autodesk, the custom changes made
Contains customizations from
and later.
*.cuix
to the file are migrated to the newer
version of the CUIx file.
Contains customizations from
AutoCAD LT 2010 and later.
If the CUIx file is not supplied by
Autodesk, the file is migrated and
copied to the location of the main
CUIx file, unless the CUIx file is in a
network location. In that case, the
file is migrated but is not copied to
the location of the main CUIx file.
Enterprise CUIx files are not automat-
ically migrated. You must do so
manually.
Before MNU, MNS, CUI, and CUIx files are migrated, a backup copy of each
file is saved in the following directory:
■ (Windows XP) <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user profile>\Application
Data\Autodesk\<product version>\<release number>\<language>\Previous Version
Custom Files
■ (Windows Vista) <drive>:\Users\<user profile>\Application
Data\Autodesk\<product version>\<release number>\<language>\Previous Version
Custom Files
NOTE Other custom settings and files can be migrated using Autodesk migration
tools. For more information about migration tools, see
Use Migration Tools on
page 24.
To migrate custom settings when you start the AutoCAD LT
1 Start AutoCAD LT.
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