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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Create and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
2 Double-click migration.xml to open the file, and view the details of your
migration.
Restore Profiles After Migrating Files from an Earlier Release
After you migrate your profiles from an earlier AutoCAD release, you can
restore the default profile or reset a profile to use the default profile settings
of the latest release.
To set the AutoCAD default profile current
1 On the Application menu, click Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, select <<AutoCAD 2012 Unnamed
Profile>> and click Set Current.
3 Click OK.
To reset a user profile to use the default settings
1 On the Application menu, click Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, select the user profile to reset and
click Reset.
3 Click Yes.
The profile is reset to use the default profile settings of the release.
4 Click Set Current to apply it as the current profile. Click OK.
Reset Settings to Default
From the Windows Start menu, reset your AutoCAD configuration to the
default state.
This is an easy way to undo a migration or to discard customization changes
made after installation.
The following Windows Registry entry is removed during the reset:
■ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.2\ACAD-A001:409
The value A001:409 varies based on which product and language is
installed. For example, A001:804 represents the Simplified Chinese version
of AutoCAD.
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