Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Stand-Alone Installation
- Migrating and Customizing
- Migrate Custom Settings and Files from Previous Releases
- Customize AutoCAD 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?
- 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
- Define Search Paths and File Locations (Optional)
- Install Additional Files (Optional)
- 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
When an install path for support content is specified, it will be populated into
the corresponding search paths on the Define Search Paths and File Locations
page.
Specifies the folders in which the program should look for text
fonts, customization files, plug-ins, drawings to insert, linetypes,
and hatch patterns that are not in the current folder.
Support File Search
Path
Specifies the names and locations of various types of files.Customization Files
Main Customization File:
Specifies the default location of the main customization file
(acad.cui).
Enterprise Customization File:
Specifies the location of an enterprise customization file.
Custom Icon Location:
Specifies the location for custom icons used in customization
files.
Specifies a number of optional settings.Dictionary and Font
Files Custom Dictionary File:
Specifies a custom dictionary to use (if you have one).
Alternate Font File:
Specifies the location of the font file to use if the original font
cannot be located and an alternate font is not specified in the
font mapping file.
Font Mapping File:
Specifies the location of the file that defines how to convert
fonts that cannot be found.
Specifies search path settings for printer support files.Printer Support File
Path Printer Configuration Search Path:
Specifies the path for printer configuration files (PC3 files).
Printer Description File Search Path:
Specifies the path for files with a .pmp file extension, or printer
description files.
Plot Style Table Search Path:
Specifies the path for files with an .stb or .ctb extension, or plot
style table files (both named plot style tables and color-depend-
ent plot style tables).
Specifies the path for the file created when you select Automat-
ic Save on the Open and Save tab.
Automatic Save File
Location
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