Installation guide

Export and Import Custom Settings from the Same
Release
You can export your custom settings between systems running the same release
of an AutoCAD product, or export the custom settings and later re-import
them on the same computer if you need to reinstall AutoCAD. When exporting
custom settings, a migration package is created that contains an XML file.
This file contains custom settings, a listing of the custom files from local
locations used with AutoCAD, and optionally, custom files in network
locations.
The migration package is a ZIP file archive, so it has the file extension ZIP.
During the import process, you select the ZIP file archive that contains the
exported custom settings you want to merge onto your computer.
The following table lists the file types that are most commonly included in
the migration package that is created from the Export Custom Settings dialog
box.
Most Common File Types Included in the Migration Package
File DescriptionFile Name
Tools defined on a tool palette and the tool palette catalog. The file is
not migrated from release to release, but is from computer to computer
with the migration package.
*.atc
Order of the tools as they appear on a tool palette and other local settings.
The file is not migrated from release to release, but is from computer to
computer with the migration package.
*.aws
Image used for a command in a customization file.*.bmp
Settings used to control the appearance of objects when plotting; the
settings are arranged by the colors of the AutoCAD Color Index (ACI)
system.
*.ctb
Information for commands and user interface elements.*.cuix
Custom dictionary entries.*.cus
Information about font mappings for True Type Fonts used in the In-place
Text Editor.
*.fmp
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