You can export your custom settings between
systems running the same release of an AutoCAD LT product, or export
the custom settings and later re-import them on the same computer
if you need to reinstall AutoCAD LT. 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 LT, 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 Name
|
File Description
|
*.atc
|
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.
|
*.aws
|
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.
|
*.bmp
|
Image used for a command
in a customization file.
|
*.ctb
|
Settings used to control
the appearance of objects when plotting; the settings are arranged
by the colors of the AutoCAD LT Color Index (ACI) system.
|
*.cuix
|
Information for commands
and user interface elements.
|
*.cus
|
Custom dictionary entries.
|
*.fmp
|
Information about font
mappings for True Type Fonts used in the In-place Text Editor.
|
*.ini
|
Configuration settings
for some features.
|
*.lin
|
Linetype definitions.
|
*.mln
|
Multiline style definitions.
|
*.mnl
|
AutoLISP commands and
procedures that a customization file is dependent on; must have
the same name as a customization file in order to be loaded by the
product.
|
*.pat
|
Hatch pattern definitions.
|
*.pc3
|
Configuration information
for a plotter or printer.
|
*.pgp
|
Shell commands and command
alias definitions.
|
*.pmp
|
Calibration and paper
size settings that are used with a PC3 file.
|
*.psf
|
Information about font
substitution when exporting to a Postscript file.
|
*.shx
|
Information about text
characters or shapes used with linetype definitions.
|
*.stb
|
Settings used to control
the appearance of objects when plotting; the settings are grouped
into names that can be assigned to a layer or object.
|
*.xml
|
Information about the
user profiles in the product and the original locations of the files
in the export package.
|
The following table lists
the file types that are not included in the migration package that
is created from the Export Custom Settings dialog box.
Some of the File Types
Not Included in the Migration Package
|
File Name
|
File Description
|
*.actm
|
Action macro file.
|
*.arx
|
ObjectARX application
file.
|
*.dcl
|
Definitions for custom
dialog boxes used with AutoLISP, ADS, or ObjectARX applications.
|
*.dvb
|
Visual Basic for Applications
project file.
|
*.fas
|
Fast-load AutoLISP format
file.
|
*.fdc
|
Definitions for fields;
should not be modified.
|
*.lli
|
Landscape library; this
file type is no longer supported due to the removal of the LANDSCAPE
command.
|
*.lsp
|
AutoLISP source file
that contains definitions for custom commands and functions.
|
*.mli
|
Render material library;
this file type is no longer supported due to changes to the MATERIALS
command.
|
*.mnr
|
Resource images for a
customization file; must have the same name as a customization file
in order to be loaded by the product. The file is not included because
it is auto-generated by the product when it is not present.
|
*.udl
|
Data connection settings
used with dbConnect.
|
*.unt
|
Unit definitions used
for converting a value from one unit type to another.
|
*.vlx
|
Visual LISP file that
might contain multiple AutoLISP and DCL files compiled into a single
file.
|
NoteFor information about
customizing files and settings, see the Customization Guide,
accessible from the Documentation link on the AutoCAD LT Installation
wizard and in the Help system.
