If
you install AutoCAD LT on a computer where a previous release of
the AutoCAD LT product is installed, you can migrate some custom
settings from a previous release to your newer AutoCAD LT product.
Migrate the user profile. This
file contains drawing environment settings such as screen color,
cursor size, command line window font, and the dictionary to use
for checking spelling. The user profile file also includes the folders in
which AutoCAD LT searches for support, driver, customization, and
other files. If you customized files in a location other than the
default AutoCAD LT location, the path to the location is migrated.
The files themselves do not get migrated.
Migrate linetypes, hatch
patterns, and command aliases that you created. The data
from these files is added to a user-defined section of the AutoCAD LT files,
to make it easy for you to find this information and migrate this data
to future releases. You cannot use the Migrate Custom Settings dialog box
to migrate shell commands or comments that you made to your acad.pgpacadlt.pgp file.
NoteIf
you have made changes to partial plotter configuration (PC3) files
that are located in a custom folder, those files are migrated to
the AutoCAD LT PC3 folder, which is
located under your custom PC3 folder. PC3 files are migrated
to a separate folder to maintain backward compatibility with previous AutoCAD LT releases.
The following table lists
the files that are migrated with the Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box, a description of each file, and file details to help you decide
if you want to migrate a file.
Files Migrated with the
Migrate Custom Settings Dialog Box
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File Name
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File Description
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Details
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*.atc
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Defines a tool palette and its tools.
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User-created files and any new or changed tools
on a standard tool palette are migrated.
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*.arg
|
Used to back up user profile information from
the system registry. The ARG file is not migrated. Registry settings
are migrated.
|
Changes you make to your user profile are stored
in the system registry and are migrated.
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*.lin
|
Stores your user-defined
linetypes.
|
User-defined linetype
files are migrated.
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acad.lin acadlt.lin
|
Contains standard linetype definitions
(an AutoCAD LT library file).
|
The file itself is not
migrated; however, any linetypes that you created in this file are
migrated to the AutoCAD LT acad.linacadlt.lin file, in the User
Defined Linetypes section of the file.
|
acadiso.lin acadltiso.lin
|
Contains metric linetype definitions
(an AutoCAD LT library file).
|
The file itself is not
migrated; however, any linetypes that you created in this file are
migrated to the AutoCAD LT acadiso.lin acadltiso.lin file, in the User
Defined Linetypes section of the file.
|
*.pat
|
Stores user-defined hatch patterns.
|
User-defined hatch pattern
files are migrated.
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acad.pat acadlt.pat
|
Contains standard hatch
pattern definitions (an AutoCAD LT library file).
|
The file itself is not
migrated; however, any hatch patterns that you created in this file
are copied to the AutoCAD LT acad.patacadlt.pat file, in the User
Defined Hatch Patterns section of the file.
|
acadiso.pat acadltiso.pat
|
Contains metric hatch
pattern definitions (an AutoCAD LT library file).
|
The file itself is not
migrated; however, any metric hatch patterns that you created in
this file are copied to the AutoCAD LT acadiso.patacadltiso.pat file, in the User
Defined Hatch Patterns section of the file.
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acad.pgp acadlt.pgp
|
Stores shell commands
and command alias definitions (a program parameters file in ASCII text
form).
|
The file itself is not
migrated; however, any command aliases you created in this file
are copied to the AutoCAD LT acad.pgpacadlt.pgp file.
|
*.mnu
|
Contains menu customization from a release prior
to AutoCAD 2006.
Contains
menu customization from a release prior to AutoCAD LT 2006.
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The file itself is not
migrated; a copy of the file is created and converted into a CUIx
file with the same name. The new CUIx file is stored in the same
folder as the main CUIx file. An MNU file is converted when an MNS file
with the same name is not found.
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*.mns
|
Contains menu customization from a release prior
to AutoCAD 2006.
Contains
menu customization from a release prior to AutoCAD LT 2006.
|
The file itself is not
migrated; a copy of the file is created and converted into a CUIx
file with the same name. The new CUIx file is stored in the same
folder as the main CUIx file. An MNS file is converted whether or
not an MNU file with the same name is present.
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*.cui
|
Contains customizations from AutoCAD 2006 through . Contains
customizations from AutoCAD LT 2006 through AutoCAD LT 2009.
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The file itself is not
migrated; a copy of the file is created and converted into a CUIx
file with the same name. The new CUIx file is stored in the same
folder as the main CUIx file.
Enterprise CUI files
are not automatically migrated. You must do so manually.
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*.cuix
|
Contains customizations from and
later.
Contains
customizations from AutoCAD LT 2010 and later.
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If the CUIx file is supplied
by Autodesk, the custom changes made to the file are migrated to
the newer version of the CUIx file.
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 automatically migrated. You must do so manually.
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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
NoteOther custom settings
and files can be migrated using Autodesk migration tools. For more
information about migration tools, see
Use Migration Tools.
To migrate custom settings when you start
the AutoCAD LT
- Start AutoCAD LT.
- In the Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box, Migrate Settings From drop-down list, select the AutoCAD LT release
from which you want to migrate your custom settings.
- In the Settings and Files to Migrate
box, select the custom files that you want to migrate.
- Click OK.
- In the Migrate Custom Settings message,
click OK to view the log file, or click No if you do not want to
view the log file now.
NoteYou can view the
log file at another time. For information about accessing the log
file at another time, see
View the Migration Log File.
Each time the Migrate
Custom Settings dialog box is used, AutoCAD LT resets the program’s
default CUIx file from the UserDataCache folder and then migrates
any customization done in a previous release forward.
To migrate custom settings from the Start
menu (Windows)
- Do one of the following:
- (Windows XP) Click Start menu
Programs Autodesk <AutoCAD LT> Migrate
Custom Settings Migrate From a Previous Release.
- (Windows Vista) Click Start menu All
Programs Autodesk <AutoCAD LT> Migrate
Custom Settings Migrate From a Previous Release.
- In the Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box, Migrate Settings From drop-down list, select the AutoCAD LT release
from which you want to migrate your custom settings.
- In the Settings and Files to Migrate
box, select the custom files that you want to migrate.
- Click OK.
- In the Migrate Custom Settings message,
click OK to view the log file, or click No if you do not want to
view the log file.
NoteTo be accessible,
pull-down menus that are migrated from a MNU/MNS file to a CUIx
file need to be added to a workspace.
