Can someone tell me how to import profiles via syntax/text or script???
Thanks
If you have a profile (ARG) file which was created via the Export button in the Options dialog (Profiles tab), you can use the /P switch in your AutoCAD shortcut to call it up. The syntax of the 'Target' line is roughly: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 201x\acad.exe" /P "name of profile file"
Note that an ARG file is just a Windows registry (REG) file with a different file extension. When the /P switch calls the ARG file, it adds the stored profile information to your registry, if it is not already there. From that point forward, since the profile will be in the registry, the profile name in the registry will be called, so the ARG file will no longer be read with each program launch.
Importing profiles can be done through most code supported in AutoCAD.
Client lists can be long so setting a profile for every one of them can be difficult to manage (it looks easy to start with but gets unmanageable very quickly), especially if you have third-party plug-ins to manage as well. Although there isn't any practical limit to the number of AutoCAD profiles I'd recommend you use profiles to manage applications and in-program customization to manage the settings (e.g. search paths) based on a selected client.
With running civil 3d as autocad, the only way to get the 'red' vanilla base autocad to launch is to NOT use a switch. anything except using 'autocad' as the profile cause the program to launch as civil 3d....... i've tried everything in the book, including launching c3d as autocad, modifying the autocad profile, exporting it to bla.arg and everytime i switch the profile it launches civil 3d (blue).
thoughts?