Network deployment and custom profiles

[Anonymous]

I want to create a profile GAADT-2005 for our custom settings and content locations. In the adt_nag guide it says: Profile Name. You can enter a name of the profile for all users who run a particular deployment. For example, you may want to specify a certain deployment only for production drafters; you name the profile Production Drafters on this page. The profile created under this name will be an AutoCAD profile. It will not load a full Autodesk Architectural Desktop session. This name will not be used for Autodesk Architectural Desktop profiles. Architectural Desktop will create a profile for each type of Architectural Desktop content feature selected.A shortcut to the AutoCAD profile will not be created by the deployment. Use this feature only if you plan to create deployments that run a standard AutoCAD profile. Autodesk Architectural Desktop creates a default profile based on the default units and localization. This profile is named Architectural Desktop - (units). The value for units is either Imperial, Metric, or DACH. The name cannot be changed. The part that confuses me is: This name will not be used for Autodesk Architectural Desktop profiles. Architectural Desktop will create a profile for each type of Architectural Desktop content feature selected.A shortcut to the AutoCAD profile will not be created by the deployment I want the desktop icon to have the target be: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2005\acad.exe" /ld "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AecBase45.dbx" /p "gaadt-2005" How do I do this through Network deployment? Regards, --------------- Reid M. Addis Registered Architect Architectural Applications Specialist Granary Associates 411 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 Ph. 215-665-7056 email: addis@granaryassoc.com

[Anonymous]

Reid: This cannot be done. The ADT profiles are fixed by NIW. The best we can do is go around later and apply a custom profile. Just beware of all the docs & Settings paths. -- paul Paul F. Aubin ************************* Buy Mastering Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2004, 3.3 and Autodesk Architectural Desktop: An Advanced Implementation Guide online at: www.paulaubin.com

[Anonymous]

Hey Paul, Thanks! On a related question, when I did the "network install", some files copied to the network, while others, such as pgp and pat files copied to the Documents and Settings folder, while still more copied on Program Files ADT2005. To be blunt, this is a major PITA! Is there anything that documents what copies where and why? I'm manually moving everything to be shared to the network drive:\adt2005\support folder then putting that at the the top of the support path. -- Regards, --------------- Reid M. Addis Registered Architect Architectural Applications Specialist Granary Associates 411 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 Ph. 215-665-7056 email: addis@granaryassoc.com

[Anonymous]

There was a White Paper on this for 2004. I don't think any of the locations have changed. Unfortunately I can't remember where to download the white paper. Search Autodesk.com for "ADT 2004 File Locations" (the title of my printed copy...) paul "Reid M. Addis" wrote in message news:4063222d$1_2@newsprd01... > Hey Paul, > Thanks! > On a related question, when I did the "network install", some files copied > to the network, while others, such as pgp and pat files copied to the > Documents and Settings folder, while still more copied on Program Files > ADT2005. To be blunt, this is a major PITA! > Is there anything that documents what copies where and why? > I'm manually moving everything to be shared to the network > drive:\adt2005\support folder then putting that at the the top of the > support path. > > -- > Regards, > --------------- > Reid M. Addis > Registered Architect > Architectural Applications Specialist > Granary Associates > 411 North 20th Street > Philadelphia, PA 19130 > Ph. 215-665-7056 > email: addis@granaryassoc.com > >