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AutoCad 2006 Network install

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terryl
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AutoCad 2006 Network install

Does anyone know of a good way to get custom paths and other custom setting like plotter setup paths to be set up right after a network install. I have 25+ computers to install AutoCAD 2006 to, I have one stand alone seat that I have everything setup on and working. I would like to be able to copy these setting to the install image or at least be able to copy these setting to the network and then load them on every computer. Before I was able to do this with the profile arg file, now I don't know how to go about this. I tried to set all this up in the install image but it did not work, I did a test install to one computer and it lost all the changes I made to the paths. Anyone have any good Ideas?
Thanks
Terry
Civil 3D 2021
Dell 5510
Win 10 Pro X64
Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz
32 GB ram
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
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Anonymous
in reply to: terryl

I haven't done this in AutoCAD 2006, but I like to use the "setenv" in an
Acad.lsp file. Here is an example on how to use it:

(setenv "ACAD"
"C:\\AutoCAD2005\\Support;C:\\AutoCAD2005\\Express;C:\\AutoCAD2005\\Help;C:\AutoCAD2005\\Tempwork;C:\\Documents
and Settings\\%username%\\Application Data\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD
2005\\R16.1\\enu\\Support;F:\\CAD\\Fonts;F\\CAD\\Blocks")

Hope that helps,
Sam



wrote in message news:4847140@discussion.autodesk.com...
Does anyone know of a good way to get custom paths and other custom setting
like plotter setup paths to be set up right after a network install. I have
25+ computers to install AutoCAD 2006 to, I have one stand alone seat that I
have everything setup on and working. I would like to be able to copy these
setting to the install image or at least be able to copy these setting to
the network and then load them on every computer. Before I was able to do
this with the profile arg file, now I don't know how to go about this. I
tried to set all this up in the install image but it did not work, I did a
test install to one computer and it lost all the changes I made to the
paths. Anyone have any good Ideas?
Thanks
Terry
Message 3 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: terryl

For both 2005 and 2006, I have used an acaddoc.lsp dropped onto the machine
with the install. The lisp gets dropped into the main support folder that
is installed with AutoCAD, so it is read the first time AutoCAD is started.
All it contains is instruction to look for a specific profile and if it
doesn't exist, to import it from a shared drive on the server. This custom
profile has all our settings/support paths, etc. Because its support paths
are directed first to the shared drive on the server, where we have another
acaddoc.lsp to load our custom routines, the original acaddoc.lsp never gets
read again after that initial time to set up the profile.
HTH...let me know if you need more info/clarification

wrote in message news:4847140@discussion.autodesk.com...
Does anyone know of a good way to get custom paths and other custom setting
like plotter setup paths to be set up right after a network install. I have
25+ computers to install AutoCAD 2006 to, I have one stand alone seat that I
have everything setup on and working. I would like to be able to copy these
setting to the install image or at least be able to copy these setting to
the network and then load them on every computer. Before I was able to do
this with the profile arg file, now I don't know how to go about this. I
tried to set all this up in the install image but it did not work, I did a
test install to one computer and it lost all the changes I made to the
paths. Anyone have any good Ideas?
Thanks
Terry
Message 4 of 6
terryl
in reply to: terryl

So if I understand, I should be able to save a profile from the stand alone machine with everything already setup and then use a lsp file to load that profile. Do you have an example of your lsp file that I could look at? I don't understand why that file is only looked at once, but if it works that ok with me.
Thanks for you Help
Terry
Civil 3D 2021
Dell 5510
Win 10 Pro X64
Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz
32 GB ram
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
Message 5 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: terryl

Sure, here is the file I use and name it acaddoc.lsp:

(load "sample-profile-util")
(if (not (sample-profile-exists "MA2006"))
(progn
(sample-profile-import "s:\\custom\\Acad2006\\MA2006.arg" "MA2006"
T)
(sample-profile-set-active "MA2006")
)
)

MA2006.arg is the profile that I exported after getting all the settings and
support paths in place. It is located on a shared drive on the server (S:
and following). I don't remember why, but the double backslashes are
important in the path.
As to why it only runs once: The default support paths when AutoCAD is
installed are looking first at the C: drive support folders, so if
acaddoc.lsp is dropped there, it runs the first time ACAD is started up.
The support paths in the profile I made look first on our shared folder on
the server before looking at the C: drive, so if there is an acaddoc.lsp
there, that will run on startup instead of the other. And I do use an
acaddoc.lsp in the shared folders to load some custom routines and set some
variables as each drawing is loaded.

wrote in message news:4847483@discussion.autodesk.com...
So if I understand, I should be able to save a profile from the stand alone
machine with everything already setup and then use a lsp file to load that
profile. Do you have an example of your lsp file that I could look at? I
don't understand why that file is only looked at once, but if it works that
ok with me.
Thanks for you Help
Terry
Message 6 of 6
terryl
in reply to: terryl

Thanks Jenna this will help a lot
Terry
Civil 3D 2021
Dell 5510
Win 10 Pro X64
Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz
32 GB ram
NVIDIA Quadro 4000

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