Custom profile for installation

[boggsy19]

Installers,

I need to distribute autodesk 2011 to roughly 50-100 users and with this installation i need a few customizations incorporated for a the default profile.

I've installed 2011 on a clean box and made the customizations I need.  I can see from the options menu that I can export this profile and save it where ever I need.   My question is:   Can I use this exported profile as the default profile when I distribute the application to the masses and if so, where does the ARG file need to be located in the installation point for this to happen? Also, does it have to be a specific filename for this to work?   I'm very green with Autodesk, so I'm flying blind.

Thnx.

Mike Fanara

Yale University

[hashim.mundol]

Assuming the product as Autocad 2011.

Custom deployment is handled creating admin image which is documented here

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2011/ENU/pdfs/acad_install.pdf

for ARG file solution is to create a new shortcut

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS17887

[boggsy19]

This is what I've done so far to get customizations in a deployment without any success.

From my installation point on the network, I ran the install on a clean XP machine.  Once installed, I ran Autodesk 2011 and made my necessary customizations i.e. said no thanks to Customer Program, change default workspace to AutoCAD classic and turned of the UCS icon in 2D modeling space.  At this point, I renamed the profile to "myprofile" and exported to a local directory. I then copy the myprofile.arg and acad.cuix files to the adminImage directory on the server.

Now I go to my installation point and use the modify deployment tool to change the default profile to "myprofile" and add the myprofile.arg and acad.cuix files to the additional files section.  I put them in these files in the  <installation directory>.  I then recreate the deployment.

On a clean workstation, I run the new deployment and everything installs fine.  When I lauch autocad, I see that the default profile is correct, but the workspace and UCS icon are not correct.  What piece of this modification and I missing?  Am I putting the files (acad.cuix and myprofile.arg in the wrong location from the modified deployment? i don't know.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thnx.

Mike