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How to Creating an automated / network deployment for AutoCAD (with user settings)

EATREVITPOOPCAD — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:01:38 GMT

I am working on a deployment for AutoCAD. After each install I typically go through the options and add my fonts, plot styles, hatch pattern support locations. However, I have to do those for a bit more computers now and I believe there is a better way to do this. Can this be setup in the Autodesk online deployment tool? maybe some ini or xml file that stores this information. If not, does any one know how to change this outside of AutoCAD? Maybe buried in the registry?

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Re: How to pre-setup some options before or after installing AutoCAD without going to the Options menu

pendean — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:48:21 GMT

If I may ask, is there a reason you are not wishing to use these free tools that install with your AutoCAD version if you want to do this one PC at a time as you seem to be doing now?

Re: How to pre-setup some options before or after installing AutoCAD without going to the Options menu

EATREVITPOOPCAD — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 04:56:54 GMT

I am just trying to get a script to do this automatically on all of the machines after installation. That way when a user hops on, they can just fire up AutoCAD and go. I believe I can achieve this with user profiles, I just don't want the user (or me) doing this

Re: How to pre-setup some options before or after installing AutoCAD without going to the Options menu

pendean — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:00:48 GMT

Got it: like this https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Autodesk-NetworkAdmin/files/GUID-D3E6CC71-2199-471A-907C-18685696A7E3-htm.html

Re: How to Creating an automated / network deployment for AutoCAD (with user settings)

EATREVITPOOPCAD — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:46:37 GMT

Yes! Thank you!