screen colors with script

[Anonymous]

When teaching students new to AutoCAD, I have them run a script file to reset many options that others using the same computer may have changed. (pickbox size, osnap settings, grid on/off, etc.) I would like to add to the script file so that the screen color and crosshair colors are changed to a standard color when students run the script file. I find that for many new users it is helpful to have all monitors look the same.

[rkmcswain]

3.5 years later and you have not implemented the solution in post #2 yet? 

Why is this not a solution?

@Anonymous 

[krzysztof.psujek]

hhaha right

I don't know what's worse:
OP did not find a solution in any posts here or  he teaches others something, it seems, he is not good at.

BR.

[pendean]

@krzysztof.psujek Fear of the unknown implemented over many systems (50 OP wrote) across many sites (OP wrote) can be crippling for someone not in I.T.

Plus they still seem stuck on running a script file inside the program, so they are not thinking big picture yet.

Luckily Alfred provided three link in message #19 that @Anonymous can read and use today https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/screen-colors-with-script/m-p/9032155#M993650

[Ed__Jobe · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I am not sure I understand what you are suggesting.

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Here's a step-by-step guide.

1. First, have IT set up a network folder for you that only you have read/write access to. For everyone else, its read-only.
2. In AutoCAD, go to Options>Profiles tab and create a new profile named "Default".
3. Set up AutoCAD with all the settings you want.
4. I suggest you also go to workspace settings (WSSETTINGS) and select "Do not save changes to workspace".
5. Use the link Alfred provided in post 19 for info on how to export your "Default" profile. Save it as "Default.arg".
6. Now copy an AutoCAD shortcut to your read-only folder.
7. Right click on it and select Properties.
8. Go to the end of the line of the Target field and paste the following text ' /p "NetworkFilepath\Default.arg" ' without the single quotes.
9. Now go to each student pc and open Windows Explorer to the read-only folder.
10. Drag the shortcut to the student pc's Taskbar to pin it.
11. Instruct the students to start AutoCAD from the taskbar shortcut.
12. If you ever need to update the profile, repeating steps 3-5 is all that is necessary. The next time the students start AutoCAD, it will pull the settings from the network location.