Autolisp CUILOAD .CUIX

[Oscar.ragnerby]

I'm trying to automate the steps I do computers the first time they open up AutoCAD and one of the steps is to CUILOAD ribbon/toolbars. My initial thought was to create a .lsp that does this for me but I'm not good enough at the language.

Is this the way to do it or are there easier and better ways?

[Moshe-A · Accepted solution]

Oscar hey,

You can export (to a zip file) all AutoCAD Settings with Migrate Custom Settings

and then restore them to any other machine

Start\All Programs\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20xx\Migrate Custom Settings

export AutoCAD 20xx Settings

import AutoCAD 20xx Settings

cheers

Moshe

[martti.halminen · Accepted solution]

Is there any reason why you are not doing it using a profile?

1. Create your own .cuix file where all the stuff you like is already loaded.

2. Create your own profile where that .cuix file is used as Main or Enterprise Customization File.

3. Create an AutoCAD start icon forcing it to use that profile when starting.

Make the files visible on the network (or copy to each computer if stand-alone operation is needed) and copy the start icon (shortcut) to any computer where you need this.

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[Oscar.ragnerby]

It works! I think this was the original idea from our company. We do load the profile through the icon already. But the .CUIX was always the one coming with the installation.

Is there any similar way of getting the tool palettes to work? They didn't work this way.

[Oscar.ragnerby]

We used to do it via the migrate tool. But we have experienced some bugs. We have additional applications to AutoCAD that didn't respond well to that for some reason. It was a while ago now so I'll try that out again to see if it looks better.