Enterprise CUI with workspace

[Jonathan3891]

I have a enterprise cui that I'm using, the problem I'm having is I have to set at every users machine and load the partial cui. This wasn't an issue in the past because everyone was in one location, but the company I work for recently bought another engineering firm in England so you can see my dilemma. 

I do not want to set the enterprise CUI as the main CUI so that the user can customize their workspace however they want.

My end goal is to have it so I don't have to do anything but have them copy the shortcut to their desktop and when AutoCAD launches, the enterprise cui menu's, toolbars, etc. are loaded. 

I'm looking for a way to setup a workspace/profile so whenever a user opens AutoCAD all the enterprise menu's, toolbars, etc. are setup and displayed. I've created a profile that will set all the support folders that's triggered by the shortcut with a profile switch.

I've done some sort of CAD admin for a number of years, but I've never had to start from scratch so I'm not sure how to go about accomplishing this.

Can someone please help me with this?

[Sea-Haven]

A couple of ways, you can use a BUNDLE with autocad this will autoload everything particularly if you have custom menu's. Just google Bundle autocad.

A 2nd way I have used is that I make a zip file with all lsp's, mnu's, dwt, dwg and so on last version 38mb, so then have an Install lisp you drag and drop onto cad etc and it asks for zip file makes a directory unzips all files to new company directory including sub directories, loads custom mnu etc and away you go. Yes can save a workspace if you want

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If you want more info just ask. 

[Jonathan3891]

Thank you @Sea-Haven .

My needs for this has shifted and now I'm back to square one after figuring out a solution!

We have people who work from home or travel to meet with clients that wont always have access to the server for various reasons, so now I think utilizing a batch file to copy everything to the users local machine is going to be best suited for this.

The new hurdle is some users only have AutoCAD Lite, and Lite doesn't utilize profiles to set support paths, so I'm not certain how to proceed. 

[pendean]

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@Jonathan3891 wrote:

....The new hurdle is some users only have AutoCAD Lite, and Lite doesn't utilize profiles to set support paths, so I'm not certain how to proceed. 

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Sadly, that choice is a limitation that going to cripple any automation you seek. No fix unless you want to totally wipe out the end user's entire store CUI with a new one.

[Sea-Haven]

In full AutoCAD you can look at the desktop Icon under Target is the start up sequence for Autocad one of the switches is /P yourprofile, we had people with laptops so we had 2 Icons one that had a profile setup to look for the server the other to look on c: drive. But you had to load the profile into the list of available profiles. It probably holds this info in the registry but again need a program to run on the computer to do a Regedit. 

Yes can copy the desktop icon and email to people.