AUTOCAD SPECIFIC PROFILE SETUP NOTICE

This applies to All CAD Design Software products for use with AutoCAD

If there is no profile set in AutoCAD before a CDS product is installed, when CDS is installed, it will become the only profile in AutoCAD, and will override any settings made to your AutoCAD environment such as menus, tool bars, etc.  Please follow the below instructions to preserve your profile data and allow it to co-exist with the CDS product profile data. 

Configuring AutoCAD with multiple profiles (CDS profiles and non-CDS or customized profiles)

Because the AutoCAD version of CDS is a plug-in for AutoCAD, when CDS is installed, it creates a profile in AutoCAD so that the CDS design environment is loaded each time AutoCAD is opened (Technology, menus, etc.).  When AutoCAD is initially installed, there is no profile created, and AutoCAD opens with no profile (default settings).  Any settings or customization made to AutoCAD are stored and remain only until a profile is loaded.  If these user settings or customizations are not saved in a profile, when CDS is started and the CDS profile is loaded, all previous settings or customization will be over-written and will not be recoverable.

If you have customized your AutoCAD, such as menus, toolbars, etc., it is advised that you first create a Profile for your custom configuration. This will allow you to use your AutoCAD as it was installed and configured without auto-loading CAD Design Software profile tools or environment. 

Create a profile of your current AutoCAD BEFORE installing EPD: 

1. Open AutoCAD and navigate to the Tools menu and pick Options.
2. The Options dialog box appears.
3. Pick the Profiles tab.
4. Pick the Add to List button and the Add Profile dialog box appears.
5. Type a name (no spaces) for this Profile (example acad)
6. Pick the Apply & Close button.
7. Once it is listed, select it the new profile ‘acad’ and then pick the Set Current button to apply this profile.
8. Pick OK
9. Exit AutoCAD.
10. On the desktop, right-click on the AutoCAD desktop shortcut icon and select Properties.
11. In the Target path, go to the end of the path.
12. After the last quotation mark “, press the space bar and then type -P [Profilename].
1. Example: "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006\acad.exe" -p acad
13. Pick the OK button to exit the Properties.
14. Double pick the desktop icon.
15. Your custom settings will be loaded and available.
16. You may now install the CDS product software.

Note: When Installing CDS for use with AutoCAD, the installation setup may prompt you to select a profile to use. Always select the <<Unnamed Profile>> so the setup will create a new profile name.