Issue:
Before AutoCAD Mechanical 2017, the “Migrate from a Previous Release” utility was not available in the Start menu due to some known issues with the tool. The workaround was to manually copy the customized files from the old version folder to the new one.
Solution:
In AutoCAD Mechanical 2017, we resolved these issues. You can now use the utility to migrate customization settings from an older of version AutoCAD Mechanical that is installed on the same machine.
Note: The Migrate from Previous Release tool does not migrate AutoCAD Mechanical specific customization settings saved outside template files. For example, Chamfer and Fillet Settings, Title Blocks, Drawing Borders, Custom Balloons, and Parts List Settings. Such settings must be migrated manually. Please see the section What settings can be migrated: for a comprehensive list of settings that are migrated.
How :
To migrate custom settings from previous versions of AutoCAD Mechanical, you need to launch the Migrate Custom Settings dialog as follows:
Windows Start Menu > All Programs > Autodesk > AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 > Migrate Custom Settings > Migrate From a Previous Release
What settings can be migrated:
- User Profiles
Custom user profiles that you create for settings and options configured in the Options for the drawing environment.
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support\Profiles
- CUI
Custom user interface (eg. ribbon, toolbars, workspaces, menus, etc.) that you created.
File extension: .cuix
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support
- Tool Palettes
Custom tool palette that you created to manage blocks, annotations, hatch patterns and custom tools.
File extension: .atc
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support\ToolPalette\Palettes
- Command Alias
Custom command alias that you added to the list for frequently used commands.
File extension: .pgp
Location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20xx\Acadm\en-US\acad.pgp
- Plot Files
Custom plotter configurations.
File extension: .pc3
C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Plotters
- Templates
Templates that you create to store various settings (eg. layers, linetypes, drawing units) pre-established for your company standards.
File extension: .dwt
C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\ Local\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Acadm\Template
- Hatch Patterns
Custom hatch patters that you added to the library.
File extension: .pat
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support\acad.pat (or acadiso.pat)
- Linetypes
Custom linetypes that you created. Note that you need to store your custom .lin files in the user profile location as indicated below for the migration utility to work.
File extension: .lin
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support
- Shapes (SHX)
Custom SHX fonts for your text.
File extension: .shx
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support
- Materials
Materials that are added to the Favorites library.
File extension: FavoriteMaterials.adsklibhx file
Location: C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Materials
What you cannot do:
Migrate Custom Settings only works for different versions of AutoCAD Mechanical installed on the same machine. You cannot migrate settings from an old version of AutoCAD Mechanical from one machine to AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 that is installed in another machine.
If you have different versions of AutoCAD Mechanical installed in different machines, and you wish to migrate the settings, please refer to the steps in How to migrate settings in AutoCAD which will also apply to AutoCAD Mechanical.
