To Work With Saving and Using Profiles

How to save and use profiles that store individual settings.

Save a Profile

  1. Click Application button Options.
  2. In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, click Add to List.
  3. In the Add Profiles dialog box, enter a Profile name and Description.
  4. Click Apply & Close to record the current option settings in the system registry and close the dialog box.

Make a Profile Current

  1. Click Application button Options.
  2. In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, select the profile you want to make current.
  3. Click Set Current.

Make a Profile Current Before Starting the Program

  1. On the Windows desktop, right-click the program icon and select Properties.
  2. In the program Properties dialog box, Shortcut tab, in the Target box, enter /p <profilename> after the current target directory. For example, to make the profile User12 current, enter the following in Target:

    "c:Program Files<current release name>acad.exe"/p user12

  3. Click OK.

    The profile name you enter is the current profile each time you start the program.