When upgrading from Advance Steel 2015 to Advance Steel 2016, you can migrate almost all the user settings (drawing styles, prototypes, newly added bolts) by performing the following steps, depending on the type of customization:
If the modification appeared in a different database than the AstorAddIn, for example:
To transfer the settings made to these databases, you need to merge the databases with a tool provided by Management Tools (MT):
Open MT with the shortcut located on the desktop or the button present in the ribbon.
Use the Convert databases option located on MT Home.
Use the Open database button and then select the old version of the database (for example the AstorGratings.mdb from Advance Steel 2015, located in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel2015\Steel\Data). The convert tool will automatically know the equivalent AS 2016 database to which the merge is done.
After the database is evaluated, in the Databases section of the dialog (left side) you will get a list of the valid mergeable tables (1). If you click on the name a list of tables that are up for merge(2) will be displayed.
To complete the merge, press Convert (if only some tables are required for merge) or Convert All (to convert all the tables)(3).
Open MT 2015 and go to Bolts (or Anchors / Shear studs)
Press Import and select the MT 2015 exported .mdb file.
Support dwg files like Prototypes, BoM on Drawing templates, Standard part template files and Symbol dwg files can be simply moved from their Advance Steel 2015 folder to the equivalent Advance Steel 2016 folder.
To convert a file:
Copy the dwg file to the Advance Steel 2016 path.
Advance Steel 2015 custom connections are stored in the following path: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2015\Shared\ConnectionTemplates.
The destination folder associated to Advance Steel 2016 is: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\ConnectionTemplates
Open the file and convert it with Advance Steel 2016 to the new version.
The file is converted to the new version by using the steps mentioned in point 4.
In addition to the conversion, there are extra steps required to edit the custom connection support dwg to make it valid for the 2016 version.