To Work With Migrating from Previous Releases

Migrating from an earlier release

1. Click Project tabOther Tools panelMigration Utility. Find

   AutoCAD Electrical toolset searches for previous installations of AutoCAD Electrical toolset.

2. Select the release to migrate from.

   AutoCAD Electrical toolset searches for files from the selected release. Existing files are selected for migration by default.

3. Click the category name in the Migration items list. The files within that category are shown in the Migration files section.
4. Click within the Copy/Merge Option cell, and select the Browse tool to change the migration option for a file. The Copy/Merge Options dialog box opens. Different file types have different migration options.
5. Select the Copy/Merge option, including whether to overwrite or not, and select OK.
6. Click within the Source cell and browse to change the source file.
7. Click within the Destination cell and browse to change the destination file.
8. Select OK. The Migration Review dialog box opens which displays all the migration items and the options selected for each item.
9. (optional) Select Save As to save the migration settings to a file to use to migrate from these saved settings.
10. Review the migration items.
11. Select OK.
12. Review the Migration Complete information.
13. Select Done.

Custom migration

This option is useful when you have files from an earlier release that are not in the default location. This option is also used to synchronize multiple computers.

1. Click Project tabOther Tools panelMigration Utility. Find
2. Select Migrate from: <Custom>.
3. Check the box next to the category name.
4. Click the category name in the Migration items list.
5. Click within the Source cell and type the file name or browse to the file you want to migrate.
6. Click within the Destination cell and type the file name or browse to the destination file.
7. Click within the Copy/Merge Option cell, and select the Browse tool to change the migration option for the file. The Copy/Merge Options dialog box opens. Different file types have different migration options.
8. Select the Copy/Merge option and select OK.
9. Repeat for each file you want to migrate.
10. Select OK. The Migration Review dialog box opens.
11. (optional) Select Save As to save the migration settings to a file that to use to migrate from these saved settings.
12. Review the migration items.
13. Select OK.
14. Review the Migration Complete information.
15. Select Done.

Saving the settings file

Migrating from saved settings is useful if you migrate settings and files on multiple computers. You define the migration settings on the first computer and save those settings to an external file. When you use the Migration Utility on another computer select the file containing the saved settings.

1. Click Project tabOther Tools panelMigration Utility. Find
2. Set your migration settings.
3. Select OK on the AutoCAD Electrical toolset Migration Utility dialog box. The Migration Review dialog box opens.
4. Select Save As to save the migration settings to a file.
5. Enter a file name and click Save.
6. Continue the migration or Cancel.

Migrating from the saved settings file

1. Click Project tabOther Tools panelMigration Utility. Find
2. Select External File to migrate from the saved settings.
3. Select the saved .migr file and click Open.
4. Review the migration items.
5. Select OK.
6. Review the Migration Complete information.
7. Select Done.