Deployments are now created from Autodesk Account. For more information, see Create Deployments from Autodesk Account. In Autodesk Account, after selecting Civil 3D in the panel on the left, click the Customization and Extensions arrows in the panel on the right to expand the menus.
The following customization options are available on the Civil 3D deployment page of Autodesk Account.
Under the Select Profiles to Install section of the deployments you can select imperial or metric profiles to install. By default, both are installed.
Under Create Desktop Shortcut, you can select a check box to create a desktop shortcut for running Civil 3D as AutoCAD. Running Civil 3D as AutoCAD runs the application with AutoCAD functionality but not Civil 3D functionality.
Under the Configurable Folders section of the deployments page, you can specify custom locations for folders with specific content.
| Folder name | Description |
|---|---|
| Content Root | Contains items such as support files for corridor models and pipe networks. |
| Data Folder | Contains items such as preview drawings, quantities reports style sheets, and layer and corridor standards. |
| Survey Folder | Contains survey files, such as database files and definitions files. |
| Projects Working Folder | The default working folder for projects. |
Under Support Content, you can choose to install support content (such as customization files, plot styles, and templates) in local user profile folders or in a specified custom folder.
Under Security Settings, you can choose to lock users' security settings and specify a default security level.
Under Trusted Locations, you can specify paths to executable files that are trusted to run from within Civil 3D.
Under Trusted Domain Names, you can specify domain names or URLs from which Civil 3D can run JavaScript code.
Specifies whether to exclude or include the Start In and drawing folders when searching for executable files. The Start In folder is the folder in which the Civil 3D executable is located.
Specifies whether to run acad.lsp at the start of the Civil 3D session or when opening each drawing.
Under Install Optional Tools, you can specify whether to install Express Tools.
Under Access to Online Resources, you can specify whether to allow users to access online content (such as online Help) when it is available and whether to allow users to access Autodesk Account from within Civil 3D.
Under Customer Error Reporting Setting, you can specify whether to include the customer name when error reports are submitted and whether to allow users to receive notifications of resolutions related to error reports.
Under Custom Profile, you can select a custom profile (.arg) file to include in the deployment. The ARG file path can be exported from the Profiles tab in the Options dialog box.
Under Extensions, you can specify whether to include extensions such as the AutoCAD Performance Reporting Tool, Autodesk Subassembly Composer, and Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis.