Export and Import Settings

Transfer settings from one machine to another. Settings can include user profile, toolbar and toolset customizations, command aliases, plot settings, templates, and the My Properties settings for the Property palette.

Export Custom Settings in AutoCAD for Mac

1. Click Tools menu > Export Settings.
2. Click OK on the alert.

   The Export Settings dialog box displays.

   
3. Select or clear settings as needed and click Export.
4. Enter a file name and location for the export file.
5. Click Save.

   You are prompted to save any unsaved drawings and then AutoCAD closes.

   The dialog box displays.

6. Click View Report to view details on which files were exported.
   
7. Click Yes to restart AutoCAD.

Import Custom Settings in AutoCAD for Mac

1. Click Tools menu > Import Settings.
2. Click OK on the alert.
3. Browse to and select the export file created previously and click Open.

   The Import Settings dialog box displays.

   
4. Select or clear settings as needed and click Import.

   You are prompted to save any unsaved drawings and then AutoCAD closes.

   The dialog box displays.

   
5. Click View Report to view details on which files were imported.
6. Click Yes to restart AutoCAD.

Export Custom Settings using Terminal

Note: Make sure AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT is not running.

1. Click local drive Applications Utilities Terminal.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To export all custom settings and files, enter the following:

     ./AdMigrator -e

     Note: You may need to supply the full path for the AdMigrator utility, for example /Applications/Autodesk/AutoCAD\ 2023/AutoCAD\ 2023.app/Contents/Helpers/AdMigrator.app/Contents/MacOS/.
   • To export a specific setting or file, enter the following:

     ./AdMigrator -e {setting key} -d {destination path]

     Note: A destination path is optional. If a destination path isn't supplied, the zip file is created in your user documents folder.

     Setting	Key
     User profile	profile
     CUI	cui
     Command alias	alias
     Plot files	plot
     Templates	template
     My properties	property
     Line types	ltype
     Hatch patterns	hatch
     Shape files	shape
     SHX font files	shx

The utility creates a zip file containing the exported custom settings and files which you can then import on another machine. Each machine must be running the same version of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT.

Import Custom Settings using Terminal

Follow these steps to import the custom settings and files after exporting them to a zip file.

Note: Make sure AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT is not running.

1. Click local drive Applications Utilities Terminal.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To import all custom settings and files from the export file, enter the following:

     ./AdMigrator -i -s {zip file path and name}.tar.gz

   • To import a specific setting or file from the export file, enter the following:

     ./AdMigrator -i cui {zip file path and name}.tar.gz