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:

   "<drive>:\Program Files\Autodesk\<release name>\acad.exe" /p user12

3. Click OK.

   The profile name you enter is the current profile that is set each time you start the program from the desktop shortcut.