AutoCAD immediately warns that you cannot delete a profile that is in use. Select the White 2007 Compatible profile and then click Delete. The program asks if you are sure you want to delete this profile. Select the profile you just imported and then click Delete. You can also delete any profiles you previously created, except for the current active profile. You can also select a profile in the list and then click RenameвЂ¦ to rename that profile. The new profile is immediately added to the list of available profiles. Here, you can enter a different profile name and an optional description. AutoCAD displays an Import Profile dialog. Select the profile you just exported and click Open. To import a profile, click ImportвЂ¦ AutoCAD displays the Import Profile dialog. This is a great way to apply the same configuration to multiple computers, or to ensure that if you get a new system, you can quickly configure a new installation of AutoCAD so that it uses the same settings you had laboriously established on your old system. Once exported, that ARG file can be copied to other computers and then imported so that you can use previously defined profiles on other systems. For now, simply click Save to save the profile to the current folder. You can enter a more descriptive name to help you identify the file and save it to any folder. Notice that AutoCAD saves the profile with a.arg file extension and by default assigns it the same name as the current drawing. To export a profile, select it in the list and then click the ExportвЂ¦ button. The background immediately changes to white, and when you switch to the Open and Save tab, you can see that AutoCAD will now save files in the AutoCAD 2007 file format. Switch back to the Profiles tab, select the White 2007 Compatible profile, and click Set Current. Switch to the Open and Save tab and notice that AutoCAD is once again set to save files using the latest drawing file format. When you select My AutoCAD Default and click Set Current, the background immediately changes back to the dark background color. Notice that both of the profiles you created appear in the list. Go back into the Options dialog and display the Profiles tab. Finally, click OK to close the Options dialog. In the Options dialog, switch to the Open and Save tab, expand the Save As drop-down, and choose AutoCAD 2007/LT 2007 Drawing. Notice that the background of the drawing area immediately changes color.

Then, switch to the Display tab, click the Colors button, change the background color to white when working in model space, and click Apply & Close to close the Drawing Window Colors dialog. Next, set White 2007 Compatible as the current profile. Again, if you wish, you can enter a description. Name this new profile White 2007 Compatible. Those changes will be saved to the current profile.ДЇor example, click Add to List and create a new profile. If you want to make changes to the interface and save those changes as a new profile, first create a new profile, then make it the current profile, and then make your changes. Notice that at the top of the dialog you can see that the current profile is now set to My AutoCAD Default. Select the new profile and then click Set Current to make it the current profile.

There is nothing else that you need to do. Note that when you add a new profile to the list, the profile you create automatically contains all of the current program settings. You can also add a description if you wish, to help you remember what this profile represents. In this case, name the new profile My AutoCAD Default. Enter the name you want to assign to the new profile. To save the current settings as a new profile, click the Add to ListвЂ¦ button.

This profile contains all of the current settings. When you first display this tab, notice that the list of available profiles already includes an unnamed profile. In the Options dialog, switch to the Profiles tab. But user profiles can be synced with the cloud, along with other settings. Note that saving a user profile is different from syncing your settings with the A360 cloud service. Either method will open the Options dialog. To display the Options dialog, either right-click and choose OptionsвЂ¦ from the shortcut menu, or expand the Application Menu and click the Options button. You control user profiles using tools in the Options dialog.

If you or someone else subsequently makes changes to the interface, you can restore your desired settings by restoring a profile that you previously saved. Using Profiles to save colors and other configuration options.ДЄutoCAD can save your user interface-the screen colors and other options you can configure within the Options dialog-as a profile.

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