Migrate User Settings

Last updated: 2024-01-25

Overview

This tool assists users with their transition from the previous WisDOT Civil 3D production version.

Example: Civil 3D 2022 transition to Civil 3D 2024.

The tool migrates the following:

  • Command line registry
  • Drawing window registry
  • Toolbars registry
  • My places registry
  • Select user system variables (WisDOT devices only)
  • Contents of C:\WisDOT\Stnd\users\Myc3d20XX
    • Palettes
    • Action macro recordings
    • Assembly files
    • Block files
    • Publish Collections

Usage

Migrate User Settings is accessed only by the command line: DOTMigrateUserSettings.

  1. At the command line, select one of the following options:
    1. Command line migrates the previous version Command Line Windows registry to the current version.
    2. Drawing window migrates the previous version Drawing Window registry to the current version.
    3. Toolbars migrates the previous version Toolbars registry to the current version.
    4. Places migrates the previous version Dialogs\AllAnavDialogs registry to the current version.
    5. Variables applies the last saved user system variable settings from the previous version. This option is only applicable to WisDOT devices running a WisDOT profile.
    6. Myc3d copies all files under C:\WisDOT\Stnd\users\Myc3d previous version to C:\WisDOT\Stnd\users\Myc3d current version
      1. Updates all Publish collections Publish.scr, Publish.bat, and BatchPublish.dll files to the current version.

      2. In all palette ATC files, replaces all "C:\WisDOT\Stnd\users\Myc3d20 current version with C:\WisDOT\Stnd\users\Myc3d previous version.

Warning: If a scheduled task was set up to run the Publish.bat, be sure to update the task for the new Publish Collection path.