Will the upgrade to V23 on Pro trash my delicate combination of Bricsys and AutoCad configurations?

jeremiawuzza
jeremiawuzza
in 2D Drafting
Which includes idiosyncratic file locations, LSP files, clean work screens with a minimum of clutter and a lot of keystrokes rather than menus ...
I was a little put off by the statement 'Run your new version alongside your existing installation'
I don't want to lose my customizations or have to patch them, will I be able to jump right into work after the upgrade?

Please advise...

Comments

  • ScottS
    ScottS
    Impressed by the extent and depth of new features in v23, I decided to let the installation overwrite my support files, which I backed up first, and expected to spend some time giving the new UIs and workspaces a try before re-customizing. I was surprised, then, to find most of my customizations remained intact, e.g., partial cui, toolbars, panel locations. Not everything, of course. I had to re-append my indispensable custom keyboard aliases to default.pgp because I'd let that get overwritten, and SRCHPATH got reset, and CURSORSIZE, and no doubt some other settings I didn't notice yet. But it was the most seamless upgrade I've done so far, and in a matter of minutes I could have been off and running.

    However, I could not find some of the new stuff I wanted to explore, such as the new Civil and Complete workspaces. After skimming the release notes, I discovered that my old configurations had been retained in classic-ribbon.cui. By loading the new modern.cui, I wiped all that out and enabled the new workspaces, which I'm in the process of testing out, knowing that I can switch back to classic at any time.
  • jeremiawuzza
    jeremiawuzza
    Well the last version of AutoCad I used was a few years ago now - P&ID 2015. It had a very comprehensive tool - under 'tools/options/profiles/..' which saved all customizations.
    Jason Bourhill at CAD Concepts had this in 2013:
    http://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/creating-a-new-user-profile/
    but unfortunately the URL is 'page not found'.
    I really don't like the idea of running different versions of the software as described above by ScottS - it seems to me that it would potentially be a source of inconvenience and confusion.
    Also time is running out for me - I need to take another year's license in a few weeks.
  • Jason Bourhill
    Jason Bourhill
    jeremiawuzza said:


    Jason Bourhill at CAD Concepts had this in 2013:
    http://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/creating-a-new-user-profile/
    but unfortunately the URL is 'page not found'.

    That was a long time ago! The website has been changed several times since. You can find this page here
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091820/http://cadconcepts.co.nz/creating-a-new-user-profile/

    We have a more recent post covering this and other tips here
    https://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/news/recovering-from-bricscad-issues

    Regards,
    Jason Bourhill
    BricsCAD V22 Ultimate
    CAD Concepts