Some of you have noticed that our HydraCAD shortcuts have a -p Hydratec or -p SMaRTools in the Target field of the desktop Shortcut and have asked what those mean. Others have asked how to call up a Profile that a user has created by using the desktop Shortcuts. Here you go:
1. Set up AutoCAD/HydraCAD the way you want it with respect to Support File Search Paths, Toolbars, etc.
2. In the AutoCAD Options pick the Profiles tab and pick Export
3. Give the Profile a name that makes sense to you, i.e MyProfile or soemthing
4. Leave AutoCAD and go to the Desktop
5. Right-click on the Shortcut for AutoCAD/HydraCAD and pick Properties
6. In the Target field go to the very end and after the acad.exe" add a space then -p MyProfile and pick OK
This will start AutoCAD/HydraCAD with your custom profile
PS – If you want to reset AutoCAD to its defaults (i.e. without HydraCAD’s modifications) then pick the Reset button on the Profiles tab. Export this profile if you want
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