Exporting saves all the settings to a ZIP file, while importing takes the ZIP and brings the settings back into the program.If the Import/Export options cannot be accessed from the start menu, the default folder location is: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 20xx - English\Migrate Custom Settings.Start > All Programs > Autodesk > AutoCAD 20xx > Migrate Custom Settings > Export AutoCAD 20xx Settings / Import AutoCAD 20xx Settings.For AutoCAD versions that do not have these utilities available, see How to manually transfer AutoCAD settings. Utilities for importing and exporting AutoCAD settings are in the Start menu.For example, settings cannot be exported/imported to and from an English and German installation of AutoCAD, etc. Importing settings only works with the same language install of AutoCAD.For example, settings cannot be exported from AutoCAD and then imported into AutoCAD LT, or exported from AutoCAD Architecture and imported into AutoCAD Mechanical, etc. Importing settings does not work between different types of AutoCAD.
Instead, you can use the Migrate From a Previous Release utility for this. For example, settings cannot be exported from AutoCAD 2014 and then imported into AutoCAD 2018. Solution: The following are the procedures to export, import, and back up custom settings for both Windows and MacOS.
