Bricscad user files

In Bricscad the preferences of each user are stored in specific folders, which are called the Local root folder and the Roamable root folder.

The Local root folder contains the Template folder, where the drawing templates are saved.

The Roamable root folder contains three subfolders:

• plotconfig: where the plotter configuration files (*.pc3) are saved

• plotstyles: where the plot style table files (*.stb) and plot color table files (*.ctb) are saved

• support: where the hatch pattern files (*.pat), line style files (*.lin), alias files (*.pgp), unit files (*.unt), custom user interface files (*.cui), etc. are saved.

The Bricscad user file manager

When you install an update of the software, the first time you launch Bricscad after the update, the content of the User Data Cache folder (C:\Program Files\Bricsys\Bricscad\UserDataCache) is compared with the content of the Local root folder and the Roamable root folder of the current user. If you have customized the files in these folders and if one or more of the corresponding files in the User Data Cache folder are more recent, the Bricscad user file manager is launched asking you whether to keep your files or to overwrite your files with the updated files.

1. Do one of the following:

2. Select a file in the file list, then click the Yes button to overwrite or click the No button to keep your file.
   Repeat this procedure for each file in the list.

3. Click the Yes to all button to replace all your files with the more recent files from Bricscad.

4. Click the Stop Copying button to keep all your files.

2. If you have decided not to update one or more files, an alert window displays.
   Do one of the following:

3. Click the Yes button if you want to update one of these files later.
   In this case this procedure is restarted the next time you start Bricscad.

4. Click the No button if you don't want to be reminded.