Fiddlehead Cycle
Hey Brent
Whenever I upgrade to the latest version of BikeCAD (which I've only done two or three times total), I lose all my saved components, templates, etc...
I solve this by copying all the files from BikeCAD_XX.X_configuration folder and pasting them in the new version.
Is there a more formal way to do this migration? If not, can I request this as a feature? I'd love the option to simply import settings, component library, and templates from the previously installed version.
Thanks!
Justin
Migrating settings to new versions
What you've done there is acceptable. There's a video that touches on the very small reasons you may want to go about it differently at:bikecad.ca/configuration.
In an earlier video, I explain what all the different configuration files are for:bikecad.ca/updating_bikecad_pro.
I also explain that not everyone necessarily needs to do anything to manage configuration files in a video at:bikecad.ca/updating_bikecad_pro_simply.
I will consider ways I can make managing these files even easier in a future update.
Oh cool, I hadn't found these
Oh cool, I hadn't found these videos. This comment from the first link describes me exactly:
It's clever to just rename the folder. And I had noticed that the new version asks me to import things to my library when I open a model with a custom component in it (though my default had been to click no to this dialog, for no good reason).
I think I'll keep my current process of copying the files over to the new directory - this way if you add new components, I'll still get them, and I still keep my dimension templates. It's not such a bad experience. :)