Customizing Shared Preferences
To share a set of preferences including standards, the administrator should first create or edit the required standards using the Administration Tool. See the topic About the Administration Tool for details.
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It is recommended that creating shared preferences is done only by users with a good understanding of xml files/structures.
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Creating Shared Preferences
To define a set of shared preferences, follow this procedure:
1. In the Creo Illustrate options dialog add the standards required via > > .
2. Modify the global preferences according to your needs.
3. Close Creo Illustrate.
4. Navigate to %APPDATA%\ptc\Illustrate.
5. Copy user_prefs.xml and StandardFiles folder to a suitable location.
6. Rename user_prefs.xml to shared_prefs.xml
7. Edit the file shared_prefs.xml in a text editor, only keeping the relevant sections for the settings you previously modified (make sure to preserve the nested tag structure those appear in).
8. Create a zip archive of shared_prefs.xml and StandardFiles folder with a suitable name.
Using Shared Preferences
There are two methods for shared preferences:
1. Environment Variable
◦ Create an environment variable ILLUSTRATE_SHARED_PREFERENCES and for value enter path to the previously created zip file.
◦ Clear previously generated preferences (%APPDATA%\ptc\Illustrate) and launch Creo Illustrate.
2. Registry Key
◦ In the Registry Editor open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and navigate to SOFTWARE\PTC\CREO ILLUSTRATE.
◦ Create a new key with name shared_preferences
◦ On the new key create a String Value with the name file
◦ Edit the string value and for Value data enter path to the previously created zip file.
◦ Close Registry Editor
◦ Clear previously generated preferences (%APPDATA%\ptc\Illustrate) and launch Creo Illustrate.
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Include the name of zip file while adding the path to the environmental variable/registry key.
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