Applies to: ZWCAD 2015; ZWCAD 2017


Note: You can know the language of ZWCAD by reading the file ZWCAD.ini in ZWCAD installation directory. For example, if LocaleId is 1033, then the register path would be [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZWSoft\ZWCAD\2012\en-US]. The relationship between LocaleId and the symbol (for example, en-US) is also defined in ZWCAD.ini.


(Let’s assume that you are using English version and the profile is “Default”)

  • If you want to get the installation path of ZWCAD:

    > For 64bits Windows:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ZWSOFT\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Location (for 64bits Windows

    > For 32bits Windows:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ZWSOFT\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Location


  • If you want to switch the UI between classic and ribbon:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZWSoft\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Profiles\Default\Config\Ribbon

    Note: 1) 1 means ribbon UI, and 0 means classic UI.

              2) The type of Ribbon key is 32bits DWORD. If there is not one at the beginning, you can create it by yourself.


  • If you want to know the name of current profile:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZWSoft\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Profiles


  • If you want to read or modify the support path:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZWSoft\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Profiles\Default\Config\ZWCAD


  • Other important keys:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZWSoft\ZWCAD\2012\en-US\Profiles\Default\Config