User Guide

Contents

Chapter 1 Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Understanding Administrative Permission Requirements . . . . . . 5

Locating Your Serial Number and Product Key . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Avoiding Data Loss During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Choosing a Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Configure Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Migrating Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing Multiple or Bundled Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing and Running the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Launch AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Add or Remove Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Reinstall or Repair AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Uninstall AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installing Design Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chapter 2 Migrating and Customizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Migrate Custom Settings and Files from Previous Releases . . . . . . . . 25

Migrate Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

View the Migration Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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