Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Stand-Alone Installation
- Migrating and Customizing
- Migrate Custom Settings and Files from Previous Releases
- Customize AutoCAD with Initial Setup
- Export and Import Custom Settings from the Same Release
- Migrating and Customizing Issues
- What are the benefits of identifying my industry?
- How is this information being used?
- What happens if I skip or cancel Initial Setup?
- What are the benefits of selecting task-based tools?
- What is a workspace?
- How do I make changes to a workspace at a later time?
- What is a drawing template file?
- How do I modify drawing templates at a later time?
- What are the benefits of customizing AutoCAD?
- Network Administration and Deployment
- Preparing a Deployment
- Setting Up and Creating a Deployment
- Prepare for a Network Deployment
- Configure Individual Products
- Your Deployment Choices
- Enter User and Product Information
- Creating Log Files
- What Is Silent Mode?
- Select a License Type (Optional)
- Select the Installation Type (Optional)
- Select Installation Folders for Support Content
- Define Search Paths and File Locations (Optional)
- Install Additional Files (Optional)
- Specify User Preferences (Optional)
- Include Service Packs (Optional)
- Configure InfoCenter Communication Center (Optional)
- Allow Users to Access Online Resources (Optional)
- Create a Default Deployment
- Create a Custom Deployment
- Modify a Deployment (Optional)
- Point Users to the Administrative Image
- Distributing an Autodesk Program
- Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- What is the text editor used for?
- What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a network license?
- What is the benefit of using a network licensed version of the software?
- What features get installed during a Typical or Custom installation?
- How do I access my product documentation?
- What is SAMreport-Lite?
- Deployment Issues
- Is there a checklist I can refer to when performing a deployment?
- Where should deployments be located?
- What are the default search paths and file location settings?
- How will changing the support file locations affect my search paths?
- Along with defining search paths and file location, can files be added?
- Where can I check if service packs are available for my software?
- How do I extract an MSP file?
- Can Online Resource settings be modified later?
- Where can I learn about InfoCenter?
- What are information channels?
- What are the benefits to enabling CAD Manager Channels?
- What are RSS feeds and how do they benefit my installation?
- Where can I learn about InfoCenter search locations?
- How do I set or customize search locations?
- Networking Issues
- When installing tools and utilities, which selections are applicable for a multi-seat stand-alone installation?
- When installing tools and utilities, which selections are applicable for a stand-alone installation?
- Where do I find my server name?
- When specifying user workstation settings, I am given the option to specify a profile. What are profiles?
- Can I create custom desktop shortcuts?
- What happens when you choose to append or merge service packs?
- What is an administrative image (MSI) file?
- What is the impact of selecting all products for the administrative image, and can I add products later?
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features get installed by default?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair?
- Do I need my original disc(s) to reinstall my product?
- After repairing my installation, is it possible to recover my settings?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Issues
- Glossary
- Index
Index
A
activating programs 11
administrative images
defined 109
shortcuts to 71
system requirements 39
administrator permission requirements
stand-alone installation 5
Adobe Flash Player 4
advertising deployments 80
aliases
migrating 20
anti-virus software 6
applications
anti-virus software 6
closing during installation 6
uninstalling 15, 110
assigning deployments 80, 82
Autodesk Channels 61, 106
Autodesk Design Review
installing 16
viewing DWFs 16
Autodesk Material Libraries 17
Autodesk products
versions of 19
Autodesk Subscription 63
AutoLISP Compatibility Analyzer 26
B
browsers 1
bundled products 15
C
CAD Manager Channel 61, 106
CER (Customer Error Reporting) 64
cleaning
hard drives 95
client log files 47
client workstations
assigning deployments 80, 82
imaging software deployments 93
repairing installations 95
system requirements 39
verifying deployments 88
communication protocols 40
computers 1, 39
Configure button 44
configured deployments 67
Content Search 26
converting
menu files to CUI format 20
CUI (customization) files 20
CUIx files 20
custom settings
exporting to other systems 30, 32
importing migration packages 30,
33
migrating from previous releases 7,
19
restoring default settings 25
Customer Error Reporting (CER) 64
customization files (CUI)
converting older menu files to 20
migrating older menu files to 20
customized deployments 44, 67
customizing
benefits of 37
Initial Setup 26
installation 13
issues 34
migrating older customization
files 19
migration packages 30
restoring default settings 25
templates 26
tips 34
workspaces 26
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