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
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imaging software deployments 93
importing
custom settings from migration
packages 30, 33
industries 26, 35
InfoCenter Communication Center 61
Initial Setup 26, 35
installation
adding or removing features 13
additional files 56
advertising deployments 80
Autodesk Design Review 16
Configure button 44
customizing 44
group policies 80
imaging software 93
Initial Setup 26
Installation wizard 7
materials libraries 17
multiple or bundled products 15
network deployment 42–43, 46
networking issues 107
preparing for 1
registration and activation 11
reinstalling 110
repairing damaged installations 14,
95, 110
restoring operating systems 95
scripts 73
serial numbers 5
service packs 59
side-by-side 19
software deployments 42–43, 46,
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stand-alone installation 1, 7
starting 12
switches and flags 79
system requirements 1
troubleshooting 97
types of 40, 51
typical 99
uninstalling 15, 110
verifying deployments 88
Installation wizard 7
interface
migrating custom settings for 20
Internet
program registration and
activation 11
Internet Explorer (Microsoft) 1
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languages
selecting during installation 6
legacy menu files 20
libraries 17
license servers
configuring 42
specifying 49
system requirements 39
types of 41
licenses
license servers 41
license types 48, 98
limited user rights 13
LIN files (linetype library) 20
linetypes
migrating to new releases 19–20
Live Updates 61
log files
creating 47
migration log files 24
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mailing registration information 12
maintenance issues 110
master images 93–95
master systems 95
materials libraries 17
memory (RAM)
system requirements 1
menus
migrating to new releases 20
Microsoft Installer files (MSI) 109
Microsoft Installer Patch files 59, 105
Microsoft Internet Explorer 1
Microsoft System Center Configuration
Manager 89–90
Index | 119