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
a new release of an AutoCAD product. You can download the migration tools
in several languages from the Autodesk website.
NOTE Because these are public tools, product support for them is limited to the
Autodesk discussion groups.
The migration tools are as follows:
■ DWG TrueView 2011. You can view, plot, and convert any AutoCAD
product or an AutoCAD product-based drawing file for compatibility with
the current AutoCAD drawing file formats.
■ ScriptPro. Using ScriptPro, you can apply a set of commands to multiple
drawings by specifying a script file and the list of drawings to which you
want to apply the script.
■ AutoLISP Compatibility Analyzer. Details AutoCAD compatibility issues
found in AutoLISP files and the accompanying menu (MNL) files. When
a compatibility issue is found, the tool provides an explanation of the issue
and suggestions on how to correct it.
Customize AutoCAD with Initial Setup
With Initial Setup you can perform some basic customization of AutoCAD.
You respond to a series of questions that are used to gather information about
specific features and settings in AutoCAD. You specify which industry best
describes your work, add task-based tools to your default workspace, and
specify the drawing template you want to use when creating a new drawing.
Select an Industry
When Initial Setup is displayed, you are prompted to select an industry. Select
one of the listed industries that is closest to the type of work that best describes
the drawings you create. The following features and settings in AutoCAD and
Initial Setup are affected by the industry you select:
■ Content Search. Used as part of a generated query to find content from
Autodesk Seek.
■ Partner product search. Used as part of a generated query that is sent to
the Autodesk Partner Products website to find relevant third-party utilities
that might be beneficial to your work.
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