Installation guide

To create a deployment using default settings
1 Start the AutoCAD Installation wizard.
2 On the initial page, select a language for the deployment instructions.
Click Create Deployments.
3 On the Begin Deployment page, specify the following:
■ Administrative Image Field. Enter or locate the path to the shared network
location where you want to create and store your administrative image.
Users install the program from this location.
NOTE For information on how to create a network share, see Create a
Network Share on page 41.
■ Deployment Name Field. Enter the new deployment's name. This name
is used for the shortcut from which users will install the product.
■ This is to be a: Select either 32-bit or 64-bit for your target operating
system.
Click Next.
4 On the Select the Products to Include in the Deployment page, select the
products, and language to include in your deployment. Click Next.
5 Review the Autodesk software license agreement. Click I Accept, and then
click Next.
6 On the User and Product Information page, enter your user information,
serial number, and product key. Click Next.
WARNING After you click Next, you cannot change the information entered
on the this page unless you uninstall the product.
7 On the General Deployment Settings page specify whether to
■ Create a network log file. Specify the log file’s location by entering
either a valid UNC (universal naming convention) path or a
hard-coded path on your network.
NOTE The folder that contains the network log file must be a shared
folder for which users who install the program have Change permissions.
Otherwise, successes or failures for user installations cannot be written to
the log file.
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