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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Installation Process
- Stand-Alone Installation
- Network Administration and Deployment
- Installation Questions
- General Installation Questions
- What if I have lost my serial number or product key?
- Why do I need to activate a product after installation?
- Can I install Autodesk products from a website?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or network to stand-alone?
- Where can I find product license information after installation?
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- How do I change which exporter plugins are installed?
- Deployment and Networking Questions
- Where should deployments be located?
- When should I select all products for the administrative image, and can I add products later?
- Where can I check if service packs are available for my software?
- How do I choose between 32-bit and 64-bit deployments?
- Where do I find my server name?
- What is an administrative image (MSI) file?
- How do I extract an MSP file?
- How should I configure a network license server for a firewall
- Licensing Questions
- Uninstall and Maintenance Questions
- How can I see what is included in a default installation?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- How do I install tools and utilities after installing my product?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing it?
- Do I need the original media to reinstall my product?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Questions
- Glossary
- Index
NOTE The network log file must be in a shared folder where users of the
deployment have read-write access. Otherwise, log data for user
installations cannot be written to the log file. For more information
regarding log files, refer to
Specify Log File Locations (page 32).
5 Click Next.
6 On the Product Information page, use the Product Language
drop-down if required (see
Change Deployment Language (page 34)).
7 Select a
License Type (page 25) and enter your Serial Number and
Product Key. If the data is valid, green check marks appear. Click Next.
8 Review the Autodesk software license agreement for your country or
region. You must accept this agreement to proceed with the installation.
Choose your country or region, click I Accept, and then click Next.
NOTE If you do not agree to the terms of the license and want to terminate
the installation, click Cancel.
9 On the Configure Deployment page, select the products to deploy.
10 If you need to configure settings for a product, click the product name
to open the configuration panel, where you can review and change
settings. See Configure Individual Products for Deployment (page 35).
NOTE The configuration settings you choose apply to every instance of the
product installed from the deployment. After the deployment is created,
these settings can be changed only by modifying the deployment.
Click the product name to close the configuration panel.
11 Click Create.
After the deployment is created, the Deployment Configuration
Complete page opens, presenting useful paths to the new deployment
and a link for registering products online.
12 After you have finished using this screen, click Finish.
Modify a Deployment
After a deployment is created, it may be necessary to modify the deployment
for some client workstations.
Inside each deployment folder is a Tools folder that contains a shortcut (.LNK
file) named Create & Modify a Deployment. You can use this shortcut to
■ Create a new deployment configuration
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