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Building Design Suite Premium/Ultimate 2014 + AutoCAD 2014 + Windows XP

If you look at the 2014 System Requirements for Suites here:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=16490792

You will notice that Windows XP 32 bit is only supported in the Building Design Suite Standard 2014.

What happens if you need AutoCAD 2014 on XP and you own Building Design Suite Premium/Ultimate 2014?  

The USB Media and the installers provided are 64 bit only so you will need to download AutoCAD 2014 32 bit via our Virtual Agent (step 3) to install it:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/01/quick-start-downloads.html

Then use using the correct the Product Key for the Premium or Ultimate Suite to complete the installation.

AutoCAD 2012 license cascading issue with Building Design Suite Premium/Ultimate.

Please note that Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard / Premium / Ultimate 2012, 2013 and 2014 doesn’t license AutoCAD 2012 installed with 001D1 product key.

For more information please visit the link below.

Autodesk Suites: Building Design Suite Premium/Ultimate 2012 doesn't license AutoCAD 2012

 

AutoCAD Family 2014: Hacking the registry to change the license from Standalone to Network

It is exactly the same as the steps noted here:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/04/autocad-family-2013-hacking-the-registry-to-change-the-license-from-standalone-to-network.html

I have included an image of the Registry location for your reference:

Just a note, one of the tools we use to test installing our software is VMWARE Workstation.  It is not certified to run any of our Autodesk products but it's a good way test a basic install of our products and to confirm if customizations in deployments do indeed work.

Where is Moldflow Design Link 2014?

It is now included with Moldflow Synergy 2014 and Moldflow Adviser 2014. It is basically free. Thanks to Justin Courter for confirming this tip.

If you plan on using Moldflow 2013, make sure that you have a Design Link 2013 license.  You can easily check your license file via the license parser.

Reference

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/05/autodesk-moldflow-2013-design-link-licenses-are-not-working.html

Epilogue

This is the shortest blog post I have ever written.

Epilogue II

Please check out Moldflow Teams'blog site for more info:

http://autodesk.typepad.com/beyondmoldflowinsight/2013/04/autodesk-simulation-moldflow-design-link-moving-forward.html

Autodesk Simulation CFD 2014: -5 Error and the missing Design Study Environment

For Simulation CFD 2014 users, please wait a bit before using and downloading it from the Subcription Center.  The Front Desk team has alerted us that not all the licenses have been ported over to the customer database yet.

Reference

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/03/autodesk-simulation-cfd-2013-5-error-and-the-missing-design-study-environment-.html

Thanks to Alison Gangler and the CFD team for alerting us of the issue.

 

Moldflow Ultimate 2014: Downloading for Standard, Premium & Ultimate

We have been getting some calls for Moldflow Ultimate download.  It is confusing but the Moldflow Advisor/Insight/Synergy Ultimate 2014 is listed in the Subscription Center is the same.exe used for to install the entire Moldflow family of products. Basically, the license and product key will determine the product level you can install and run. i.e. Standard, Premium or  Ultimate.

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS21481916

Reference

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/01/quick-start-downloads.html

Revit 2013 Hotfix Available for .NET 4.5 Contextual Tab Behavior

Revit 2013 – Incorrect Result

Revit 2013 – Expected Result

Please check out the Revit Clinic for more info regarding a fix for Revit 2012 with .NET 4.5:

http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/03/revit-2012-hotfix-available-for-net-45-contextual-tab-behavior.html

Revit 2013 License Transfer Utility [LTU] will not start

If you install Revit 2013 as a Standalone version.  You can't run License Transfer Utility [LTU] to transfer the license back to Autodesk.  It is unresponsive and has no 'error' messages.

The solution is to edit the License Transfer Utility Shortcut.

INCORRECT:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdLM\R5\LTU.exe" 829E1 2013.0.0.F

CORRECT

StandAlone Command Parameters
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdLM\R5\LTU.exe" 829E1 2013.0.0.F -d SA -l en-US

MultiSeat StandAlone Command Parameters
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdLM\R5\LTU.exe" 829E1 2013.0.0.F -d MSSA -l en-US

I have included a video of the workflow as well.

Video:   Fix Revit-2013-LTU

Thanks to Matt Bhame for confirming that this fixed the issue.

Reference

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=GS18221949

AutoCAD 2012 + Revit Architecture 2012 will use 2 licenses with a Building Design Suite 2013 license

For customers that had a Revit Architecure Suite on an active contract on December 14, 2012, Autodesk gave you a *free upgrade to the Building Design Suite 2013.   

One issue that was reported into Product Support is how it affects Suite licensing. In theory, if you are going to run AutoCAD 2012 & Revit Architecture 2012 at the same time, it should only use 1 license of the Building Design Suite 2013 license. In reality, it will use up 2 licenses!

I actually installed AutoCAD 2012 and Revit Archecture 2012 on the same computer.  I then, generated one Building Design Suite 2013 license and when I launched the second product and there was a -4 error which means that there is not enough licenses available on the license server.

The workaround is to basically keep the Revit Architecture Suite 2013 license as well as the Building Design Suite 2013 license on the license server.

A really good example & reference post on previous usage is below:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2011/11/general-licensing-subscription-suite-and-previous-version-licensing-support.html

Thanks to Brian Parish for confirm that this solution worked.

Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2013 will not activate

We had an interesting case come into Product Support, when launching Map Server (Standalone), the following error would come up:

The remote server returned an error: (559) MgInvalidLicenseException.
at Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.Comm.RequestManager.CreateSession()
at Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.Comm.RequestManager.InitializeSession()
at Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.SiteManager.InitializeRequestManager(String siteString, NetworkCredential credential, RequestManager rm, String& siteVersion, Exception& unKnownError)

To resolve this issue, we just needed to add autodesk.com and google.com to Internet Explorer's security settings.  It is very similar to this issue and workaround noted below:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/12/register-today-two-radio-buttons-ie-security-settings.html

Reference

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-MapGuide-Enterprise/The-remote-server-returned-an-error-559/td-p/3666622

 Thanks to Leonardo Parra for sharing this tip with the community.