You have created a deployment for the Building Design Suite 2013 and when you try to modify the deployment using this method:
Create & modify a deployment > Create a new deployment configuration using an existing configuration as a template
You will get this error:
The copy functions cannot be used.
At this time the only solution is to re-create the deployment with the updated changes. This issue has been reported to the Building Design Suite QA team.
Just a quick note for Autodesk Simulation CFD 2013 customers, you can purchase an a la carte license to connect to:
In the Subscription Center > Downloads area, you will only need to download Autodesk Simulation CFD once!
In this example, Autodesk Simulation CFD Connection for Parasold and Pro/Engineer are exactly the same. Autodesk Simulation CFD has all the Connection "plug-ins" installed at the same time and the license will allow you to connect to the other vendors as necessary. The downloads in the Subscription Center must have a download for each of your purchased items but because download for Autodesk Simulation CFD is all inclusive, it is not necessary to download all the other Connection "plug-ins".
When attempting to create a deployment for Simulatin CFD 2013, you wil get the following error:
The copy functions cannot be used.
Failed to copy the following files:
C:\Autodesk\Simulation_CFD_2013_Multilingual_Win_64bit\msi
to
\\path\of\deployment\AdminImage
NOTE: The 'msi' folder does not exist and you can still install the software using the Install on this Computer option.
Please download the following script [ SimCFD2013_Deployment.zip]:
1. Setup a host machine which has a shared folder of the installation kit.
2. Edit the batch file to point to Setup.exe on the shared folder, network settings, serial number, etc
3. Execute batch script on client machine --> Installs 3rdParty, Fusion, and SimCFD2013 silently with progress bar.
Thanks to Royce Abel and the CFD team for providing this workaround.
If you get this error when running AutoCAD 2013 or AutoCAD 2012 on Windows 7, please check out the workaround below:
Configuration file may be locked by another process or have been set Read Only (.cfg, .bak).
File: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013\acad2013.cfg
Please correct this problem and press Retry or press Cancel to exit the application
Video: Acad2013.cfg Error
If you create a deployment and select the Support Content to go in: Program Install Folder, you will get the error message above.
Video: Autocad-2013-deployment-error
Windows 7 will not allow the writing of files in the Program Files folder. The config file cannot be written there. The result is an error message and AutoCAD crashing upon launch. This is not a problem for Windows XP.
Legacy AutoCAD CAD Managers have typically deployed the Support Content to the Program install folder. With Windows 7, User Access Control [UAC] will block the proper installation and configuration of AutoCAD. This error will still happen if you attempt to run AutoCAD in an Administrator account.
NOTE: You need to use the default setting: User local profile folders and the installation of AutocAD 2012/2013 via a deployment will work as expected.
If you have a license file that is really long, you will notice that there is a limit on how much can be displayed when doing a Perform Status Enquiry. Please check out these 2 workarounds:
1. Use the Individual Feature Option in lmtools.exe
A. Use www.licenseparser.com to check the license and to search for the Feature Code to use in lmtools.exe.
B. In lmtools.exe > Server Status Tab, before you click on the Perform Status Enquiry button, enter the Feature Code in the Individual Feature Option.
Video: Lmtools-feature-only
2. Go old school and do it via Command Prompt. The basic syntax is:
"C:\Program Files\Autodesk Network License Manager\lmutil.exe" lmstat -a -c "C:\path\of\license\file\sample.lic" > C:\results.txt
In this video demo, I dragged the lmutil.exe and the license file [-t1.lic-] into the command prompt because I hate typing:
Video: Lmtools-command-line
We recently got a case that came into Product Support in which Inventor 2013 was hanging at the splash screen on Windows 7/XP. The culprit was a Microsoft KB2633171. Once you uninstall the update, the software would function properly.
It was a bit of luck to solve the problem. Basically, we had to find out the last working day the Autodesk software ran and then we checked for programs and updates that were installed on that day.
If you google KB2633171, you will notice some interesting effects of this KB patch.
Thanks to Jeffry Asbury for sharing this tip with the community.
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