Revit 2012: Installing Extensions as part of a deployment

In order to installl your extensions as part of a deployment, you will need to perform the following steps:

1.  Create a network deployment for your Revit 2012 product.

2.  Under the AdminImage folder create a new folder called: Extensions.

3.  Copy the MSI files for the Revit Extensions like DBLink and Worksharing Monitor to the Extensions folder.

4.  Edit the deployment ini file and add the following to the very bottom

#================ REVIT Extensions ================

[DBLink]

PLATFORM=ALL

PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Revit 2012 DBLink

EXE_PATH=Extensions\AutodeskRevit2012DBLinkSetup_20110321_1152.msi

[BatchP]

PLATFORM=ALL

PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Revit 2012 Batch Printing

EXE_PATH=Extensions\BatchPrintforAutodeskRevit2012_20110323_1623.msi

[WorkShare]

PLATFORM=ALL

PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Revit 2012 Worksharing Monitor

EXE_PATH=Extensions\WorksharingMonitorforAutodeskRevit2012_20110316_1624.msi

Still in the deployment ini file, scroll back up near the top under the Revit section and modify the following line adding the three sections at the end using the same names from the Revit Extensions section already added.

POSTREQUISITE=CM2012;CMILB2012;CMILL2012;DBLINK;BATCHP;WORKSHARE

Now save the ini and try installing the deployment to a client workstation, this will install Revit and the extensions without prompting the user, and should work when pushed to the clients using something like SCCM (will not work with GPO pushes). This will not work with the REX Extensions as they install through their own Setup.exe and we can only run one Setup.exe at a time. 

Here is another helpful post:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2011/07/revit-2012-silently-install-extensions.html

Thanks to Danny Hubbard and Alison Gangler for this tip.

Epilogue

Please note that this is not a tested or not supported workflow.