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Activation and Post-Installation Tasks for Autodesk products and suites

This is one of a series of videos explaining the process for installing your Autodesk products. In this series, you will find an overview of the process of activating Autodesk products and suites, as well as other post-installation tasks.

Note: Even though the videos use the Autodesk 2012 Design Suites as an example, the concepts and procedures that you see apply to all 2012-2013 products (unless noted otherwise in the solution).

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Introduction

Activation and Registration

The first time you launch one of the Autodesk products after installation you will be prompted to activate the product. Once you've activated one suite product, you've activated all the other installed products from that suite.

Autodesk Material Libraries

The Autodesk Material Libraries are shared libraries that are installed with Autodesk products such as Inventor, AutoCAD, Revit, and 3DS Max, among others. There are changes in the Autodesk 2012 installers relating to how the medium image material library gets installed.

Note: This video only applies to Autodesk 2012 products and suites.

Installing the VBA Enabler

If you're using AutoCAD, or an AutoCAD-based vertical product, you may need to install the VBA enabler.

Uninstalling Autodesk Products

An overview of how to uninstall products and supporting utilities, order of uninstallation, and how to repair or reinstall an Autodesk product.

Closing

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  • Document Information

    Published date: 2012-Mar-13
    ID: TS16883173

     

    Applies to:
    AutoCAD® 2013
    AutoCAD® 2012
    AutoCAD® Architecture 2013
    AutoCAD® Architecture 2012
    AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2013
    AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012
    AutoCAD Design Suite Premium 2013
    Autodesk Design Suite Premium 2012
    AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2013
    Autodesk Design Suite Standard 2012
    AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2013
    Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012
    AutoCAD® Electrical 2013
    AutoCAD® Electrical 2012
    AutoCAD LT® 2013
    AutoCAD LT® 2012
    AutoCAD® Map 3D 2013
    AutoCAD® Map 3D 2012
    AutoCAD® Mechanical 2013
    AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012
    AutoCAD® MEP 2013
    AutoCAD® MEP 2012
    AutoCAD® P&ID 2013
    AutoCAD® P&ID 2012
    Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2013
    Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2012
    Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2013
    Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2012
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2014
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2013
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2012
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2014
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2013
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2012
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate 2014
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate 2013
    Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate 2012
    Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2014
    Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2013
    Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2012
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Premium 2013
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Premium 2012
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2014
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2013
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2012
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2013
    Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2012
    Autodesk® Inventor® 2013
    Autodesk® Inventor® 2012
    Autodesk® Maya® 2013
    Autodesk® Maya® 2012
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium 2014
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium 2013
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium 2012
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Standard 2014
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Standard 2013
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Standard 2012
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2014
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013
    Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2012
    Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013
    Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012
    Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2013
    Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2012
    Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2013
    Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2012
    Autodesk® Showcase™ 2013
    Autodesk® Showcase™ 2012
    Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer 2013
    Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer 2012
    Autodesk® Softimage® 2013
    Autodesk® Softimage® 2012
    Autodesk® Vault 2012