Autodesk Inventor Trail Version Installation Steps

While, installing the software the following points need to be remembered and chosen
appropriately

• Standard Installation – (Manual Install or Automatic Install)

• Create Deployments
• Install Tools and Utilities
• Read the Documents

Figure 01

Standard Installation – Install the product :

This section helps in installing Autodesk Inventor 2010, with following selection

• Type of Products to be installed

Figure 02

Additional information details mentioned below can be read by clicking on the link

Figure 03
 • content center libraries
• Type of viewers such as Autodesk Design Review (ADR), DWG TrueView and
Autodesk Inventor View
• What are the system requirement
• Select language for individual product ( English in most part of the world)

Now select the Country and click on I accept the Autodesk SOFTWARE LICENSE
AGREEMENT, Worldwide

A – Installation

Enter the Serial Number and Product Code followed by Name and Organization.

Note: Enter 000- 00000000 as the serial number and 00000 as the product key if you have
not yet purchased Autodesk Inventor and would like to try the tool for 30 day evaluation.
B – Installation

Now, you can select the product you wish to try since, you have not entered the product
key.
C – Installation

Now, before you install, you can CONFIGURE and select the type of License (Network /
Stand Alone), Units (mm / inch), Installation Location, Part Modification Enable,
Drawing Standard, User Profile (Inventor Installation close to Default Inventor settings or
related to AutoCAD)

A new theme option is made available, for Inventor users to select

• Cobalt Color Theme

• Amber Color Theme
D – Installation

Next > You can chose to select from Content Center Access Option

• Inventor Desktop Content

• Autodesk Vault Server

With reference to the Type of Installation, you can chose from Typical or Custom as
shown below
E – Installation

Once you are through with most of the custom installation procedure, you will be
prompted to connect to Internet to see if there are any further updates related to the
product., if any or no updates are available, you will see a screen as shown below. After
this, you are ready with installation, this process should complete within 15 – 20 minutes
on an average computer.
F – Installation

Enjoy working with Inventor 2010.

Create Deployment:

This helps in pre configuring the deployments, used to install in the client workstation,
some of the check list to be follow are

• Make sure your network, servers, and client workstations meet the system
requirements before installing Autodesk Inventor 2010
• type of license you have purchased
• Located your product serial number and product key
• Decided what language(s) you will include in your administrative image, and
what language(s) you will use for your deployment package
 • You have determined if your deployment plan involves using imaging software to
distribute your program(s) to client workstations.
• Participate in the Customer Involvement Program.
• type of installation you’ll perform—typical or custom.
• checked for service packs that might be available for your product
• set up access and participation in features like the Customer Involvement
Program, and Customer Error Reporting.

Are you making an (MSI) Administrative Image that will be used to deploy in the Client
Workstation, if so, make sure you provide necessary patches and service packs

Further make sure, your deployments are located in Shared folders for both network
license and multi-seat stand-alone methods of installation. The shared folder (network
share) is created before you run the Installation wizard and is where product deployments
are stored.

You must make sure, Read Permission is made available in the network sharing and
administrative section.

For creating Network Sharing Folder :

Create a Network Share

1. On the desktop of a network server, create a folder named Deployments.

2. Right-click the Deployments folder and click Share and Security (or Sharing).
3. In the <folder name> Properties dialog box, Sharing tab, select Share This Folder.
4. Specify a Share Name, such as Deployments, if necessary.
5. Click the Permissions button. In the Permissions dialog box make sure Full
Control is active. Click OK.In Vista, right-click the Deployments folder and then
click Share. In the Properties dialog box select Sharing and then Advanced
Sharing to share the folder. Click the Permissions button to make sure Full
Control is active. Click OK.These steps are important when creating your
deployment images.
6. Click OK or Close to close the Properties dialog box.
7. For each product you plan to install, create a subfolder in the Deployments folder.
Name each folder with the pertinent product name.

Now once you have created the necessary steps make sure, you select the Administrative
Image Location using the search option and give a name for the deployment
Figure 04

Installing Tools and Utilities:

This section is the most important one for those installing Autodesk Inventor 2010 using
Network Installation or Stand Alone Multiple License Installation

Here products such as

• Autodesk Network License Manager

• Autodesk Inventor 2010 Network License Activation Utility
• Autodesk CAD Manager Tools
• SAMreport -Lite ( Click Here ) to know more about SAM Report Lite. A version
of SAMreport called SAMreport-Lite is available to help you track network
license usage. A handy tool for Network Administrators and CAD Managers
Figure 05

Read the Documentation:

This section helps you in mastering the various key points and procedure to be followed
before installing Autodesk Inventor 2010.

The various materials available are

• Inventor Installation Guide

• Planning Your Installation
• Content Center Install Guide
• Content Center for Side-by-Side Installations of Inventor
• Stand-Alone Licensing Guide
• Network Licensing Guide
• Network Administrator’s Guide
• Inventor Network Installation Addendum
 • SAMreport-Lite User’s Guide

Enjoy working on Autodesk Inventor 2010.