Prerequisites for Autodesk Products

Some Autodesk products require additional components in order for the Autodesk product to run fully. These components are installed at the same time you install the Autodesk product and must remain on your system for the Autodesk product to run properly.

The following is a list of components that are required for one or more of the following Autodesk products, as noted in the 'Prerequisite name' field below: Inventor, Inventor LT, Product Design Suite Standard (PrDS Standard), Product Design Suite Premium (PrDS Premium), Product Design Suite Ultimate (PrDS Ultimate), Inventor LT Suite, Inventor View, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, and Vault.

Note: The Product Name of the component will display in Windows Add/Remove Programs Settings Control dialog box after installing the corresponding Autodesk product. Removal of a required component will prevent your Autodesk product from running properly.

  INVENTOR (Standalone) INVENTOR LT

(Standalone)

PrDS STANDARD PrDS PREMIUM PrDS ULTIMATE INVENTOR LT SUITE
VCREDIST2008SP1X64 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2008SP1X86 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2005SP1ATLX86 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2005SP1ATLX64 x x x x x x
DOTNET35SP1 x x x x x x
DOTNET45 x x x x x x
DOTNET45LANG x x x x x x
VBA x x x x x x
VBALANG x x x x x x
DIRECTX x x x x x x
MSXML6 x x x x x x
WMF95X64 x x x x x x
WMF90X86 x x x x x x
WSE30     x x x  
CM2014 x x x x x x
CMILB2014 x x x x x x
CMILL2014 x   x x x  
CMILM2014       x x  
FaroSDK x   x x x  
KB971138 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2010SP1X64 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2010SP1X86 x x x x x x
VCREDIST2010SP1X64  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor-View, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable (x64)
Platform x64
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended. -64-bit support: 64-bit CPU support requires the latest 64-bit version of either Windows XP Professional \ Windows Server 2003. This package is designed for the supported 64-bit Operating System
Execution Command [media]\3rdParty\x64\VCRedist\2010SP1\vcredist_x64.exe /q /l *v \vcredist_x64_2010.log
VCREDIST2010SP1X86  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor-View, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate , Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable (x86)
Platform x86
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended.
Execution Command [media]\3rdParty\x86\VCRedist\2010SP1\vcredist_x64.exe /q /l *v \vcredist_x86_2010.log
VCREDIST2008SP1X64  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor-View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, AutoCAD Electrical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor Lt Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x64) 9.0.30729.6161
Platform x64
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended. -64-bit support: 64-bit CPU support requires the latest 64-bit version of either Windows XP Professional \ Windows Server 2003. This package is designed for the supported 64-bit Operating System
Execution Command

[media]\3rdParty\x64\VCRedist\2008SP1\vcredist_x64.exe /q /l *v \vcredist_x64_2008.log

VCREDIST2008SP1X86  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor-View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor Lt Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x86) 9.0.30729.6161
Platform x86
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended.
Execution Command [media]\3rdParty\x86\VCRedist\2008SP1\vcredist_x86.exe /q /l *v \vcredist_x86_2008.log
VCREDIST2005SP1ATLX86  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable ATL Security Update (x86)
Platform x86
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended.
Execution Command [media]\ 3rdParty\x86\VCRedist\2005SP1ATL\vcredist_x86.exe/q /l *v \vcredist_x86_2005.log
VCREDIST2005SP1ATLX64  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable ATL Security Update (x64)
Platform x64
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Software Requirements Windows Installer 3.0/Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended.
Execution Command [media]\ 3rdParty\x64\VCRedist\2005SP1ATL\vcredist_x64.exe/q /l *v \vcredist_x64_2005.log
DOTNET35SP1  
Prerequisite for Inventor, PrDS Ultimate, PrDS Premium, PrDS Standard , AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor LT Suite
Platform All
Prerequisites

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 x86

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x64

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x86

Execution Command

X86 and X64

[media]\3rdParty\NET\35SP1\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx35setup.exe /q /lang:ENU /norestart

DOTNET 4  
Prerequisite for Inventor View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name NET Framework Runtime 4.0
Platform All
Prerequisites

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 x86

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x64

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x86

Execution Command [media]\3rdParty\NET\4\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /lang:ENU /norestart
Execution Languages

ENU (English United States)

CHS (Simplified Chinese)

CHT (Chinese- Taiwan)

DEU (Dutch)

ESN (Spanish)

FRA (French)

ITA (Italian)

JPN (Japanese)

KOR (Korean)

DOTNET4LANG  
Prerequisite for Inventor View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name .NET Framework Runtime 4.0 Language Pack
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 7, Windows XP Service Pack 2
Execution Languages

1036;1040;1031;1034;1046;1041;1042;2052;1028;1029;1038;1045;1049

Chinese (Traditional):1028

Chinese (Simplified) :2052

German:1031

French :1036

Italian:1040

Japanese:1041

Korean:1042

Spanish:3082

Portuguese - Brazil : 1046

Czech : 1029

Hungarian : 1038

Polish - Poland 1045

Russian - Russia

: 1049

Execution Command

FORMAT:

3rdParty\NET\4\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx40LP_Full_x86_x64_%lang%.exe

EXAMPLE: 1028: 3rdParty\NET\4\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx40LP_Full_x86_x64_1028.exe

DOTNET 4.5  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor LT, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name NET Framework Runtime 4.5
Platform All
Prerequisites

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 x86

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x64

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x86

Execution Command [media]\3rdParty\NET\45\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe /q /lang:ENU /norestart
Execution Languages

ENU (English United States)

CHS (Simplified Chinese)

CHT (Chinese- Taiwan)

DEU (Dutch)

ESN (Spanish)

FRA (French)

ITA (Italian)

JPN (Japanese)

KOR (Korean)

DOTNET4.5LANG  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor LT, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name .NET Framework Runtime 4.5 Language Pack
Supporting Operating Systems Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1(x64)
Execution Languages

1036;1040;1031;1034;1046;1041;1042;2052;1028;1029;1038;1045;1049

Chinese (Traditional):1028

Chinese (Simplified) :2052

German:1031

French :1036

Italian:1040

Japanese:1041

Korean:1042

Spanish:3082

Portuguese - Brazil : 1046

Czech : 1029

Hungarian : 1038

Polish - Poland 1045

Russian - Russia

: 1049

Execution Command

FORMAT:

3rdParty\NET\45\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx45LP_Full_x86_x64_%lang%.exe

EXAMPLE: 1028: 3rdParty\NET\45\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx45LP_Full_x86_x64_1028.exe

VBA  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor LT, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name VBA Runtime
Supporting Operating Systems Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2
Execution Command Msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\Platform\VBA\vba7.msi /qb
VBALANG  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor LT, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name VBA Runtime Language Pack
Supporting Operating Systems Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2
Execution Languages 2052,1028,1031,3082,1036,1040,1041,1042,1043,1046,1053

Default 1033

Chinese (Traditional):1028

Chinese (Simplified) :2052

English:1033

French :1036

German:1031

Italian:1040

Japanese:1041

Korean:1042

Spanish:3082

Execution Commands
  • X86 :

FORMAT: msiexec/i [media]\ 3rdParty\Platform\VBA\vba7%lang%.msi

EXAMPLE (Default): 1033: msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\x86\VBA\vba7.msi

EXAMPLE2: 1028: msiexec/i [media]\ 3rdParty\x86\VBA\vba71028.msi

  • X64 :

FORMAT: msiexec/i [media]\ 3rdParty\VBA\vba7%lang%.msi

EXAMPLE (Default): 1033: msiexec/i [media]\ 3rdParty\x64\VBA\vba7.msi

EXAMPLE2: 1042: msiexec/i [media]\ 3rdParty\x64\VBA\vba71042.msi

DIRECTX  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name DirectX 9.0 Runtimes
Execution Command [media]\ 3rdParty\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe
MSXML 6  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Inventor View, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name MSXML 6
Platform Native x86 - x64
Execution Command x86

msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\x86\msxml6\msxml6.msi /qb

x64

msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\x64\msxml6\msxml6_x64.msi /qb

WMF95x64  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor Lt Suite
Product Name Windows Media Format 9.5
Platform x64
Execution Command

[media]\ 3rdParty\x64\wmf\95\wmfdist64.exe/q

WMF90x86  
Prerequisite for Inventor, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate
Product Name Microsoft Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime
Platform x86
Execution Command

X86:

[media]\3rdParty\x86\wmf\9\wmfdist.exe /q:a

WSE30  
Prerequisite for Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate
Product Name Microsoft WSE 3.0 Runtime
Platform Native x86 - x64
Execution Command msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\x86\wse30\Microsoft WSE 3.0 Runtime.msi /qb
CM2014  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor Lt Suite
Product Name Autodesk Material Library
Platform ALL
Execution Command msiexec/i [media] \ Content\ADSKMaterials\2014\CM\MaterialLibrary2014.msi /q
CMILB2014  
Prerequisite for Inventor, Inventor-LT, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Autodesk Material Library Base Resolution Image Library
Platform ALL
Execution Command msiexec/i [media]\Content\ADSKMaterials\2014\ILB\BaseImageLibrary2014.msi /q
CMILM2014  
Prerequisite for AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate
Product Name Autodesk Material Library Medium Resolution Image Library
Platform ALL
Execution Command msiexec/i [media]\Content\ADSKMaterials\2014\ILM\MediumImageLibrary2014.msi /q
CMILL2014  
Prerequisite for Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate, Inventor LT Suite
Product Name Autodesk Material Library - Low Resolution
Platform ALL
Execution Command msiexec/i [media]\Content\ADSKMaterials\2014\ILL\ LowImageLibrary2014.msi /q
FaroSDK  
Prerequisite for Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, PrDS Standard, PrDS Premium, PrDS Ultimate
Product Name FaroSDK
Platform x86 - x64
Execution Command msiexec/i [media]\3rdParty\FaroSDK\faro_ls.msi