Showcase Installation Supplement

This topic describes important information on installing and setting up Autodesk Showcase.

For last-minute news and information on Showcase installation and other important issues, see the Showcase Readme at http://www.autodesk.com/showcase-readme-2015-enu.

Install Showcase Professional

The process to install and use a Showcase Professional license varies depending on your circumstance, as described here. You may need to first install Showcase using a standard (that is, not Professional) license. In some cases, you may need to download and run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility. The Showcase Professional Licensing Utility can be downloaded from knowledge.autodesk.com. These procedures apply to both suite and standalone versions of standard Showcase.

If you have a Showcase license that came with the Showcase DVD, and you have a license server that hosts Professional licenses:

1. Run the Showcase installation DVD and enter the standard Showcase product key when prompted.
2. Run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility and enter the Showcase Professional network product key when prompted.

If you do not have a license from a Showcase DVD, and your license server hosts both Professional and standard Showcase licenses:

1. Run the Showcase installer and enter the network Showcase standard product key when prompted.
2. Run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility and enter the network Showcase Professional product key when prompted.

If you do not have a license from a Showcase DVD, and if your license server hosts Showcase Professional licenses but not standard Showcase licenses:

• Run the Showcase installer and enter the network Showcase Professional product key when prompted.
Note: Check with your license server administrator to make sure the server does not host standard Showcase licenses.

If you have both standard and Professional Showcase DVD licenses (no license servers)

1. Run the Showcase installation DVD and enter the standard Showcase product key when prompted.
2. Run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility and enter the Showcase Professional standalone product key when prompted.

If you have a Showcase Professional license from a DVD, and you have a license server that hosts standard Showcase licenses

1. Run the Showcase installation DVD and enter the network Showcase standard product key when prompted.
2. Run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility and enter the Showcase Professional standalone product key when prompted.

If you installed Showcase Professional as part of Autodesk Education Master Suite

You do not need to run the Showcase Professional Licensing Utility, but you need to edit the Showcase shortcut as follows.

1. Locate the Showcase shortcut on the Start menu. For example, Start > Programs > Autodesk > suite_name > Showcase 2015 64-bit > Showcase 2015 (64-bit).
2. Right-click the Showcase shortcut and select Properties.
3. In the Target box, append the following text to the Showcase path: -li professional --

   So, for example, instead of:

   "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Showcase 2015\bin\Showcase.exe"

   The path is now:

   "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Showcase 2015\bin\Showcase.exe" -li professional --

4. Optional: click the General tab and change the name of the shortcut; for example you could change it from Showcase 2014 (64-bit) to Showcase Professional 2015 (64-bit).
5. Close the shortcut properties dialog box.