Installation Supplement

A Factory Design Utilities installation supplement for Product Design & Manufacturing Collection Subscribers.

Installation

The Autodesk desktop app replaces the Autodesk Application Manager for installing products, receiving product notifications, downloading updates, and accessing learning tools. It is installed by default with all Windows-based Autodesk products. However, as an administrator you can prevent the installation of the Autodesk desktop app on workstations in your network when creating a deployment.

For more information, see Autodesk desktop app.

Licensing

When performing a stand-alone installation, you no longer provide the serial number and product code during the installation process. Instead, you enter this information when you first launch the software.

For more information about licensing Autodesk products, see Manage Licensing.

For Suite Customers

Note: You can install Product Design Suite and Factory Design Suite on the same computer. If you install the Factory Design Suite on a computer that has the Product Design Suite, the Factory Design Utilities are added to the existing Inventor installation.

Recommended guidelines:

Both suites have the same license type (both network or both standalone).
The suites are the same edition (Standard, Premium, or Ultimate). If they are not, the highest level suite must be installed first. For example, if you have the Factory Design Suite Standard Edition and the Product Design Suite Ultimate Edition, install Product Design Suite before installing Factory Design Suite.

View the documentation for earlier releases:

Standard Edition

AutoCAD Architecture
AutoCAD Mechanical
Autodesk Showcase (available for 64 bit only)
Autodesk Vault Basic

Premium Edition

Includes products in the Standard Edition

Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk 3ds Max Design
Navisworks Simulate

Ultimate Edition

Includes products in the Standard and Premium Editions

Autodesk Inventor Professional
Navisworks Manage

Note: Inventor Professional replaces Inventor, and Navisworks Manage replaces Simulate.

Autodesk ReCap and AutoCAD Raster Design are included in all editions.

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