| Topic | Question | Answer |
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Trial |
"How do I start a trial?" |
After launching Netfabb for the first time after installation, choose Enter a Serial Number. On the next pages you will have a Run button to start the trial. |
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Trial of Simulation |
"When trialling the Simulation Utility, I am told the Local Solver cannot be found." |
The Local Solver, or Autodesk® Netfabb® Local Simulation, is a separate product that is not included in the trial. Please contact Sales to learn about trialling Local Simulation. |
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Simulation |
"Where is Simulation Utility?" |
Autodesk® Simulation Utility for Netfabb® has been added back to the Premium subscription. |
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Simulation |
"Where is solving on the cloud using Simulation Utility?" |
Cloud simulation was terminated and is no longer available. Using Netfabb Ultimate, you get a local solver installed that can perform solving on your own hardware and has limitations as to how detailed and how large a simulation you can run. Solving that is not limited like this is included in the separate product Autodesk® Netfabb® Local Simulation. |
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Netfabb Basic |
"How do I get Netfabb Basic?" |
The free Autodesk® Netfabb® is included in the Netfabb installer for any subscription. If you have Netfabb installed and activated, or installed and begun a trial,
If you have installed Netfabb but have not launched it yet after installation,
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Installation path |
"Netfabb does not install into requested directory, but creates a named subdirectory, Netfabb Standard/Premium/Ultimate […]." |
This is mandated by Autodesk standard installers and cannot be changed. |
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System requirements |
"What are the System Requirements for installing Netfabb?" |
Here: System requirements |
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Offline help |
"Is Netfabb Help available in a stand-alone, offline version for users who are not on the Internet?" |
No, that is not available anymore. |
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Multiple installations |
"I cannot install more than one instance of Netfabb on the same machine?" |
You cannot install the same major version (2023.0, 2023.1, etc.) and subscription variant (Standard/Premium/Ultimate) on the same machine multiple times. This is mandated by Autodesk standard installers and cannot be changed. It is based on the limitations imposed by the Windows Installer technology. However, if they are different major versions (2024.x, 2025.x), or of different subscription levels, or both, you can indeed have multiple installations of Netfabb present. |
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Quiet installation |
"When using the quiet mode through the command-line options, no indication appears when the installation fails." |
'Quiet' mode, unfortunately, really does mean 'quiet' and will even suppress any errors leading to failure to install. |
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Downgrading and installation |
"How do I switch an existing installation between the different subscription?" |
A licensed Netfabb Ultimate installation may be downgraded to Premium or Standard by starting netfabb.exe with the command-line parameters --premium and --standard, respectively. |
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Updating to newer version |
"After installing a newer major version, launching Netfabb produces an error message." "Contact your network license administrator." |
When switching from 2023.x to 2025.x, for example, your network license administrator must update Autodesk Network License Manager and also must generate and install a new license file. |
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Installation log files |
"What installation log files are there, and where are they?" |
For versions 2022 and onwards: Installation logfiles are textfiles of type LOG at %localappdata%\Autodesk\ODIS |
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For earlier versions: Installation logs are created as text files at %TEMP%. For example, this may resolve to C:\Users\<your Windows username>\AppData\Local\Temp\.
… where <subscription> may be one of Standard, Premium, and Ultimate, depending on the installer, and <version> be 2025_0, for example
… where <…> may be amd64_20200623092533, for example, indicating system architecture and timestamp. |
Applies to 2025.0 Update and later