Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014
March 21, 2013
Release Notes - Read Me file
Autodesk, Inc.
This file highlights installation instructions as well as information about known issues that could be
useful while working with the Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014. All information provided is relevant to
all three of the Product Design Suites 2014 (Standard, Premium & Ultimate) unless stated otherwise. If you
encounter issues not covered in this document please report them to Autodesk through your reseller or to
Autodesk Product Support.
Notes About Installation
Installation Requirements
Installation Instructions
Summary of Known Issues
Suite Product Read Me Links
Legal Notice
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- We encourage you to install all of the products included in the Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014.
Install all products at once, or in multiple sessions.
- Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 and Autodesk Mudbox 2014 are only available for
installation on 64 bit operating systems. They will not be selectable items in the Product Design Suite installer if you are
attempting an installation on Windows 7 32 bit.
- We recommend that you use a certified graphics card and make sure the driver is up to date. Go to our
cards and drivers page and query on the certified graphics cards
and drivers for the Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014. Also, review the
System Requirements document for specific product needs.
- If you are running Windows 7 64-bit, verify that you have the Microsoft fix for user
mode callback exceptions KB976038. This fix ensures that Autodesk receives the correct data from Inventor error
reports. For more information, and access to this and related Microsoft downloads, refer to technical support article
TS15492718.
- Before you install Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014, please update your operating system.
Reboot your system after all security updates, and so on, are installed.
- .NET 4.5 is required for Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 and is installed as part of
the installation process. Alternatively, manually install .NET 4.5 by running the following executable from your
install media or image: ...\3rdParty\NET\45\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe.
If you plan to install on a Windows 7 system that does not already have atleast .NET 4.0 installed, then the manual installation
of .NET 4.5 prior to the installation of the Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014, is recommended to avoid
installation errors.
- If you downloaded the source files to a local folder with a name that contains non-English
characters, ensure that the language in Regional Settings is consistent with the language name of that local folder.
- When installing on an English operating system, we recommend that only English characters be included in
the installation or deployment path.
- If you cannot select some products to install, pause the cursor over the red "prohibited"
circle in front of the product to get more information.
- The Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 installs Autodesk Design Review 2013, which automatically uninstalls
Autodesk Design Review 2012.
- If you are installing Vault Server 2014 and wish to migrate your existing Vault
Server 2013 installation and Libraries, we recommend the following:
Start by uninstalling the Vault Server 2013, leaving the existing 2013 libraries untouched. Then run the Product Design Suite 2014
installer and install only the Autodesk Vault Basic 2014 (Server) from under the Install Tools and Utilities section of the
initial installer dialog. Now access the ADMS Console 2014 on your system and perform the desired migrations of custom content
to the 2014 release. Finally, run the Product Design Suite 2014 installer again and install the Content Center Libraries for
Inventor 2014 from under the Install Tools and Utilities section of the initial installer dialog.
- Due to installation processing within the Product Design Suite 2014 installer, Raster Design 2014 is
installed before AutoCAD Electrical 2014 making its functionality inaccessible from within that product. If you desire access to
Raster Design capabilities from within the AutoCAD Electric product you should not install Raster Design at the same time as
AutoCAD Electrical. Raster Design 2014 should be installed only after installations of AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 and AutoCAD
Electrical 2014 have been completed in a separate run of the Product Design Suite 2014 installer. Note that if this issue
is encountered simply uninstall Raster Design 2014 and reinstall it to address the problem.
- After you finish a silent deployment installation, reboot the computer before you launch
any of the products in Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014. If the version of MSI of your operating system is lower
than 4.0, the operating system reboots automatically after the silent deployment install finishes.
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Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 supports Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, and Windows 8 64-bit
at their latest updated versions.
Note: Microsoft Windows XP & Vista, 32 bit and 64 bit versions are not supported.
Disk Requirements - Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2014
| System | Actual Disk Space Required |
|---|
| Windows 32 bit | Total - 27.1 GB | C: drive (required) - 8.0 GB |
| Windows 64 bit | Total - 35.8 GB | C: drive (required) - 8.9 GB |
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Before you begin...
- Install all Windows Updates that are pending on your machine, and reboot:
Windows 7: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, which is accessible from the Start menu.
Windows 8: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, which is accessible on the desktop Charms Bar, Settings menu.
It is sometimes necessary to perform Windows Update multiple times to completely update your operating system.
- Verify that enough disk space is available on your machine to install Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014.
Before installing Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 please uninstall all prior Autodesk Beta
products. We recommend that you uninstall the Autodesk Product Design Suite Beta using the Uninstall Tool provided
on the Beta portal. Alternatively, you can use the Quick Uninstall Tool for Autodesk Product Design Suite Beta, which is
accessible from the Start Menu, All Programs > Autodesk.
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To Install Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014:
From the Internet...
- Access the Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 installation files appropriate to your purchase type.
- Follow the instructions to download and launch the Suite installer... Temporary extraction is
to your temp folder. Operating system errors regarding very long path names can occur if this temporary location is nested
too many levels deep.
- If the Suite installer does not launch, browse to the folder where the files were extracted, and
double-click setup.exe.
- In the installation dialog box that appears, choose the products that you want to install. To configure
a product with your preferences, click the expandable arrow under each product name and make the desired changes.
For Autodesk ReCap 2014 installations, we strongly recommend that you consume Service Pack 1 to
address a known uninstall issue. This Service Pack 1 has been released and will be detected automatically by the installer.
- Reboot the system after the installation is completed.
From a USB Drive...
- Insert the USB stick in an available USB port on your computer, and wait until Windows recognizes the
device. The Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 installer launches automatically. If the Suite installer does not launch,
browse to the USB drive using Windows Explorer, and double-click setup.exe.
- In the installation dialog box that appears, choose the products that you want to install. To configure
a product with your preferences, click the expandable arrow under each product name and make the desired changes.
For Autodesk ReCap 2014 installations, we strongly recommend that you consume Service Pack 1 to
address a known uninstall issue. This Service Pack 1 has been released and is detected automatically by the installer
if your system has an active internet connection. (If necessary, use the option to browse to a local copy of this Service
Pack 1, separately obtained, to include it in the installation.)
- Reboot the system after the installation is completed.
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To Uninstall Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014:
- From the Start menu, click All Programs > Autodesk > Uninstall Tool. This tool lists the majority of
products and components installed by the Suite installer.
- Select all entities you wish to uninstall and then click the Uninstall button. Exit the tool upon
completion.
- Due to interdependencies between multiple products and components, the Uninstall Tool is unable to
list every item installed as part of a complete installation of the Product Design Suite 2014. If you need to uninstall
all remaining components installed as part of the suite, access the Operating Systems uninstall capability on the Control
Panel in Programs and Features and review the items listed based upon installation date.
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NOTE: It is not guaranteed that files saved with Beta versions of the individual products in Autodesk Product
Design Suite 2014 migrate into the final release versions included in this release of Product Design Suite 2014.
- A driver update for a 3DConnexion SpacePilot 3D mouse sometimes causes an error loading files into 3ds Max
Design, either directly or using the Launchpad Photorealistic Rendering Workflow. The error displays the message MAXScript
Auto-load Script Error. Type error: Interface method call requires MAXClass, got: undefined. The workaround is to remove the
offending driver update file, 3DsStudio.ms, from the install directory (c:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max Design
2014\scripts\startup\3DxStudio.ms).
- If AutoCAD Mechanical or AutoCAD Electrical is started from the LaunchPad or command line, their
icons seen on the Windows Task bar can become confused and show incorrectly for the other product.
- When sending Mudbox 2014 models to 3ds Max Design 2014, from within Mudbox, an error message may
be seen on Windows 8 64-bit installations. This Plug-In Assembly Load Error prevents the model from transferring. To complete
this workflow, open 3ds Max Design 2014 before attempting the workflow, or save the Mudbox model locally and open it directly
from within 3ds Max Design.
- When executed, the Quick Uninstall Tool provided as part of the Autodesk Product Design Suite
2013 will remove the Start menu Icon for the Uninstall Tool provided as part of the 2014 suite. If this occurs, you can access
the 2014 uninstall Tool directly from c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Uninstall Tool\R1\UninstallTool.exe.
- Windows Explorer restart fails during uninstall of some Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 products, such
as the Launchpad. During the final stage of uninstalling, a warning displays instructing you to close and automatically restart
Windows Explorer.exe. However, due to a problem with Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Explorer does not automatically restart. Refer to
technical support article
TS14898448, or log out and log back in.
- Error 1905 can occur when uninstalling Autodesk Design Review or another Autodesk product. Error 1905 is
a Microsoft Windows error that occurs when uninstalling any software product and a permission issue prevents the file from
being removed. If you encounter this issue see technical support article
TS18781934 for a solution.
- If Error 1910 occurs during uninstall, click OK to continue. This known Microsoft issue, discussed on this
Windows
Dev Center posting, causes the failure to remove some Desktop Shortcut icons. These icons can be manually deleted as a
post-uninstall step.
- If you encounter a crash attempting to add a RSS feed within the InfoCenter Settings dialog, or a persistent
recurrence of a No RSS Feed Was Found error message after such a crash, be aware there is a simple workaround available. Open
a Windows Explorer dialog and type %appdata% in the path bar. This should take you to the c:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming
folder where you should navigate into the \Autodesk folder and manually create a \WebServices folder. The presence of this
folder prevents the above behavior.
- For Typical installations of Navisworks Manage 2014 & Navisworks Simulate 2014, Inventor Switchback will
be installed. However, on accessing the Custom Installation type the Inventor Switchback checkbox is unchecked. If you access
this type of installation ensure you check Inventor Switchback on if required.
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Autodesk Product Design Suite, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Inventor Professional, AutoCAD Mechanical,
AutoCAD Electrical, Autodesk Vault Basic, Autodesk Vault Server, Autodesk Alias Design, Autodesk Sketchbook Designer,
Autodesk Sketchbook Professional, Autodesk Showcase, Autodesk Mudbox, Autodesk 3ds Max Design, Autodesk Navisworks Manage,
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We thank all our customers who identify issues and report
them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve
the product and provide you with the best solution in
mechanical design. We also thank you for your continued
business and for the feedback regarding the content of this release.
Respectfully,
Autodesk Product Design Suite Team
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Copyright 2013 Autodesk, Inc.