February 25, 2011

Installation Instructions - Read Me file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to speed install time for our customers, Autodesk has released Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 with a subset of the Mold Design Metric Desktop Content library. This subset of the Inventor Mold Design Metric Desktop Content library includes all components necessary for the Mold Design Samples and Tutorials.

Three full Mold Design desktop content libraries are provided separately via download for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 Mold Design. These desktop content libraries contain all available Mold Design content.

Contents

• Notes About Installation
• Installation Requirements
• Installation Instructions
• Legal Notice

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• The three full Mold Design desktop content libraries, for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 Mold Design, can be downloaded from the Autodesk Inventor 2012 Updates & Service Packs site.
• Any combination of these desktop content libraries can be installed: Metric/mm, Imperial/Inch, or Meusburger.
• The subset and full versions of the Mold Design Metric Desktop Content Library have the same filename and cannot be installed at the same time. Follow the instructions below to ensure the subset file is removed prior to installing the full version.

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• Before installing the Mold Design Desktop Content Libraries for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012, ensure you have the following installed:
• Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012.
• Content Center Libraries for Inventor Desktop Content.
• On Windows Vista installations, disable the User Account Control feature.

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The subset of the Mold Design Metric Desktop Content Library was included with the installation of Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 Mold Design. To install the full version libraries for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 Mold Design:
1. Download the required Mold Design Desktop Content Libraries:
• ai2012_inventor_mold_metric.exe
• ai2012_inventor_mold_imperial.exe
• ai2012_inventor_mold_meusburger.exe
2. Ensure no Autodesk applications are running on your system.
3. Follow these instructions to obtain the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory:
• Start Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012.
• Access Tools > Application Options > Content Center.
• Make a note of the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory as listed in the Location of Libraries field.
• Shutdown Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012.
4. To ensure the existing .idcl file is removed, and the full Desktop Content Library can be installed, perform the following:
• Open a Windows Explorer window and browse to the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory.
• If file AI2012_Inventor Mold Metric.idcl (the subset Metric library file) exists, and you plan on replacing it with the full version, manually delete it or move it to a different folder.
5. Double-click on the downloaded self-extracting executable to install each full Mold Design Desktop Content Library separately:
• When prompted, browse to the Desktop Content installation location obtained above and unzip.
• For each library, this may take several minutes.
6. When Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 is next started, select the library you need to access by selecting Manage > Projects > Configure Content Center Libraries
.

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Notwithstanding the terms contained in the terms and conditions and the Autodesk Software License Agreement (EULA) accompanying this software, if you received this Software as a New Version or Cross grade (all as defined in the EULA), your license with respect to the previously licensed version of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop software ("Mechanical Desktop") shall not terminate, you shall have no obligation to uninstall such software and you may continue to use such Previous Version of Mechanical Desktop with your current version of Autodesk Inventor software.

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Portions of this software copyright 1996-2008 Acresso Corporation.

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We thank you for your continued business and for feedback regarding the content of this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk Inventor Product Team

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Copyright ^© 2011 Autodesk, Inc.