Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018
March 25, 2017
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Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018 Readme
Autodesk, Inc.
This readme contains important installation instructions and issue updates. The information provided pertains to Factory Design Utilities 2018 unless otherwise stated. If you encounter issues not covered in this document, please report them to Autodesk through your reseller or FDS Feedback. For information about new features in Factory, refer to the What¡¯s New information included in this release.
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¡¤ Install Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018, AutoCAD Architecture/Mechanical 2018 and Navisworks Manage/Simulate 2018 prior to installing Factory Design Utilities 2018.
¡¤ Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018 can only be installed on 64-bit operating systems.
¡¤ Before you install Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018, update your operating system. Reboot your system after the updates are installed.
¡¤ If you download source files to a local folder with non-English characters in the name, set the language in the Regional Settings to match the language of that local folder.
¡¤ When installing on an English operating system, include only English characters in the installation or deployment path.
¡¤ If you cannot select a product to install, hover your cursor over the red "prohibited" circle in front of the product name for more information.
¡¤ If you encounter a ¡°.Net 4.6 is not installed¡± error on Windows 8.1 during installation, reboot your machine and install again. For more information, refer to Microsoft support.
¡¤ Before you install Autodesk Factory for Vault Pro 2018, install Autodesk Vault Professional 2018 (Client) and prepare Autodesk Vault Professional 2018 (Server).
¡¤ If you are installing Vault Server 2018 and want to migrate your existing Vault Server 2016/2017 installation and libraries, complete the following steps:
1. Uninstall the previous version of Vault Server, leaving the existing libraries installed.
2. Run the Factory Design Utilities 2018 installer and install only Autodesk Vault Basic 2018 (Server) from under the Install Tools and Utilities section of the initial installer dialog.
3. Access the ADMS Console 2018 on your system and perform the desired custom content migrations to the 2018 release.
4. Run the Inventor Professional 2018 or Inventor 2018 installer again and install the Content Center Libraries for Inventor 2018 from under the Install Tools and Utilities section of the initial installer dialog.
Installation Instructions - Factory Design Utilities 2018
Before you begin:
1. Install all Windows Updates that are pending on your computer and reboot:
o Windows 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows Updates are in the Control Panel, accessible from the Start menu.
o Windows 8.1 64-bit: Windows Updates are in the Control Panel, accessible on the desktop Charms Bar, Settings menu.
o Windows 10 64-bit: Windows Updates are in the Settings menu, accessible from the Start menu.
Note: You may need to run Windows Update multiple times to completely update your operating system.
2. Verify that enough disk space is available on your computer to install Autodesk Factory Design Utilities.
3. Uninstall all prior Autodesk Beta products.
4. Verify that the host product (Autodesk Inventor/Inventor Professional 2018, AutoCAD Architecture/Mechanical/MEP2018, Navisworks Manage/Simulate 2018, Vault Professional 2018 (Client)) is installed for the corresponding Factory utility you are installing.
To Install Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018:
From Autodesk Desktop Application:
1. Launch Autodesk Desktop Application and log in with your Autodesk account.
2. Click ¡°Factory Design Utilities 2018¡± from the ¡°My Products¡± tab.
3. In the installation dialog, select the utilities to install.
4. If prompted to do so, reboot the system after the installation is complete.
From the Internet:
1. Access the Autodesk Factory Design Utilities installation files.
2. Follow the instructions to download and launch the 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 installer does not launch, browse to the folder where the files were extracted from and double click the setup.exe.
3. In the installation dialog, select the utilities to install.
4. If prompted, reboot the system after the installation is complete.
To Uninstall Autodesk Factory Design Utilities 2018:
1. Open the Autodesk Uninstall Tool:
Windows 7: All Programs > Autodesk > Uninstall Tool
Windows 8.1: Apps > Autodesk> Uninstall Tool
Windows 10: Apps > Autodesk> Uninstall Tool
2. Select the items to uninstall, and then click Uninstall.
¡¤ When Factory assets are added within various layers in Inventor, and then you Sync to AutoCAD, go back to Inventor to change visibility of a layer and then perform a Sync to AutoCAD again. You will then see the layer visibility setting is valid on 3D asset instances, but are invalid on 2D instances in Inventor DWG underlay.
¡¤ Syncing a 2D layout from AutoCAD to Navisworks might fail if the Inventor file was previously edited and then synced to AutoCAD. If you run into the case, try to restart AutoCAD and redo the Sync to Navisworks.
¡¤ Some unexpected graphics display on a DWG underlay in Inventor after you Sync to AutoCAD from Inventor.
Autodesk Factory Design Utilities, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Inventor Professional, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Architectural, AutoCAD MEP, Autodesk Vault Basic, Autodesk Data Management Server, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Navisworks Manage, Autodesk Navisworks Simulate, Autodesk ReCap, Autodesk Showcase and Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design are trademarks or registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
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Portions of this software copyright 1996-2008 Acresso Corporation.
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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 manufacturing design. We also thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this release.
Respectfully,
Autodesk Factory Design Team
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