Network Installation Guide for 2018 Autodesk

Inventor Professional
Updated: 4/30/2018

Preparing your system and installation (+/- 2 hours)

*It is imperative that you consult your IT team prior to installing any software or attempting to amend
any settings on your computer. Administrative rights are based on a profile created by your System
Administrator; therefore a plethora of variances are possible and these ‘rights’ may not necessarily allow
you to install software properly.
1. Disable the UACs (set to ‘Never notify’)
2. Disable the anti-virus software
3. Disable pop-up blocker in the browser you are utilizing
(These settings may be re-enabled once the software is installed and operational.)
4. Ensure you have permissions to install USB drivers for any Android, Robotics or other
devices which will connect to the computer via USB.

Contents
Install LMTools .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Get Product license information ................................................................................................................... 3
Create your Network License File ................................................................................................................. 6
Configure LMTools ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Install Inventor on Client Machines ............................................................................................................ 14

Install LMTools
Procedure
1. Go to the URL below to download the latest version of LMTools (11.13) with either
32bit or 64bit.
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-
network-license-manager-for-windows.html

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2. After the download has finished, launch the installer.

3. Choose the following options during the installation process:
a. Select Next.

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b. Select the radio button to install for Everyone, and select Next.

4. Select Next again, and then Close the installer when it is finished.

Get Product license information

Procedure
1. Go to http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured

2. Select Inventor Professional

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3. Select Sign In or Create Account if you do not have an Autodesk account.

4. After signing in, select DOWNLOAD NOW

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5. For Network installation, you will need to select School: Deploy with network server.
Then select Inventor Professional 2018, Windows 64-bit, English

*Make note of your Serial number and Product key. 900 serial numbers are for
personal use and will not work for mass deployment in the classroom.

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Create your Network License File

Procedure
1. Navigate to https://registeronce.autodesk.com/ and sign in with your Autodesk User ID

a. You must login to the register once site with your Autodesk ID, NOT email. If
you do not know your Autodesk ID, login to https://accounts.autodesk.com and
go to the Security Settings tab. Listed here will be your Autodesk ID.
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2. Enter the Product Serial Number for the Autodesk software that you are installing.
Make sure that the serial number is for a Network license and NOT a standalone
license. Select Next>>.

3. Select your School Account, then select Next>>. If your school is not listed, select Add
New Account. **NOTE If you just made your account, add the school (not district) to
your account as this is information is not automatically pulled from the Education
Community.

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4. Select your server type as a Single Server. Fill in Server 1 host name with the Host
Name of the server machine. Fill in Server 1 ID with the Physical MAC address of the
Server machine. Select Next.

a. If you do not know this information, it can be found under the System Settings
tab in LMTools. The Computer/Hostname is the Host Name and the physical
MAC Address is listed under Ethernet Address.

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5. In red is a copy of your license file. Select Save License File, so that you can later place
in on your server.

**NOTE. If you are installing more than one Autodesk Product with Network Licensing, you
will need to combine the license files. Here is a link on How to Combine Autodesk Network
License Files.

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Configure LMTools
Procedure
1. Create a Logs folder, and put the created license file in the file path,
C:\Autodesk\Network License Manager (new location for LMTools 11.13).

2. Create a .log file in Notepad, and paste it into the Logs folder. The extension MUST be
.log.

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3. To configure the license server, open LMTools.

4. Under the Service/License File tab, select the Configuration using Services bubble, and
select the LM Tools ignores license file path environment variables checkbox.

5. Specify the following paths in the Config Services tab:

a. Path the lmgrd.exe file.

b. Path the license file.

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c. Path to the debug log file.

6. Check the boxes for Start Server at Power Up and Use Services. Select Save Service.

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7. To make the service start running, go to the Start, Stop, ReRead tab. Select buttons in
the order below, Stop Server, Start Sever, then ReRead License File.

8. Under the Server Status tab, select Perform Status Enquiry.

a. Scroll down until you find “YourServerName : license server UP (MASTER)

v11.13” – this line tells you that the license server is up and running and that it is
running the latest version.
b. Continue scrolling down until you find “Adskflex: UP v11.13” – this line tells you
that the license server has successfully read the license file, has found no errors
and has started running the service.
c. ** NOTE! The version shown above may be different, but v11.13 is necessary to
run Autodesk 2017 and 2018 products. **

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Install Inventor on Client Machines

Procedure
1. Go to http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured

2. Select Inventor Professional

3. Select Sign In or Create Account if you do not have an Autodesk account.

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4. After signing in, select DOWNLOAD NOW

5. For Network installation, you will need to select School: Deploy with network server.
Then select Inventor Professional 2018, Windows 64-bit, English

*Make note of your Serial number and Product key. 900 serial numbers are for
personal use and will not work for mass deployment in the classroom.

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6. Select the drop-down arrow next to Download Now and select Browser Download.

7. Inventor 2018 downloads in 3 files. If you do not see all 3 files, then you need to turn off
the browser’s pop-up blocker and re-download. How to turn off pop-up blocker.

8. Select OK

9. Select Install

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10. Select I Accept and Next

11. Confirm that Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 is select. Then select Next.

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12. Ensure both Autodesk Inventor 2018 and Autodesk Inventor Content Libraries are
checked. Then select Install.

13. Once installation is complete, verify that your products installed properly and select
Finish to close the installer.

14. Launch Inventor

15. Select Use a Network License

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16. Specify a license server (Use the computer name of the machine the license server is
hosted on to proceed) and select Done.

17. Review and agree to the privacy statement

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18. Your version of Inventor Professional 2018 should now be licensed using the
network file

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