Recently Autodesk Product Support was asked:
We have a new machine that we installed the 2010 Inventor Suite on but now need Mechanical Desktop 2009 installed to work with legacy jobs.
This is a common question that we would like to get a solution out to a larger audience of users.
If you are a previously licensed user of Mechanical Desktop software and have uninstalled Mechanical Desktop 2009 or are installing Inventor 2010 on a new computer then you will need to download new installation files that are compatible with Inventor 2010.
The new installer for AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop 2009 is provided by a self-contained installation file that you can download here.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=13744274&siteID=123112
Avto Chachava, Autodesk Product Support
Will MDT2009 work with Inventor 2010 or 2011 on a Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit) OS?
Windows 7 is not supported for Autodesk 2009 products and prior. My recommendation would be to use the free Windows XP Virtual PC provided by Microsoft for Windows 7 users.
this is not entirely true. I had MDT2009 installed on my WS while using Vista 64. I then did an upgrade to Windows 7 and MDT2009 still ran fine. Unfortunantly, I had other issues with the upgrade and have now reformatted and installed a full blown copy of Win-7 and now I can't install the MDT Download. So, I guess I'll have to go to the virtual machine. It was a sad day when Autodesk droped MTD. I tried to open an MDT file in Mechanical and it says I cannot modify a MDT file. I have about 5 yrs woth of MDT files still to work with...Not good news for me.
This is the error I get.
Well,
Not to start a flame war, but if you are the only designer in the company you generally have current things to work on rather than updating old drawings/parts to a new format...please don't generalize. And besides, in my opinion, MDT was far superior to Mechanical.
@TravisNave wrote:Windows 7 is not supported for Autodesk 2009 products and prior. My recommendation would be to use the free Windows XP Virtual PC provided by Microsoft for Windows 7 users.
Just to let everybody that cares know, if you right click on the "acad" windows installer and run "Troubleshoot Compatibility", this will dissable the version check. Then, run the install and MDT2009 will run on Windows 7.
Whatever...it would not run on my windows 7 unless I used the compatability...nobody told you you had to come out and read an old post. I have not had to reistall for a few years, so it is not old to me. And my not be old to someone else...
Excellent! Glad you are up and running.
Hi, another question about MDT2009 and Inventor 2011 this time. How can we activate it. My client asked Autodesk activation service and they tell them that he can't activate with an Inventor 2011 key. The fact is that this customer precisely chose Inventor in order to keep its old design and migrate them to Inventor 2011. It's working (I know this because on my computer I activated MDT 2009 a long time ago and I can still migrate datas to Inventor 2011), but for new users it seems impossible. How can he activate his licence legally ?
He will need to contact Autodesk for a prior use license for MDT 2009 under Subscription.
I already download this software still I'm not able to install it on windows 7 help please 😞
Hi Daniel,
What sort of install fail are you getting? MDT 2009 is not compatible to run on Windows 7 per the system requirements. Have you tried in XP / Compatibility mode?