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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Deployment

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Message 1 of 9
Joe-Bouza
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Deployment

I have created this deployment sime time ago and wish to modify it by addig SP1, but when I click modify existing deployment nothing happens. Has anyone else experienced this?

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
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Message 2 of 9
gccdaemon
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

I usually just do the SP install after the fact. Easy-out for me...lol.

Andrew Ingram
Civil 3D x64 2019
Win 10 x64 Pro
Intel Xeon E5-1620
32 GB Ram
Message 3 of 9
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Yeah me too. Figured I had the opportunity. I'm scared something more sinister may be at work here though.

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 4 of 9
mathewkol
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

If you have other products you're going to deploy, you should NOT apply the SP.  There is a bug in the deployment where once you've appliued an SP, other software doesn't install and run properly.  This is a known issue and I don't think it's been fixed yet and it would seem that it may not be.

Matt Kolberg
SolidCAD Professional Services
http://www.solidcad.ca /
Message 5 of 9
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: mathewkol

Thanks for the tip Matt!

 

Would that bug explaing why I cannot modify the deployment?

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 6 of 9
rkmcswain
in reply to: mathewkol


@mathewkol wrote:

If you have other products you're going to deploy, you should NOT apply the SP.  There is a bug in the deployment where once you've appliued an SP, other software doesn't install and run properly.  This is a known issue and I don't think it's been fixed yet and it would seem that it may not be.


Can you elaborate on that?

 

Several versions ago, there was a problem where if you installed AutoCAD from a non-patched deployment, then you patched the deployment, then tried to run a repair or reinstall on the original install - from the (now) patched deployment - the repair/reinstall would fail.

 

 

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Message 7 of 9
jmayo-EE
in reply to: mathewkol

You are my hero today Matt. Thanks for saving me from a nightmare.

John Mayo, PE, CFM, CME
Message 8 of 9
mathewkol
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

I was able to modify my deployments so I don't think this bug is related, but who knows.

I'll elaborate on the bug later today when I get access to my case.

Just experience with my own "nightmare" at a customer's site wondering why the software would not install. 🙂
Matt Kolberg
SolidCAD Professional Services
http://www.solidcad.ca /
Message 9 of 9
mathewkol
in reply to: mathewkol

Elaboration:

 

Here is a blog post which speaks of the issue as it pertains to MEP, but it's not only MEP which has the issue.

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/10/error-ngenexe-and-installing-any-autocad-

product.html

 

The main idea of this post can be summed up like this:

"The root cause is a failure from ngen.exe taking action on a DLL on AutoCAD 2013 after it has been modified by the AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 1.1.

To work around the issue, your installation of AutoCAD product must be done with an unpatched version of AutoCAD 2013. If you are installing from a Suite, you must configure AutoCAD 2013 and choose the option to not include any Service Pack(s)."

 

Basically, I made 3 deployments of various products and attached service packs to them (which included AutoCAD fixes).  The first product installed fine.  Any other product installation that followed, failed.

 

Once I removed the SPs from all deployments and reinstalled onto a fresh machine, all installs went without a hitch.

 

Do not attach SPs to your deployments for 2013 products.  Install the SPs after the fact onto each workstation.

Matt Kolberg
SolidCAD Professional Services
http://www.solidcad.ca /

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