Installing Civil 3D at home

[Anonymous]

We have a license server at work. I would like to be able to use Civil 3-d
at home. I already have my home computer VPN'd into our network. So all I
really have to do is run the install image from the network. But over the
internet, it takes MANY hours (even on DSL) and all it takes is for the
internet to hang and the VPN gets interupted and the whole process freezes
up.

Is there a way to install from the DVD on my home machine and then point it
to the network for licenses?

Is there a way to install from the CD and then check out licenes to a memory
stick to carry home?

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

[Anonymous]

What we do is have the user bring their computer in to the office for the
initial install. Way easier than trying to run 4GB over a dsl line.

Mark Evinger

"Mike M" wrote in message
news:5539785@discussion.autodesk.com...
We have a license server at work. I would like to be able to use Civil 3-d
at home. I already have my home computer VPN'd into our network. So all I
really have to do is run the install image from the network. But over the
internet, it takes MANY hours (even on DSL) and all it takes is for the
internet to hang and the VPN gets interupted and the whole process freezes
up.

Is there a way to install from the DVD on my home machine and then point it
to the network for licenses?

Is there a way to install from the CD and then check out licenes to a memory
stick to carry home?

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

[Anonymous]

Another option, if you're on subscription, which I'm assuming you are since
C3D basically requires subscription these days, you can request a home use
license. The home use license allows subscription customers to install a
second copy of whatever Autodesk products you happen to own at a second
location away from the office, i.e. home, without having to use a VPN.

Might be an option you want to investigate just for ease of use if nothing
else:

http://pointa.autodesk.com/local/enu/portal/vip/members/resource/sdf_download/HomeUse_FAQ.pdf

kwb

"Mike M" wrote in message
news:5539785@discussion.autodesk.com...
We have a license server at work. I would like to be able to use Civil 3-d
at home. I already have my home computer VPN'd into our network. So all I
really have to do is run the install image from the network. But over the
internet, it takes MANY hours (even on DSL) and all it takes is for the
internet to hang and the VPN gets interupted and the whole process freezes
up.

Is there a way to install from the DVD on my home machine and then point it
to the network for licenses?

Is there a way to install from the CD and then check out licenes to a memory
stick to carry home?

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

[Anonymous]

I thought about that. It causes a bit of a logistics problem for hooking
into the network. I really don't want to have to join the home computer to
the domain. (he VPN we use is hard to explain---provided by Watchguard
firewall, they call it a MUVPN --Mobile User VPN) . I'll have to think
that one over some more. It might work for us.

The home use license would be great, but we have more people than licenses.

It seems to me you should be able to install a standalone without a license,
and then convert it to a network licence by pointing to the server. Am I
crazy?


"Mark Evinger" wrote in
message news:5539812@discussion.autodesk.com...
What we do is have the user bring their computer in to the office for the
initial install. Way easier than trying to run 4GB over a dsl line.

Mark Evinger

"Mike M" wrote in message
news:5539785@discussion.autodesk.com...
We have a license server at work. I would like to be able to use Civil 3-d
at home. I already have my home computer VPN'd into our network. So all I
really have to do is run the install image from the network. But over the
internet, it takes MANY hours (even on DSL) and all it takes is for the
internet to hang and the VPN gets interupted and the whole process freezes
up.

Is there a way to install from the DVD on my home machine and then point it
to the network for licenses?

Is there a way to install from the CD and then check out licenes to a memory
stick to carry home?

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

[Anonymous]

Nope, and that can be done with this regedit (for LDT2005 anyway)
===========
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-308:409\AdLM]
"Type"=dword:00000019

===========

TravisNave has also posted about this in the autodesk.networking newsgroup.
It's a one-off change, forces the system to look to a license server instead
of the local C: drive for the license file. The users we changed also
needed to add the IP address of the license server to their HOSTS file on
the home computer. If you didn't modify the HOSTS file, then LDT would stop
and ask for the IP address of the license server one time.

FWIW, you don't have to join the home computer into the domain to install.
As long as you have read-access to the install folder the install will run
OK. On our systems, the home machines are typically in a workgroup called
WORKGROUP, but when connected to our domain only ask for a username and
password when you browse to a domain resource.

Mark Evinger

"Mike M" wrote in message
news:5539926@discussion.autodesk.com...
I thought about that. It causes a bit of a logistics problem for hooking
into the network. I really don't want to have to join the home computer to
the domain. (he VPN we use is hard to explain---provided by Watchguard
firewall, they call it a MUVPN --Mobile User VPN) . I'll have to think
that one over some more. It might work for us.

The home use license would be great, but we have more people than licenses.

It seems to me you should be able to install a standalone without a license,
and then convert it to a network licence by pointing to the server. Am I
crazy?


"Mark Evinger" wrote in
message news:5539812@discussion.autodesk.com...
What we do is have the user bring their computer in to the office for the
initial install. Way easier than trying to run 4GB over a dsl line.

Mark Evinger

"Mike M" wrote in message
news:5539785@discussion.autodesk.com...
We have a license server at work. I would like to be able to use Civil 3-d
at home. I already have my home computer VPN'd into our network. So all I
really have to do is run the install image from the network. But over the
internet, it takes MANY hours (even on DSL) and all it takes is for the
internet to hang and the VPN gets interupted and the whole process freezes
up.

Is there a way to install from the DVD on my home machine and then point it
to the network for licenses?

Is there a way to install from the CD and then check out licenes to a memory
stick to carry home?

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

[mmccall]

What if you just copied the contents of the network install folder to some type of removable media (DVD-r, external HD, huge flash drive), took it home and ran the install from that.

[Anonymous]

MMccall said the following On 4/3/2007 11:24 AM:
> What if you just copied the contents of the network install folder to some type of removable media (DVD-r, external HD, huge flash drive), took it home and ran the install from that.

That will work, but you have to make a few changes to the INI file. If
you want more details, post back.

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

I actually tried that. When I got home, I even copied the dvd to my hard
drive, mapped the folder to mimick the network install drive letter, and it
still didn't work. I think instead of going to S:\ (my mapped location)
the image runs off of the network share name \\network\shared\. i can't
really mimick that.





"R.K. McSwain" wrote in message
news:5540082@discussion.autodesk.com...
MMccall said the following On 4/3/2007 11:24 AM:
> What if you just copied the contents of the network install folder to some
> type of removable media (DVD-r, external HD, huge flash drive), took it
> home and ran the install from that.

That will work, but you have to make a few changes to the INI file. If
you want more details, post back.

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

Mike M said the following On 4/3/2007 12:30 PM:
> I actually tried that. When I got home, I even copied the dvd to my hard
> drive, mapped the folder to mimick the network install drive letter, and it
> still didn't work. I think instead of going to S:\ (my mapped location)
> the image runs off of the network share name \\network\shared\. i can't
> really mimick that.

Check out my first reply in this thread.
http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5246649

I have successfully done this with LDT2006 + Civil Design

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

It works but pretty sure it violates the licensing agreement.
Use the subscription home use policy to insure compliance.

[Anonymous]

jpostlewait said the following On 4/3/2007 8:05 PM:
> It works but pretty sure it violates the licensing agreement.

What does? Switching from a standalone license to network licensing?
If so, in what way?


--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

My bad R.K.
I thought he was going the other direction.

[Anonymous]

It worked last night. I'm a happy camper! Thanks All!

(oh, wait....now I have to do work at home. uhhg)


wrote in message news:5540874@discussion.autodesk.com...
My bad R.K.
I thought he was going the other direction.