Is there any way to get AI 2013 or 2014 to run with Windows 8.1? I had been using it with windows 7 then when I upgraded I recieve an error message and Inventor wont open. All of the other programs that came with prossetional work such as the trueview and design review it is just inventor that wont open?
Please help if you can I have been doing on going design with inventor for school and I would hate to have to switch CAD programs!
Check out this thread : http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Autodesk-Inventor-2013-and-Windows-8-1-Desktop-Previ...
looks like you either have to roll back to windows 7 , or as you said roll over to a new CAD platform.
Just a side note, always research compatibilty before making such drastic changes to an already working system.
Good Luck!
The other thread is mostly about AI 2013.
My AI 2014 (also Autocad Mech 2014) appears to work just fine with the latest Win 8.1P (surprised me lol).
I probably should mention i have Autocad Inventor 2014 SP1 and Autocad Mechanical 2014 SP1 too (and there's an autocad hotfix for 8.1 that i just plugged in). (Be sure it's the SP1 type.)
We are issuing dll's that will fix the win8.1 issues for Inventor 2012 & 2013, on a request-only basis at this point. Official hotfixes will be released in the coming weeks.
If you need the fixed dll's then please contact me directly as there are some very specific manual install steps required.
Thanks
Chris
AutoCAD 2014 is not working after installing Windows 8.1 Pro. Tried reinstalling but it didn´t do.
go back to windows 8
there are several threads on windows 8.1 not working correctly
DarrenP
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I am going to install the 2013 version without uninstalling the 2014 version and see if it works. Hope it does because I really want to do some CADding. Well, atleast I know that I am not the only one having this problem.
All fixes have been released. please see the Data/Downloads pages for your specific release & install the very latest updates.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?linkID=9242019&id=2334435&siteID=123112
Thanks,
Chris
Hi there. I want to write a method to achieve the compatibility of Windows 8.1 and Inventor 2014.
I was using the O.S. Windows 8.0. Inventor and AutoCAD have already installed with their Service Packs and I was using them properly. Last night I have decided to upgrade my PC to 8.1. After upgrading, neither Inventor nor AutoCAD have worked. I mean, everytime I launch Inventor, the launch picture showed up and suddenly disappeared afterwards. (Without giving any error) Thus, I had made a really big search on the Web for hours, but I did not found anything useful. I saw lots of people complained about this issue also. I tried to uninstall and then reinstall the SP1 several times but it did not worked also.
Then, I decided to uninstall all the Autodesk products from my PC, with clean uninstall instructions from Autodesk Website. After uninstalling completely, I reinstalled Inventor and its SP1 at the setup. Fortunately, this method worked for me and the issue was resolved at last. That's why I wanted to write an explanation about my problem. As I said, when I make the research, I saw a lot of people who are complaining about the similar problem. I hope this method helps them also.
If any questions, don't hesitate to contact with me about this issue.
Best regards...
There are SP's and Hot-fixes that have addressed many of the Win8 and 8.1 issues. Have you taken the time to check the ADSK website for them for your ADSK product. The link is at the bottom of this page titled: "Service packs & updates".
A couple weeks ago I went through the Inventor-2014 SP1 install, update1, update2 process. It worked at that time. But now Inventor is crashing again every time I try to launch it. There are no new downloads available.
You are correct; there are no new updates available for this. What's changed since you last had this working OK ?
When it crashes, do you get the option to submit an Autodesk CER, or is it crashing striaght to the Microsoft crash handler ? if you are submitting an Autodesk CER, then what email address are you using to send them in ?
Thanks
Chris
No, you don't need to install every one of them. The Updates are cumulative & therefore include all of the prior updates back to the last Service Pack level.
So to get to the latest/greatest for 2012, you would need to install 2012 SP2 & then install update4 for SP2.
Thanks
Chris