topic Re: installing inventor 2018 in Installation & Licensing Forum

installing inventor 2018

andrew.nao — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:32:46 GMT

when installing inventor 2018 the install hangs at initalization. I was told this is due to using the web installer and that a download to my local hard drive isnt an option anymore. is this true? does autodesk not allow downloading files to local hard drive?

Re: installing inventor 2018

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:37:11 GMT

@andrew.nao

Installation questions and issues should be posted in the Installation and Licensing forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/installation-licensing/bd-p/24 and not here.. I will have the moderator relocate your posting to better suite your needs.

There's a couple of ways to properly download and install your Autodesk product to your machine. Please review this article and the solution it provides.

If the installation does fail using the preferred methods, please post your installation log file here so we can review it.

Posting info: Sometimes the installation log file contains the serial # that was assigned to you. Open your log file using Windows Notepad and perform a search on "/SN". Depending on the number of installation attempts, your serial # may be located throughout the log file. If present, remove or "X" out your serial # prior to posting.

Good luck on your installation and report back on your progress.

Re: installing inventor 2018

mcgyvr — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:52:57 GMT

@andrew.nao wrote:
when installing inventor 2018 the install hangs at initalization. I was told this is due to using the web installer and that a download to my local hard drive isnt an option anymore. is this true? does autodesk not allow downloading files to local hard drive?

It seems that quite a few people have issues when using the web installer and Autodesk can't seem to address those issues as its been a frequent issue on these forums for a number of years now...

Most of us would recommend not using that and instead just using the browser download method.

Your information about not being able to download to your local hard drive is incorrect..

You can certainly still do that.. I just did for all 2019 software on Monday..

In fact I have changed my download preferences in my account to make browser download the standard which I suggest you also do as the web installer doesn't seem to be working for you.

When you are in manage.autodesk.com and on the "all products and services" tab simply hit the gear icon in the right hand corner and that will allow you to set your "download preferences"

Re: installing inventor 2018

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:00:49 GMT

@andrew.nao wrote:
... is this true? does autodesk not allow downloading files to local hard drive?

No, that is not true.

Re: installing inventor 2018

andrew.nao — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:21:25 GMT

thank you. the direct download worked.