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Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:30:17 GMT

Does anyone know anything about the new Inventory Advisor Tool?

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10243574

I downloaded and installed it, but it is apparently a trial. According to the documentation, you get the unlock code from an Autodesk rep., but it makes no mention of where to request the code and I cannot find anything in the software.

"Upon launching the application for the first time, you will be prompted to input a user name and unlock code. An Autodesk representative will provide this information to you"

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/aia_quick_start_guide0.pdf

Is this a "free" tool (included in our subscription) that we need to obtain a code for via our reseller?

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

DarrenP — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:44:20 GMT

no the code was provided by autodesk it was there last week it looks like autodesk took the code down for some reason

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

DarrenP — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:55:06 GMT

i figured it out

the license is in the .zip file

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:53:33 GMT

Ahhh... I didn't even think to look there! haha

Thanks Darren!

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

DarrenP — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:51:05 GMT

your welcome

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

scott_baker — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:39:15 GMT

FYI, it's now in the AIA Quick Start Guide PDF in the ZIP download.

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:30:29 GMT

Hi every body,

I tested Autodesk Inventory Advisor (AIA_3.95.1778.zip) to scan my computer that contains Autodesk 2012 and 2013 products.

I get a report from AIA, it only contains Autodesk 2012 product, no trace about Autodesk 2013 products.

Is AIA able to identify the Autodesk 2013 products ? exist some patch to solve this trouble ?

Thanks for your anwsers

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

DarrenP — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:32:11 GMT

thats a limitation right now

hopefully autodesk will update it

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:31:29 GMT

Hi, I m using Autodesk Inventory Advisor tool to get the numbers of license already used on my LAN, and that's work great, but I want to get the installation type too, and this field only shows some numbers, 0,1,2,3, I'm looking for some information about this, what does it means each number? Please if someone knows something about it, reply me, or maybe some post or manual to get more info about the tool.

Thanks and Regards

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:45:59 GMT

Did you find any answers about the installation type that the Autodesk inventory Advisor find.

What do the 0, 1, 2, and 3 stand for?

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:25:40 GMT

Hi, Thanks for your alerte mail. I still not found a good answer for my request below : -------------------------- Hi every body, I tested Autodesk Inventory Advisor (AIA_3.95.1778.zip) to scan my computer that contains Autodesk 2012 and 2013 products. I get a report from AIA, it only contains Autodesk 2012 product, no trace about Autodesk 2013 products installation. Is AIA able to identify the Autodesk 2013 products ? exist some patch to solve this trouble ? ------------------------- JR CHHOR jean.chhor@insight.com

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:14:36 GMT

I received some additional information

3 refers to a network license

1 and 2 refer to standalone licenses

0 refers to a newer license where the type is stored in another file. Autodesk’s tools can determine what this is.

when you go into the Autodesk Inventory Advisor to Reports and you run the "by software" report and not the serial number you will find the 2013 installations. But no serialnumbers are found in this reports

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:36:11 GMT

Thanks for your anwser.

So AIA is not fully exploited.
During the inventory, you need the serial number, the name and version of the product and the type of installation....
When Autodesk will release a workable version?

Regards

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:52:27 GMT

The problem with the tool is that autodesk provides this as just a tool to help you getting inventories from your assets.

It ofcourse says nothing about usage of your software, I have not found anything about an update of the software so that R 2013 will be found.

I sent a request to ClearApps LLC the owner of the inventory tool. When I recieve there answer I will let you know

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:57:46 GMT

Hi,

AIA 4 beta 'll coming soon.

http://blog.clearapps.com/releases/network-inventory-advisor-4-beta/

I hope it solves all problems
- Detection Autodesk 2013 products
- Type of installation ...

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:37:52 GMT

I tested NIA 4 beta it detects Autodesk 2013 products but can not find serial number and installation.type.

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

scott_baker — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:04:56 GMT

2013 product detection is not available at this time. It is forthcoming.

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:50:16 GMT

Other than Inventory advisor 4 or Asset locator who does not work with Autodesk 2013 products, do you know another tool to make an correct inventory of Autodesk products?

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

scott_baker — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:40:15 GMT

If you are just looking for installation data (e.g. Add or Remove Programs), pretty much any software asset management tool on the planet can show you that data. The easiest way is to search on the Publisher of "Autodesk*". Note the wildcard at the end. That will ensure you pick up any listed as "Autodesk, Inc." or similar variation. This will show you absolutely everything installed, including plug-ins, service packs, etc. Spiceworks is one of the more common tools out there that can do this and it's free. Scott Baker Licensing Technical Specialist WW Engineering, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Sales Direct 618.988.2050 Mobile 618.727.4127 [Description: Description: Adsk_logo_4_sig_v03_crop.gif]

Re: Inventory Advisor Tool

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:30:49 GMT

Hi baker975,

Thanks for your answer.

I've tested Spiceworks to scan Autodesk Software.

Spicework is not a tool to make an inventory for Autodesk products .
Results in reporting are not really usable.