How to Install 2016 Architecture via Building Design Suite 2016

How to Install 2016 Architecture via Building Design Suite 2016

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How to Install 2016 Architecture via Building Design Suite 2016

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I promise I've spent plenty of time looking for AutoCad Architecture 2016 and cannot figure out how to download and/or install it. I have a maintenance subscription for the Building Design suite and when I installed that, only "regular" AutoCad 2016 was installed. Not Architecture (or any of the other products, I only use Architecture so that's the focus of this post). Any ideas? Maybe I didn't select the proper things to install or not to install (although I didn't really see options, I just chose "install now" when it downloaded the suite). 

 

I downloaded the file "Building_Design_Suite_Standard_2016 _English_Win_32_64bit_wi_en_us_Setup_webinstall"

 

I have 64 bit windows 8.1

 

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I have never run the "Install Now" option.  After the initial file(s) download, is there not a screen that allows you to choose what software you want to install, and, for many of the titles, customize the installation?  If there is not, then it should be installing the entire suite, in my opinion.  Perhaps you just accepted the initial defaults, which may not have included AutoCAD Architecture.

 

If the dialogs are similar to the installation dialogs when downloading the files and then installing, after you enter the serial number and product key, you will get a dialog similar to that shown below.  Scroll down and verify that AutoCAD Architecture is checked;  click on the down arrow to access the installation customization options.

 ABDSU2016_ConfigureInstallation.png


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