Installation files

[fredsi]

When we download a new version of Inventor HSM Pro, we get three files downloaded. Each file has the same title with the exception of something like -001, -002 in the title. What is disconcerting (and haven't found any mention in forum/help files) is that the first two files are exactly the same size, while the third file is 'supposedly' smaller.

The additional mystery is that 1) when the files go to extract, they all say they total 11.6G or something of that size, and 2) after each extraction, the install dialog opens.

BTW, we use browser download; the automated installation usually fails part way (most likely a result of our gateway or other protection system). The above has happened all three years that we have been using the software.

So the question is - are all these files the same? Do we really only need to download one of the files? Any info greatly appreciated.

Fred

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

You need to download all three.

But if you extract/Unpack them they will all be used to make one folder(Or file).

So if you extract all three of them you get 3 times the same output.

So download all three, unpack one and you are good to go.

[TravisNave]

The download is broken up in to 3 downloads of a few gigabytes each.  So yes, you need all 3.  When you run the installer it self-extracts the data out of all the files then installs.  Hope that helps.

If you have download issues in the future, I recommend downloading from the Virtual Agent.

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/software-downloads/download-method...

Good Luck!

[DarrenP]

the numbers at the end of the file name are the clue this means there are 3 parts you need all 3 parts download to the same folder

all you need is to extract part 1 and it extracts all parts

[fredsi]

Laurens, Travis, Darren,

Thanks for the info and clarification. The whole situation struck us as a bit odd (particularly the first two files being the exact same size), but as long as it makes sense to someone, we'll be glad to go with the flow

Fred

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

What they do is this.

We have the installation files which is for example are 10 GB big.

Mix file size is 4GB, what do you get?

File 1: 4GB(Program starts making the package reaches max file size, so wraps it up and you get the max size.)

File 2: 4GB(Still more data than 4GB+4GB So another 4GB. package)

File 3: 2GB(Because there was no more data.(Because 4+4+2=10))

Making them the same size isn't possible because you don't know up front how much you can compress each file.

[Steinwerks]

Max size is set so they can be backed up on DVD's without issue.

Anyone else remember installing MSDOS 6.22? Three 3-1/2" floppies. Windows 3.1? Six 3-1/2" floppies. Photoshop 4.0 was seven, IIRC.

[fredsi]

8" CPM floppies - check/ DOS floppies - check/ Windows 3.1 floppies - check. Hadn't really heard of chopping up a single file to fill buckets 1 and 2 to the brim and the rest in bucket 3 - now I know.

BTW, Steinwerks - glad to meet you; that rare individual who has weathered the storm of prejudice and runs 'FORMAT 1' (all 15 or our Fadals).

Fred

[jeff.walters]

Hate to admit but I remember booting from 5 ¼ floppies.  

[Steinwerks]

@jeff.walters

Me too, but 5th grade was the last time, and the IIe's weren't new then! I remember getting a Mac in my classroom though, when the screen was greyscale.

Pulled apart 5MB hard drives in high school that were the size of a 6" Kurt vise.

Anyone else remember building computers and having to set the jumpers manually to set clock timing, bus speeds and voltage? I'm not old enough to have done soldering in that realm, though.

[lenny_1962]

My first job had Bridgeport EZCam 2 8" floppy disk in 85

in 93 surfcam took 18 to 20 3 1/2" floppies to install depending if you wanted inch or metric.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

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@lenny_1962 wrote:

surfcam took 18 to 20 3 1/2" floppies to install depending if you wanted inch or metric.

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Which was smaller?

[kb9ydn]

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@Steinwerks wrote:
@jeff.walters

Me too, but 5th grade was the last time, and the IIe's weren't new then! I remember getting a Mac in my classroom though, when the screen was greyscale.

Pulled apart 5MB hard drives in high school that were the size of a 6" Kurt vise.

Anyone else remember building computers and having to set the jumpers manually to set clock timing, bus speeds and voltage? I'm not old enough to have done soldering in that realm, though.

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Oh yeah!  I tried overclocking my 286 by soldering in a faster crystal oscillator.  It didn't work. 

My first computer was a Commodore VIC20, with cassette tape drive.  That was an exercise in patience.

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[dave.anderson]

Windows NT 3.5 required 35 3 1/2's..before the CD's came out. Those were fun times.

[kb9ydn]

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@dave.anderson wrote:
Windows NT 3.5 required 35 3 1/2's..before the CD's came out. Those were fun times.

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And the 34th disk had a read error right?  I so hate floppy discs.

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