Can I install AutoCAD Civil 3D on a network drive for use by multiple licences?

[Anonymous]

My company has multiple AutoCAD Civil 3D licenses and I am wondering if I can install it once on a NAS drive and let the Operators run it using their own licenses from different machines on the network. Some of the machines do not have the hard drive space to store all the installation files required by AutoCAD Civil 3D. Will this decrease the speed of the program or is it not even possible to accomplish.

[chriscowgill7373]

I would think it to be odd that you dont have enough space to install locally, perhaps upgrade local storage?

NAS would be prohibitive from a speed standpoint.  I dont think you could run the program across a netowrk, as there are files that required to be installed on the local system no matter what.  You dont specify your OS or cad version.  You could google the requirements for O/S.  You could try it for a couple users and see how it goes.  I'm not sure how the licensing is setup from a legal standpoint.

[Anonymous]

What about just the resource files that set things like templates and
plot files and so forth. Can those be moved to a network drive and still
allow AutoCAD Civil 3D to function? Is there a list of files and folders
that can be safely kept on a network drive?

[chriscowgill7373]

I do not know that there is a list.  We have our palettes, plotters, plot styles, and templates that are located on the network, but that is not a huge amount of space.

[RWui]

Go into OPTIONS and select the FILES tab.  You can pretty much move whatever is pathed locally to a network drive.  We have our Templates, Plotters, and Fonts all pointing to a shared network directory.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

I know others are assisting you regarding your standards and templates but I wanted to weigh in on your original question.   Its against the end user licnese agreement to install your product/license on a network location.