IDS and BDS 2015 Coexisting

[brendankenny8495]

We have Infrastructure Design Suite (IDS) 2015 Standard and Premium installed on our workststions. We want to install Business Design Suite (BDS) 2015 on some workstsions. When we try this, the installation fails and rolls back because it finds newer IDS 2015 components installed on the same workstation. We were able to install BDS Ultimate on workststions prior to upgrading to IDS 2015 Standard and Premium. We are using network license for both suites.

The installation location for bith suites is dfferent on on th local workstation.

How can we install BDS 2015 Ultimate or Premium on a system that already has IDS 2015 Standard and Premium installed.

Thanks

Brendan

[BJ.C · Accepted solution]

Hello @brendankenny8495

I think I counted 5 programs that would be installed that the other installs did not have.  My question to you - do you really need all the programs?  Because, you could download the individual installers (for example, download the Civil 3D 2016 installer) from the Virtual Agent instead of using the suite installer.  Your suite serial number and product key would work with these installers:

Downloading Previous Versions of Autodesk Software Using the Virtual Agent

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Kind Regards,

[brendankenny8495]

I know we need Revit and NavisWorks Manage. The other products in the Suite are questiobnable if we need them. I was just trying to figure out a way to move forward with installing some components in the BDS Ultimate Suite.