Solved: Can I install plain AutoCAD standalone with a AutoCAD Mechanical serial number

Anonymous · ‎09-10-2014

I have a multseat standalone license for AutoCAD Mechanical... however I need to install plain AutoCAD. Will a plain AutoCAD install and activate properly with an AutoCAD Mechanical serial number? Also is there a way to downgrade licensing from Mechanical to plain AutoCAD so I don't have to pay the higher subscription fee for Mechanical... we don't need any Mechanical features.

DarrenP · ‎09-10-2014

no the serial numbers are tied to specific product and version
yes you can downgrade talk to your reseller for pricing info

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TravisNave · ‎09-11-2014

Darren is right. In the mean-time, you can still launch vanilla AutoCAD icon. It is in the Mechanical program group.

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Anonymous · ‎09-18-2014

Thanks for the info. One more question. It is my understanding that with "Cascading Licensing", if I have a network license of AutoCAD Mechanical and I launch Plain AutoCAD from a workstation it will first look for an AutoCAD license on the server, if none are available, it will then pull the license needed from the AutoCAD Mechanical license. Is this correct?

TravisNave · ‎09-18-2014

This is generally correct depending on the release and the suite.