Installing an older version of Revit

todd.rathier · ‎07-08-2019

I am currently at a training site that is requiring an older version of Revit than I currently have installed. My current version is 2019 on a borrowed network license. I need to install 2018 as a standalone product. Will that affect the fact that I have a borrowed license? If it does, I am stuck with no way to re-borrow on the newer version.

Has anyone tried this?

ennujozlagam · ‎07-08-2019

no. it will not affect your R2019 even though you install R2018 with original license, you can install as many versions of revit in your computer with original license. thanks

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barthbradley · ‎07-08-2019

What do you mean your current version is "borrowed"? Is 2018 also "borrowed"?

RobDraw · ‎07-09-2019

The borrowed license may cover the three previous versions.

BTW, I wouldn't give much merit to any training that uses old software. 2020 has been out for quite some time now.

Rob

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barthbradley · ‎07-09-2019

A "Borrower" has previous version rights?

RobDraw · ‎07-09-2019

I would think whatever software is included with the "unborrowed" license that it would apply to the borrowed license.

Rob

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todd.rathier · ‎07-09-2019

@barthbradley wrote:
What do you mean your current version is "borrowed"? Is 2018 also "borrowed"?

I work at a trade school and we have a license server with an educational network license. I borrowed a license for the full 180 days for my deployed version of 2019 to get me through the summer.

I would like to install 2018, as that is what the training requires. Yes, I know 2020 has been out for a while, and I already have 2019 installed, but I need to follow their software specs.

todd.rathier · ‎07-09-2019

The training only uses that version of the software as that is what the curriculum is written to. It is not so much learning Revit as it is learning to teach the material that uses Revit. We work in teams to complete a building renovation so we all need to be on the same version and the training center chose 2018. It's an educator thing.

todd.rathier · ‎07-09-2019

Something to keep in mind: the 2019 version was a deployed version running on a "borrowed" license. I need to install the 2018 version as standalone. Will they play nice together is the question.

RobDraw · ‎07-09-2019

@todd.rathier wrote:
Something to keep in mind: the 2019 version was a deployed version running on a "borrowed" license. I need to install the 2018 version as standalone. Will they play nice together is the question.

Shouldn't be a problem at all. The type of license does not affect the versioning.

Rob

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barthbradley · ‎07-09-2019

Interesting. I have never heard of a "borrowed" license -- at least nowadays. In the past, that's how we all rolled -- until the software companies went and got smart. Arrgh! Out of curiosity, why don't you just get yourself a Student License? Then you have access and support for 3 version back.

BTW: We haven't even gone into production with 2020. It's not unusual in the industry to sit on new releases. For us, it's usually a year or longer before we start using a new release.

oops, @todd.rathier...I misread. I see now that you are an educator. What about contacting Autodesk directly about this?

@Viveka_CD : would you be able to weigh in here?