Revit 2008 Software (Architecture, Structure, MEP Suite)

From CAE Software

[edit] Standard Installation

Step 1. Before you Install:

• Map to the network drive or check out the media from the Wendt Library, circulation desk.
• Authorize your computer to use tethered software. Use your CAE username and password to gain access to CAE tethered licensing. Each authorization has a duration of 12 hours.

Step 2. Run Setup

• The installer can either be downloaded from the CAE media server \\kamino.cae.wisc.edu\tethered. Navigate to the Autodesk 2008 folder and from there, navigate to the folder of the software of your choice (Architecture, Structure, or MEP Suite). Once here, double click "Setup.exe"

Step 3. Select Install Products

Step 4. At the "Welcome to the Revit..." screen, select Next.

Step 5. Select the products you wish to install and select Next.

Step 6. Accept the license agreement and select Next.

Step 7. At the "Review - Configure - Install" screen select Install

Step 8. Overwrite the LICPATH.LIC file

• After Revit has installed, proceed to the "\\kamino\tethered\Autodesk 2007" folder and download the LICPATH.LIC file to the directory: "C:\Program Files\Revit Architecture 2008\Program". When prompted, confirm that you want to overwrite the existing file.

[edit] Authorize and Run

[edit] License Configuration Problems?

Setting up an environmental variable

Set up the environmental variable by opening the Control Panel and double-clicking System. From there, select the Advanced tab and then select the Environment Variables button. Here, in the System variables section, select New and enter the following information. Variable name: "adskflex_license_file", Variable value: "27101@license-1.cae.wisc.edu". Select OK, select OK again, and select OK in "System Properties". You will need to restart your computer after this has been completed.