How To Download And Install Autocad 2006

[Zee Palmer]

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The change to the new ODIS/Install-Framework really affected all installs from Autodesk, most articles have not been updated but it appears the old .EXE updates/simply installers piped the command line to the MSI/MSP that lived inside of the .EXE, this no longer applies

There used to be a great article for 2022 explaining this all but it was deleted for some reason (?). But this article for Revit still exists and explains some useful info. Basically you have to either

Yeah, the -q switch worked. It took a bunch of trial and error to work it out back when I posted this. It's extremely frustrating that there's such inconsistency with the installers and inconsistent documentation on the changes as they come out. Even posting the switches in the release notes would be a big step up.

Autodesk, you've been at this for decades. You're behind the times when it comes to installation and management, and you're driving system admins crazy. Users can't install the programs and updates if there are any reasonable security measures in place. Network deployments can't be used with remote workers (which is becoming the norm), so no, that's not an option. We need stub installers and config files with direct download from Autodesk using a standardized set of command line switches for silent automated installs.

Very useful info to use "-q", I tried the --silent but didn't work. I'll have to rewrite scripts since the ODIS has so many install varieties. @jeffNMWSR, I'm definitely on the same page, makes it hard to keep track of the variety of installers and unfortunately the Adsk Desktop App doesn't have a network admin functionality.

Thanks for this. I've broken out the installation process into pieces and left off pieces I don't want (e.g. Autodesk Featured Apps) and it works, AutoCAD starts up afterwards with no issues but the 0.1 and 1.,1 update EXEs don't recognize AutoCAD 2022 as being installed.

Note: For most 2022 and later products for Windows, you can configure your product in Autodesk Account before you install. For most product releases earlier than 2022, you download the installer and then customize during installation.

From what I've read, AutoCAD vertical products are basically AutoCAD with some discipline-specific modules and customization on top of it. (Or are they? For example, I read this and still feel a bit confused, especially due to @pendean's mention that the acad.exe files for each vertical aren't exactly the same. Also, I don't know if that discussion still applies to current versions of AutoCAD, since it's a bit old. By the way, I checked my ACA desktop shortcuts and they target acad.exe in a folder called "AutoCAD 2019", not "AutoCAD Architecture 2019", which seems to suggest that nowadays all flavors of AutoCAD installed on the same computer will call the same acad.exe file, albeit with different arguments.)

Supposedly, running AutoCAD Architecture with the "AutoCAD" profile would make it behave just like vanilla AutoCAD. Despite having been doing just that, I still notice some annoying minor things happening that wouldn't happen in plain ACAD, such as text styles being automatically added to the drawing (because they're tied to AEC dimension styles or something - I couldn't really figure it out) and which are a pain to get rid of.

Thus, my actual question is this: is there any way to get a vertical product like AutoCAD Architecture to run *exactly* like plain AutoCAD? Or is the solution necessarily to install plain AutoCAD?

If memory serves, back at the time of those posts (mid-2007), the 2008 and earlier versions of AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP installed in separate folders, each with its own acad.exe. I do not recall exactly when that changed, but from at least 2014 and newer, that is not the case; there is a "core" AutoCAD installation and the additional modules required for AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP install in subfolders under the AutoCAD 20xx folder, and all use the same acad.exe file.

If you have the licensing, you can install AutoCAD side-by-side with AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP. If you install AutoCAD first, the other two installations go faster, as they do not need to install the core AutoCAD content. I have never taken the time to verify if an AutoCAD Architecture "as AutoCAD" session was 100% identical to an AutoCAD session for the same release, as I rarely run plain AutoCAD. But from what I have seen, other than still having the initial Splash Screen and the program name at the top of the window still say AutoCAD Architecture when running the "as AutoCAD" profile, it seems the same as running plain AutoCAD.

I can select the installation path and choose D:\ just fine... however, as soon as I hit install, I get an "out of disk space" error message which highlights the C:\ partition. (which is one of the reasons I want to install it on D:\).

Ok, I was able to force the installation by changing the instal locations of the individual components (on the install screen). As I remember it, the libraries were still attempting to install in the C: drive.

About 75% through, I received another "Out of Space Error" but the install continued. At the completion of the install, I received a message saying that not everything installed properly and a log file popped up.

No matter what, you're still going to have files installed on C:\ that exist in your user profile, programdata, start menu, icons, MSI registrations, registry, etc. Sounds like you need to clean your hard drive and make some space. Consider moving your Windows swap file to D:\. Not only does that often speed up memory paging, but it can save you multiple gigs. Also, if you're running Windows Vista or 7, then disable the hibernation file. That'll save you more and more gigs. Clear your %TEMP% folder (that's where your log is, btw) and save even more space. I bet with these steps you can clear 6-8GB easily.

It's not really possible to install any software completely on D:\ unless it is all self-contained. Every typical Windows certified application installs additional files to the locations that I mentioned above. You should really consider cloning your C:\ to a larger hard drive, as you should never have less than 20% free on C:\ for performance reasons.

If that is not an option, consider moving your profile over to D:\ as well as your %TEMP% locations, your Microsoft Office Cache folder, and potentially any other personal file that does not have to exist there.

C: drive has space, just not enough to satisfy installation, and in any case would totally fill all available space if I removed the very few items that could be moved. Basically C: is off limits. Now what?

I'm selecting D:\ as in the install drive and having the same space issue. I understand that all programs put some items on the same drive as the operating system. However the install of design suite seems to be trying to put an excessive amount of files on the C:\. In my case it is trying to put 53GB on the C: drive and only 14GB on the drive.

"Please understand that some parts of the installation files are necessary to be installed on the root system drive. Shortcuts, registry settings, and profile customization are all examples of this. However, you may be able to make some system changes that will allow you to install your Autodesk product and avoid this error. Some of these including moving the location of your temp directories and other space saving measures.

None of these methods to free up space are enough, and we shouldn't have to move anything. I understand that some files will still need to be located on C:, but the bulk of the data should be stored on (Adobe does this )

I think Autodesk should do something similar to really solve this issue. ( I use AutoCAD, Revit and Maya)

The program will not change what it needs, we really need to work with this fact. Back when SSD drives came out users were getting 50 or 60 gig drives- which is certainly not enough space for modern applications. Gigs are taken by the OS, not including temp and other programs. More recent drives 250Gig or so, have plenty of space.

No, the installer is trying to install a very large amount in an unspecified location. There is no reason the entirety of the application cannot be installed in the user specified location other than bad design. It's true some application configuration data belongs in the user profile, but the amount that you are trying to put there is insane.

Just thought that I would chime in. This is absolutely not standard in any way. Autodesk products are literally the only programs that I have come across that are doing this. When people are saying that you need some space on the C drive, they are correct, but there is absolutely no reason that it should be this size. For example, I have Matlab installed on my D drive and the amount of space that it requires on my C drive is less than 50mb.

Saying that not having 20+ gigs free on one drive isn't up to standards seems laughably out of touch. It's still completely normal to buy computers that have a relatively small SSD and one or more larger 7200rpm disk drives. Plus, in an educational or work environment individual users often have separate space on different drives, etc.

I was going to use/recommend some Autodesk programs for a class that I'm teaching, but this kind of thing definitely is stopping me right now. Maybe for somebody working at a company practically unlimited resources, this sort of thing doesn't matter. For the (potentially) future users, this sort of thing is the kind of thing that makes you choose a different program and abandon Autodesk products. Here's hoping that they fix it instead of just assuming that everyone has the same resources that their design team did. It's lazy programming on someone's part and it's absolutely not how anyone else is doing, so please stop responding with the same responses telling people to make more space or get a new hard drive. It's not helpful and just adds to the frustration of people trying to use the product. At least admit that it's a flaw and that it should be fixed, instead of pretending like it's the user's fault.

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