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Deploy AutoDesk Building Design Suite Premium 2015 with SCCM 2012
Posted by edwgon in AutoCAD Building Design Suite Premium 2015, AutoDesk, BDS, BDSP, deployment, SCCM 2012 on December 4, 2014
In this post, I’m going to go over the deployment of AutoDesk Building Design Suite Premium 2015 using SCCM 2012.
- You’re going to use AutoDesk BDSP setup wizard to create the ‘image’ folder using AutoCAD’s own image building process. This process will allow you to perform a standard, or custom, installation of AutoDesk’s applications and features, so I’m not going into details about this. At the end of this process, AutoDesk’s wizard will create a SMS_SCCM scripts folder which contains text files that will allow you to install and un-install BDSP; we’re going to use these text files for the deployment.
- The SCCM client imposes a folder size on C:\Windows\ccmcache folder, so we’re going to have to use another script to call the installation process scripts created in step 1.
Here’s what I use for a Detection Method, basically I’m looking for BDSP executable files on the target computer.
This process works well for my environment.
Make a note that this installation may take hours (2-4)…
Deploy AutoDesk DWG TrueView 2013 using SCCM 2012
Posted by edwgon in AutoCAD, AutoDesk, Configuration manager 2012, DWG TrueView 2013, SCCM 2012, TrueView on June 28, 2012
These are the steps I took to deploy AutoDesk DWG TrueView 2013 using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012).
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4 SP1 (or update 1)
- VC++ redistributables: 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1 and 2010 SP1
- DirectX
- In the Create Application Wizard, select Manually specify the application information
- In the General section, fill in the proper fields for this application
- In the Application Catalog section, fill in the proper fields for this application
- In Deployment Types section, click on Add
- In the Create Deployment Type Wizard, select Script Installer (Native), and make sure that Manually specify the deployment type information has been selected
- In General Information section, fill in the proper fields for this application
- In Content section, browse to the network location where you saved DWG TrueView installer files
- In the Installation program field, type: setup.exe /w /t /l /q setup.ini (do not type any quotes!)
- In the Uninstall program field: I’m still trying to research how to create an uninstall command for DWG TrueView
- In the Detection Method section, click on Add Clause
- In Setting Type field, select Windows Installer
- In Product Code type: {5783F2D7-B028-0409-0100-0060B0CE6BBA} (you get this product code from an MSI located in \x64\dwgviewr\dwgviewr.msi)
- In the User Experience section, for Installation behavior, select Install for system
- For Logon requirement, select Whether or not user is logged on
- The next sections can be customized to meet your needs
This is an optional step, so follow it if you want to remove the desktop shortcut created by setup.exe.
Previously in Step 8, we used setup.exe command line to create the application package. You’re going to create a batch file (INSTALL.CMD) and type its name in this field replacing the entire setup.exe command line.
Here’s how batch file INSTALL.CMD should look like:
REM Install DWG TrueView 2013
setup.exe /w /t /l /q setup.ini
REM Delete desktop shortcut created by SETUP.EXE for all users
del /q c:\users\public\desktop\dwgtru~1.lnk
Note: If a user is logged on while the application is being installed, the user will see the icon for a few seconds while setup.exe finishes and passes control back to the batch file.
There is a setup.ini file which contains CREATE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=YES – changing this line to NO did not work for me, that’s why I decided to use the batch file installation approach.
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