Downloading Your 2014 Autodesk Products



With the full line of Autodesk products having been released, if you are on subscription you can now download and install the 2014 versions of your products! Starting with the 2014 release Autodesk is going green and fulfilling all products through download only. What this means for you is Autodesk will no longer be providing physical media for new and upgraded software packages. However if you still require physical media Autodesk will provide a copy for $30 plus $10 shipping and handling , for each software package requested on physical media.
If you have never downloaded your software from the subscription center, or need a refresher, here is how to guide on downloading your software!
Software is downloaded from the Autodesk Subscription Center, http://subscription.autodesk.com I recommend using Google Chrome.
You will need to login with your Autodesk User ID and password. If you do not have an Autodesk login, click on ‘Create and Account’. If you have an account but do not remember your User ID or password, you can regain access to your account by clicking ‘Forgot User ID’ or ‘Forgot Password’. This will email you instructions on getting your user id and resetting your password.
Once you have logged into the subscription center click Get Your Upgrade

You will now see all products, and versions you have access to. Click on the Product version, select the language and OS Type you would like to download. You will see a drop down menu with several options, Install Now, Download Now, and Browser Download. I recommend using ‘Download now’ , and if you have troubles with that, then try ‘browser download. The install now function downloads a small piece of the software, then goes through the regular installation setup process, after selecting components and clicking install, it will only download and install the pieces you have selected. This method seems to have the most issues, and does not give you the ability to copy the installation files to install on another machine. Download now uses a download manager utility to download the software installation files to the directory C:\Autodesk, and download now uses the web browsers built in downloading utility to download a compressed installation package that will need to be unzipped prior to installation.
Note: For Windows systems, 32-bit or 64-bit refers to the version of your operating system, which you can check by going to Control Panel > System . You must choose the correct version in order to use the software.

When using the Download Now method, you'll need to first download the Autodesk Download Manager before you begin downloading your software.

Click Run, then read and Agree to the Download Manager License Agreement. When finished click Install.


5.    Once the Download Manager has been installed, it will begin downloading your software. Click OK to save the download in the default location (recommended).

When the download has finished, it will automatically begin the installation process. The installation files will be located in C:\Autodesk, and can be copied to another machine, external hard drive, server location etc to install on additional machines. 



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