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New Training Video: Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD 2010

I posted a new video to the Autodesk section of YouTube:

The video is about 24 minutes in length and provides an overview of the new features and functionality provided in the Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD 2010. The Subscription Advantage Pack is a benefit to Subscription customers and provides early access to new features in AutoCAD.

In addition to AutoCAD 2010, the Subscription Advantage Pack can be installed on the 2010 versions of AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD P&ID, AutoCAD Plant 3D, and AutoCAD Structural Detailing. It can also be installed to an AutoCAD included in the Inventor, Revit Structure, Revit Architectural and Revit MEP suites.

The Subscription Advantage Pack has no dependency on AutoCAD Update 1 so it can be installed on either the original shipping version or a version that has been upgraded to include Update 1.

AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 and Mixed License Types

Recently, Product Support has seen cases where AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 is failing to retrieve a license on launch. Installation of Raster Design runs without incident but when launching the integrated product, the following message displays:

In most cases this is the result of AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 having a different license type than the product to which it was integrated. Here are some examples of this kind of mixed-license scenario:

• AutoCAD 2010 Stand-Alone with an AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Network license
• AutoCAD 2010 Network with an AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Stand-Alone license
• AutoCAD 2010 Multi-Seat Stand-Alone (MSSA) with an AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Stand-Alone license

AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 must be installed using the same license type (or deployment method – depending on the mix of license types) as the AutoCAD-based product to which it was installed. The requirements are as follows:

Network and Stand-Alone Products

• An AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Stand-Alone license must be used with an AutoCAD 2010 Stand-Alone license.
• An AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Network license must be used with an AutoCAD 2010 Network license. The exception to this requirement is if the Raster Design 2010 Hotfix has been applied, which allows AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 network deployments to be installed with supported Stand-Alone AutoCAD products.

Multi-Seat Stand-Alone (MSSA) Products

In the case of MSSA products, AutoCAD Raster Design can fail to retrieve a license if the license type is mismatched during the installation of AutoCAD Raster Design and the accompanying product. For example, when AutoCAD is installed from the physical media but AutoCAD Raster Design is installed from an administrative deployment, or vice versa.

The workaround for this scenario is to use the same deployment method for both products. For example:

• If AutoCAD was installed from the physical media, you need to install AutoCAD Raster Design from the physical media.
• If AutoCAD was installed from an administrative image, you need to also install AutoCAD Raster Design from an administrative image.

I've referenced AutoCAD 2010 in these examples but the same requirements apply to any products based on AutoCAD, e.g., AutoCAD Map 2010 or AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010.

This information is also available in the following technical solution:
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 Licensing Mismatch

Update 1 Released for Multi-Language AutoCAD LT 2010

A new version of Update 1 has been released for the Multi-Language Distribution versions of AutoCAD LT 2010:

AutoCAD LT 2010 Update 1

The MLD version of AutoCAD LT 2010 (build D.59.0.0) enables language packs for the following regions:

Americas
English, French and Spanish languages

Asia-Pacific (except Japan)
English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean

You can determine your version of AutoCAD LT by entering _VERNUM at the command prompt.

If your product is version D.55.0.0 (UNICODE), use the following files:

• autocadlt2010update1.exe
• autocadlt2010update1x64.exe

If your product is version D.59.0.0 (UNICODE), use the following files:

• autocadlt2010update1mld.exe
• autocadlt2010update1x64mld.exe