Deploying AutoCAD 2010

Installing AutoCAD 2010 with scripts is fairly painless. First use the setup utility to create a new “Deployment,” saving the deployment to a network path. Once you have created a new deployment browse to the network path you saved it to. In this folder you should have three items, a folder called “AdminImage”, a folder called “Tools”, and a shortcut with the name of your deployment. View the properties of the shortcut and copy the “Target” field.

The target field should be simular to the following (One Line):

\\server\share\AutoCAD_2010\AdminImage\setup.exe /qb /I \\server\share\AutoCAD_2010\AdminImage\AutoCAD_2010_x86.ini /language en-us

Append this line with /wait to acheive a result simular to the following (one line):

\\server\share\AutoCAD_2010\AdminImage\setup.exe /qb /I \\server\share\AutoCAD_2010\AdminImage\AutoCAD_2010_x86.ini /language en-us /wait

Now just execute the command above from your scripts!

The AutoDesk Documentation is available here (pdf), but the document only provides an example in visual basic script.

Bonus:

If you wish to deploy the Visual C Runtime, DirectX, .NET 3.5 SP1, etc separately you can edit the .ini file referenced in the command above to remove this functionality (”\AdminImage\AutoCAD_2010_x86.ini” in this example). Simply open the file in a plain text editor and remove the references to the components you do not wish to have the setup install on the “PREREQUISITE” lines in the “[ACAD]” and “[ADR]” sections.