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How to deploy DWG TrueView as a part of an Inventor/Inventor LT deployment

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    In order to deploy DWG TrueView as a part of Inventor deployment, the following actions need to be taken by the administrator.

    1. Download the Autodesk DWG TrueView from the web at location

      http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=6703438&siteID=123112.

    2. Upon clicking download, "save" the package to your root location.
    3. Open the root location and run the SetupDWGTrueView2011_64bit.exe (for a 64bit machine) or SetupDWGTrueView2011_32bit.exe (for a 32bit machine). By default it uncompresses to location C:\Autodesk\DWGTrueViewx64InstallImage (in 64bit version) or C:\Autodesk\DWGTrueViewx86InstallImage (in 32bit version).
    4. Click "install" to uncompress the image to deploy DWG TrueView. Administrator can cancel the DWG TrueView installation after complete uncompress.
    5. Copy all the files from C:\Autodesk\DWGTrueViewx64InstallImage to

      \\your server location\your shared location\your deployment name\AdminImage\x64\DWGVIEWER (for a 64bit machine) AND/OR

      from C:\Autodesk\DWGTrueViewx86InstallImage location to

      \\your server location\your shared location\your deployment name\AdminImage\x32\DWGVIEWER (for a 32bit machine)

    6. Locate the Deployment INI file from:

      \\your server location\your shared location\your deployment name\AdminImage.

    7. In the Your_Deploy_Name.ini file, under [INVENTOR] section, add DWGTRUEVIEW as a PREREQUISITE in the end of the other prerequisites as follows:

      PREREQUISITE=OS_INV;KB971138;IE;VCREDIST80_SP1_X64;VCREDIST80_SP1_X86;VCREDISTX64;VCREDISTX86;DOTNET35_SP1;KB958484;VBA_6;VBALANG_6;DIRECTX;MSXML_6;WMF_95_X64;WSE_30;CM;CMILB;CMILL;MSCHART_35; DWGTRUEVIEW

    8. To the end of the Your_Deploy_Name.ini file, add the following lines:

      [DWGTRUEVIEW]

      PRODUCT_NAME=DWG TrueView

      LOG=%tmp%\DWG TrueView Install.log

      EXE_PATH=%platform%\DWGVIEWER\DWGViewr.msi

      EXE64_PATH=%platform%\DWGVIEWER\DWGViewr.msi

      ACTION=INSTALL

      IGNORE_FAILURE=YES

      PLATFORM=NATIVE

      DISKCOST=510000000

      ROLLBACKABLE=NO