The sample batch files in this section install AutoCAD in typical configurations for stand-alone or network licensed versions. To make it easy to copy this sample batch file and substitute your own information, the same names are used throughout for variables.
<mediaDriveLetter> is the drive letter where the media is mounted or the setup.exe file is stored
Install options used here include /t (setup is executed by script) and /qb (display a basic user interface). Others such as /w (log nonfatal warnings) are defined for Microsoft Msiexec command line, and documented on the MS TechNet website.
<SerialPrefix> is the first 3 digits of the serial number
<SerialPostFix> is the last 8 digits of the serial number
<lang> is the IETF language tag, for example en-US for English-United States
<eula_lang> is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard for the country for example US = United States
<mediaDriveLetter>\setup.exe /t /qb /language <lang> /c ACAD: INSTALLDIR="%programFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013" ACADSERIALPREFIX=<SerialPrefix>ACADSERIALNUMBER=<SerialPostFix> ADLM_PRODKEY=<ProdKey> ADLM_EULA_COUNTRY=<eula_lang> InstallLevel=5
Example: C:\setup.exe /t /qb /language en-us /c ACAD: INSTALLDIR="%programFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013" ACADSERIALPREFIX=123 ACADSERIALNUMBER=12345678 ADLM_PRODKEY=001E1 ADLM_EULA_COUNTRY=US InstallLevel=5
<mediaDriveLetter>\setup.exe /t /qb /language <lang> /c ACAD: INSTALLDIR="%programFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013" ACADSERIALPREFIX=<SerialPrefix>ACADSERIALNUMBER=<SerialPostFix> ADLM_PRODKEY=<ProdKey> ADLM_EULA_COUNTRY=<eula_lang> InstallLevel=5 ACADSTANDALONENETWORKTYPE="3" ACADLICENSESERVERTYPE="Single Server License" ACADLICENSETYPE="Network License" ACADSERVERPATH="<FlexLicenseServer> 000000000000"
For network licenses, ACADSTANDALONENETWORKTYPE identifies the type of license being installed. It has three possible values: 0 for both network and stand-alone, 1 for stand-alone, and 3 for network.
<mediaDriveLetter>\setup.exe /t /qb /language <lang> /c ACAD: INSTALLDIR="%programFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013" ACADSERIALPREFIX=<SerialPrefix>ACADSERIALNUMBER=<SerialPostFix> ADLM_PRODKEY=<ProdKey> ADLM_EULA_COUNTRY=<eula_lang> InstallLevel=5 ACADSTANDALONENETWORKTYPE="3" ACAD_LICENSESERVER_DISTRIBUTED="1" ACADLICENSESERVERTYPE="Distributed Server License" ACADLICENSETYPE="Network License" ACADSERVERPATH="@<server1>;@<server2>;@<server3>;"
<mediaDriveLetter>\setup.exe /t /qb /language <lang> /c ACAD: INSTALLDIR="%programFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013" ACADSERIALPREFIX=<SerialPrefix>ACADSERIALNUMBER=<SerialPostFix> ADLM_PRODKEY=<ProdKey> ADLM_EULA_COUNTRY=<eula_lang> InstallLevel=5 ACADSTANDALONENETWORKTYPE="3" ACADLICENSESERVERTYPE="Redundant Server License" ACADLICENSETYPE="Network License" ACADSERVERPATH="<server1> 000000000000 27005;<server2> 000000000000 27005;<server3> 000000000000 27005;"
<server1> thru <server3> are valid network license servers with redundant licenses.