ARC Process
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Getting Registered to ARC
www.autodesk.com/academic
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Apply for ARC ID & Password
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Country
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Update Information
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Email Notification
Once after submitting registration to ARC, Customer will receive the email for confirmation.
Select the link provided in that email to verify.
Note: It will take 2 working days to approve the request from Autodesk administrator.
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Downloading Software
Go to ARC portal www.autodesk.com/academic login with
username & password.
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Select the software & version
Accessing Serial Number
Once after selecting the software & Version, in the next webpage you can find “Serial Number” & “Product Key”
Same thing will be send in your email.
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Obtaining System Information for License File to
Activate Software.
First you need to Note the Physical address & name of the Server to apply for the License File
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Open the Command Prompt window by clicking on Start ➤ (All) Programs ➤ Accessories ➤ Command Prompt
Note: If you do not have access to the Command Prompt, please contact your IT department, or someone with
administrative rights to your machine, to help you locate the information
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2. Type ipconfig/all and press the Enter key
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4. Your Host Name will appear at the top, under the section Windows IP Configuration.
Your Physical Address will appear under the sectionEthernet adapter Local Area Connection.
Note: Do not use the physical address for any Wireless or Bluetooth devices, as these are not valid and your Network license
will not work. If there is more than one physical Ethernet connection, it does not matter which one you use.
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Activation
After granting Serial Number, Product Key & System Information Customer should get License File from ARC
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Request License File
After collecting the appropriate server information, you are ready to request a license from Autodesk.
Go to https://registeronce.autodesk.com.
If you have already registered your product, enter your Autodesk ID and Password and then click Login. If you have
not yet registered your product, you will need to Create an Autodesk ID
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Create User ID
Login with new User ID
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Enter the Product Serial Number which
you have obtained from ARC
Enter the System Information which
you have obtained from Command
Prompt.
Once after submitting the information, Customer will receive the License file. Which is a notepad file..
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Installation & Configuration of License FIle
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Run the exe file which is downloaded from ARC.
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Select Country or Region
Accept the License
Agreement
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Select These Tools to Install
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LMTOOLS Application will be available on the desktop Launch the application to
configure the license.
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This file you can find at
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Network License Manager
Access this folder, select lmgrd.exe & select open
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Copy the License file which is accessed from registration to the folder mentioned below
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Network License Manager
Select that license file & select open
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Click on Browse, just type “debug” select open
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Make sure to check both the option to start-up server Automatically
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Here you can find the number of available licenses & in future can check
number of license under use. (Sample text)
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Trouble Shooting & Resources
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Installation Guide Links
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=1683064
8&linkID=9240617#section4
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=1830293
1&linkID=9243099
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For product support issue
http://usa.autodesk.com/support/
For discussion group
http://forums.autodesk.com/
Training Resources
http://students.autodesk.com/
http://www.facebook.com/Autodeskedcommunity
http://au.autodesk.com/
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Registration
Registration
to ARC
Email
Verification
Autodesk
Verification
Approval
Download
Access
Serial No. &
Product Key
Getting
System
Information
Activation
Activation
Site
Registration
Obtaining
License File
Installation &
Configuration
NLM
Installation
Configure
License File
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